Oracular Council

Oracular Council

(Organization)

Type

Governmental

Leader

Zhao Meng

Headquarters

Changdo, Po Li

Goals

Rule Po Li

Scope

National

Structure

Two-tiered council

Members

Oracles, various bureaucrats

Source: Dragon Empires Gazetteer, pg(s). 34 (1E)
Tian Xia World Guide, pg(s). 173–174 (2E)

The Oracular Council serves as the ruling body of the Successor State of Po Li.

Structure

The council is composed of numerous powerful oracles as, while divine magic is seen as the highest form of magic in Po Li, the worship of all deities is banned. Instead, the people of Po Li are mandated a state religion of the Eternal Emperor, a monotheistic belief in the emperor of the fallen Lung Wa empire reincarnated through each of its successive rulers. That the last emperor of Imperial Lung Wa died during the empire's fall in 4606 AR has not dulled this faith and does not seem to have diminished the Oracular Council's power. While the Oracular Council claims to be actively seeking a new divine heir to sit upon the Five Dragon Throne, some have speculated that the current situation actually suits them just fine. Mothers across Po Li claim that their children were born under some kind of divine sign, while these claims are mostly fanciful the inquisitors sent to investigate these claims will sometimes take the child away to be raised amongst the oracles, a small fraction of whom eventually ascend all the way to the Oracular Council.

The council is divided into two levels of authority, the High Oracular Council and the Lower Oracular Council. The High Oracular Council consists of five ministers who await the return of the Eternal Emperor while defending the political agendas and culture of Po Li. The Lower Oracular Council consists of various lower ranking oracles, bureaucrats, politicians, and secular lords.

High Oracular Council

As of 4724 AR, the High Oracular Council's five ministers were:

• Zhao Meng, Grand Oracle
• Zhuge Shuang Ying, Minister of Internal Affairs, director of the Lapis Watchers and second in authority to the Grand Oracle
• Wang Jin, Minister of Faith
• Shi Yin Ling, Minister of Truth
• Auyoung Fong, overseer of hundreds of documents connected to the Path of Numbers

Lower Oracular Council

Known members of the Lower Oracular Council:

• Ling Zhiyu, courtesy name Wenhan, Sixth-Rank Clerk of the Ministry of Truth, Junior Secretary

References

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