Steward

The Steward's Shield of Honour.

The Steward of the Imperial Republic is the head of the executive. Elected by the Landsraad and thereafter appointed by the Kaiser, the Steward runs the government for a term of three years. He or she appoints ministers and other persons under law. The Steward also has power of decree over a wide range of topics for the imperial dominions and for matters of imperial competency. The current Steward is Waldemar Zinkgraven.

Prior to the enactment of the Carta Ayreonica in 1653, the Steward governed Shireroth whenever the Kaiser was unable to. In 1653, the post of Regent was split off from Steward, and the Steward consolidated permanent government power. Ruling Stewards occurred between reigns of kaisers for various reasons. For example, upon the forced abdication of Kaiser Cedris I (with the designated heir unable to take on the kaisership), Steward Carl Jackson of Novi Nigrad governed until the House of Ashura (which had been tasked with finding the next Kaiser) had presented Kaiserin Rei I to the nobility of Shireroth.

At the Coronation of Hasan I, The Prophet presented to the then Steward Jacobus Loki a "Shield made of dark Silver, with the white-gold inlay of a mighty fruit bearing tree, with black pearls hanging from the branches". The Prophet named this the Shield of the Steward, the Shield of Honor.

The title Steward has existed also in many Shirerithian jurisdictions as a caretaker government title.

List of recent Stewards

See also the List of Stewards.

Before 1653, the position of Steward was not by all kaisers considered a permanent position. Some kaisers appointed stewards only for specific events, other kaisers always had a stand-in steward and tasked him or her with certain business.

Portrait	Personal name	Birth	Tenure	Death	House or bloodline	Kaiser	Note
	Ryabin Merkayastreb		1613–1614	1614		Mors IV	Died in office.
	Stellus Yastreb		1614–1615	c. 1622		Mors IV	Ruling steward after abdication
	Ryker Everstone	1589	1615–1617	–	Redquill	Sehml	Succeeded to throne as Redquill
	Mira Raynora Minor		1617–1620			Redquill
	Aasmund Vigeland		1620			Isa IV	Executed by Isa IV.
	Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion		1620			Isa IV	Succeeded to throne as Ayreon III
	Jacob Darylion-Verion		1620–1623			Ayreon III	Succeeded to throne as Verion I
	Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion	Hurmu, 1603	1623–1624	Light, 1629	Ayreon-Kalirion	Verion I
	Kizzy Drakland	Demonsfall, 1597	1624–1626	died 1639, returned 1650	Drak	Daniel III	Succeeded to throne as Kizzy
	Vilhelm Benkern		1626–1631?			Kizzy Raynor XII
	Mira Raynora Minor		1631–1634			Raynor XII
	Vacant		1634–1636			Brrapa VII Hjalmar
	Altea Lomax		1636–1639			Hjalmar
	Yumi Zotrasdóttir	unknown	1639–1642	–	Kviteseid	Hjalmar Redquill
	Hallbjörn Haraldsson	Port Nevermore, 1588	1642–1644			Dominus
	Adam Ayreon-Kalirion	Ardashirshahr, 1630	1644–1645	Ura'Bos, 1650		Aurangzeb II* Noor	Jailed by Noor.
	Daniyal Dravot	Normark, 1559	1645–1647	Modan-Lach, 1657		Noor
	Altea Lomax	Zy-Rodun, 1607	1647			Noor
	Isabella Simrani-Kalirion	Ribat al-Eluinshahr, 1603	1647–1648		Ayreon-Kalirion	Noor
	Kyle Kilynn	Demonsfall, 1617	1648–1651	Demonsfall, 1656		Noor Ayreon IV
	Liv Dravot	Shirekeep, 1615	1651–1654			Ayreon IV
	Waldemar Zinkgraven	Dietsland, 1590	1654–1657		Zinkgraven	Ayreon IV	Elected.
	Mira Octavius-Aryani	c. 1605	1657–			Ayreon IV

• Antikaiser, the stewardship was nonetheless legitimized ex post facto by Imperial Decree 849.