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A quick reference to the offices, institutions, ranks, and terms that recur across this wiki.<br />
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== Government and Office ==<br />
* '''[[Pelervar/Council of the Free Cities|Council of the Free Cities]]''' — The governing body of the confederation, convening at [[Pelervar/Ardaene|Ardaene]].<br />
* '''Council of Trade Princes''' — The internal government of [[Pelervar/Ardaene|Ardaene]] alone, ruling from the High Counting House. ''Not'' the Council of the Free Cities.<br />
* '''Mayor of Ashford''' — Governs the city of [[Pelervar/Ashford|Ashford]]: its law, taxes, public works, markets, and security.<br />
* '''[[Pelervar/Principal of the Western Marches|Principal of the Western Marches]]''' — Governs the [[Pelervar/Western Marches|Western Marches]] region under a Free Cities charter. A different office from the Mayor of Ashford, though both sit in the same city.<br />
* '''The Two Bloods Seat''' — The joint human-and-elven authority that rules [[Pelervar/Port Arenhold|Port Arenhold]] under treaty.<br />
* '''Preeminent King · lesser kings''' — Among the dwarves, the king of [[Pelervar/Mott Caridin and the Dwarven Holds|Mott Caridin]] holds precedence over the independent kings of the other holds without ruling them.<br />
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== Seats of Power ==<br />
* '''The High Counting House''' — Seat of [[Pelervar/Ardaene|Ardaene]]'s Council of Trade Princes.<br />
* '''The Principal's Hall''' — Seat of the [[Pelervar/Principal of the Western Marches|Principal of the Western Marches]], in [[Pelervar/Ashford|Ashford]].<br />
* '''The Salt Hall''' — [[Pelervar/Blacktide Haven|Blacktide Haven]]'s fortified town hall, over its harbour and prize courts.<br />
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== The Membership Tiers ==<br />
See [[Pelervar/Membership Tiers of the Free Cities|Membership Tiers of the Free Cities]] for the full table. In brief: '''Free City''', '''Chartered City''', '''Free Port''', '''Dependent Town''', '''Recognised Port''', '''Shared Waters''', and the regional '''Chartered Region'''.<br />
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== Bodies and Institutions ==<br />
* '''The Inner Sea Authority''' — The treaty body overseeing the [[Pelervar/Inner Sea|Inner Sea]] and its sacred boundaries, backed by [[Pelervar/Elandris|Elandris]].<br />
* '''The Conclave''' — The inner governing council of the [[Pelervar/Solverath|Order of the Pale Flame]].<br />
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== Common Terms ==<br />
* '''Charter''' — The written grant that fixes a settlement's standing, rights, and obligations.<br />
* '''Local law''' — A settlement's own magistrates and rules. '''Harbour law''' is the part governing the waterfront, docks, and ships in port.<br />
* '''Charter law''' — The terms of a settlement's charter, under which disputes may be appealed as far as the Council.<br />
* '''Trade law''' — The common law of commerce shared by all members; enforced chiefly through the [[Pelervar/The Iron Scales Assembly|Iron Scales Assembly]].<br />
* '''Prize law · prize court''' — The law and courts governing privateering and captured ships.<br />
* '''Registry''' — Two unrelated uses: the archive-buildings of [[Pelervar/The Grey Order|The Grey Order]], and the notary-like offices of the [[Pelervar/The Quiet Ledger|Quiet Ledger]]'s clerics. Context tells them apart.<br />
* '''Crossing''' — A riverside chapel of the Shore-Walkers, the funerary clergy of [[Pelervar/Ossara|Ossara]].<br />
* '''Grove-site''' — A neutral grove kept by the [[Pelervar/The Greenward Fellowship|Greenward Fellowship]].<br />
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== Do Not Confuse ==<br />
* [[Pelervar/Council of the Free Cities|Council of the Free Cities]] (the confederation) vs Ardaene's '''Council of Trade Princes''' (one city's government).<br />
* '''Mayor of Ashford''' (the city) vs '''[[Pelervar/Principal of the Western Marches|Principal of the Western Marches]]''' (the region).<br />
* [[Pelervar/The Grey Order|The Grey Order]] (a secular arcane institution) vs [[Pelervar/Sulé|The Unfinished Hand]] (the religious order of Sulé).<br />
* [[Pelervar/Solverath|Order of the Pale Flame]] (the faith) vs '''the Conclave''' (its inner council).<br />
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