The Ember Council

### Approximate Size: ~30 Member States

Racial Percentages: 50% Humans, 15% Dwarves, 10% Giants/Giantkin, 10% Elves, 10% Dragons/Dragonkin, 5% Fae

## Description:

The Ember Council, also known as the Council of Ember or Council of Dimming Flames, is an organization led by the Dwarves of Clan Ambershield with the purpose of preventing large-scale war within the Froderlands. Thirty (30) nations within the Froderlands have seats on the Council; despite the Council's express goal to prevent conflict, the Council is known to wage war against those who are not a part of their organization, most prominently the Hordes of Charnazin.

Being that the Council exists solely within the Froderlands, the wider public of the K2 Universe does not know of the group's existence.

### Organization:

#### Headquarters: Embermane Citadel (Eiglophian Mountains, Kingdom of Barazin) & [REDACTED] ([REMOVED], Kingdom of Khathuza)

Each of the Council's two (2) branches is overseen and managed by a Chancellor of Embers; only Dwarves of Clan Ambershield are allowed to hold the position of Chancellor, and each Chancellor holds their position for life. While the position of Chancellor comes with many benefits and a great amount of respect and honor, it is also incredibly stressful and rarely sought-after; to prevent vacancies, the previous Chancellor names their successor, and the Council representatives for that branch (Avalon or Hyperborea) vote if the successor is approved. The Chancellor cannot participate in the business or politics of his home nation, and is compensated for this sacrifice from the Council's treasury to ensure the individual can maintain the lifestyle they had prior to election. Below the Chancellor sit the representatives that make up the rest of the voting board; each race in the Froderlands that has its own recognized nation receives a number of representatives according to the percentage that their race comprises out of the thirty three (33) total nations present in the Hinterland. The nations then each send a number of representatives according to their size; for example, since there are two (2) Dragon nations in the Froderlands, each nation sends five (5) representatives to the Council meeting, and if a meeting is called for only Hyperborea, then only the five (5) representatives from the Dominion of Melindratha are sent. Each representative can be accompanied by a contingent of up to one hundred and fifty (150) people, with up to one hundred (100) of them allowed to be soldiers.

The Council of Embers meets very rarely, although the various representatives are constantly in correspondence with one another. When meetings are called, the entire Council may not be required to attend; only a handful of times in the history of the Froderlands have both branches of the Council come to a meeting in one place, and only for events which threaten the entire Hinterland. Even within a single branch's operations, matter arise which likely do not concern all of the representatives or their allies, and so the Council can call only some of its members to a vote if the Chancellor so wishes. The Council also has the authority to bring other, non-national organizations to a meeting, including religious groups, political factions, cults, rogue armies, groups from outside the Hinterland, Guilds and unions, and even individuals. The Council's primary directive, set forth by the members of Clan Ambershield and Morgen la Faye upon the creation of the Froderlands, is to keep the peace; the Council is to prevent large-scale conflict from breaking out on either Avalon or Hyperborea, as a war between major nations could certainly devastate the entire Hinterland and kill millions. The Council does not have to stop conflict once it has started, but is obligated to ensure that the conflict ends as fast as possible with as few casualties as possible. Additionally, the Council is in charge of addressing grievous crimes committed on large scales by both groups and individuals; raging serial killers, marauding bandit leaders, assassins Guilds, etc. have all been tried by the Council at various points in its history.

The Council of Ember maintains direct contact with the JPCU, as part of the agreement between the residents of the Froderlands and the JPCU; the Council is to do its job and keep the peace, or face swift intervention by the JPCU and its allies. However, only the Chancellor, the reigning members of Clan Ambershield, and Morgan la Faye know of this agreement.