Steward
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 |
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Fax Celestis | 1466 | Ari 0 Landsraad |
ruling steward in the absence of a kaiser | ||||
Nikkolo | 1475–1477 | Landsraad | ruling steward in the absence of a kaiser | ||||
Ari Rahikkala | 1483–1484 | Aurefiction Meskan I |
as Kantzler | ||||
Erik Mortis III | 1484–1486 | Jadie | |||||
Jadie Doran | 1486–1493 | Mors Wylþeow Landsraad |
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Gregory the Angel Guardian | 1493–1497 | Los II Raynor XI |
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Shyriath Bukolos | 1497–1502 | Raynor XI Mors IV |
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Scott of Alexander | 1502–1504 | Ari i | |||||
Shyriath Bukolos | 1504–1507 | Alejian I | |||||
Fax Celestis | 1507–1512 | Los III Yarad Semisa I |
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Nick Foghorn Leghorn | 1512–1513 | Letifer II | |||||
Gregory the Angel Guardian | 1513–1514 | Letifer II | |||||
William Meskan | 1515–1516 | Alejian II | |||||
Malarbor | 1516–1518 | Alejian II | |||||
Baldwin Plantagenet Julii | 1518–1519 | Alejian II | |||||
Gregory the Angel Guardian | 1520–1524 | Carol | |||||
Jacobus Loki | 1535–1542 | Mors V Hasan I |
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Harald of Froyalan | 1542 | Hasan I | |||||
Carol of Lumina's Light | 1542 | Ayreon I | |||||
Ardashir Moqtada Osmani | 1542–1543 | Ayreon I | |||||
Oroigawa Koreyasu | 1543–1547 | Ayreon I Loki III |
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Ari Rahikkala | 1547–1548 | Reynardine I | |||||
Oroigawa Koreyasu | 1548–1551 | Agni I | |||||
Leo Dine | 1551–1552 | Erasmas | |||||
Jacobus Loki | 1552–1553 | Anandja I | |||||
Leo Dine | 1552–1554 | Anandja I | |||||
Ardashir Moqtada Osmani | 1554–1557 | Anandja I Gaelen III |
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Malliki Tosha | 1557 | Kaiser Aurangzeb | |||||
Leo Dine | 1557–1560 | Kaiser Aurangzeb Kaiser Leto III |
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Malliki Tosha | 1560–1561 | Kaiser Leto III | |||||
Ryan of Yardistan | 1561 | Kaiser Leto III | |||||
Erik Mortis | 1561–1562 | Kaiser Malarbor I | |||||
Daniel Kalirion | 1562–1564 | Kaiser Mors VI | |||||
Falkner van der Sluijs | 1566–1570 | Kaiseress Anandja II Kaiser Ikol II Kaiser B'Caw I Kaiser Ometeotl I |
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Giles Melang | 1574–1577 | Kaiser Gaelen IV | |||||
Carl Jackson | 1577 | Kaiser Cedris I | |||||
Oroigawa Kitsune | 1577–1579 | Kaiseress Rei | |||||
Jacobus Loki | 1582–1584 | Kaiser Reynardine II | |||||
Kozhi Rraahan | 1584–1585 | Kaiser Loki IV | |||||
Carl Jackson | 1585–1587 | Kaiser Loki IV | |||||
Vilhelm Benkern | 1587–1588 | Kaiser Hasan II | |||||
Conglacio Swefhert | 1588–1589 | Kaiser Ayreon II | |||||
Johnathan Nelson Wythe II | 1589 | Kaiser Ayreon II | |||||
Ari Rahikkala | 1590–1591 | Kaiser Wythe | |||||
Vilhelm Benkern | 1591 | Kaiser Wythe | |||||
Shyriath Bukolos | 1602–1606 | Kaiseress Mira Raynora Minor Kaiser Aiomide |
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Mira Octavius-Aryani | 1606–1608 | Kaiser Aiomide | as Regent | ||||
Choygal Kamala | 1608–1610 | Kaiser Trantor IV Landsraad |
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Shyriath Bukolos | 1610–1613 | Kaiser Mo'll | |||||
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 |
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Mira Raynora Minor | 1631–1634 | Raynor XII | |||||
Vacant | 1634–1636 | Brrapa VII Hjalmar |
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Altea Lomax | Tarkyr, 1607 | 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 | Tarkyr, 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 |
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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.