Dominion of Mycenae

Sometimes referred to as the empire of Mycenae, the Dominion is the mini-empire carved out by Hectarion and his Crimson Lions during the Great Crusade. Located in the galactic north west, the Dominion's northern border is often defined as the space anomoly later called the "Eye of Terror", for the northernmost of the Dominion's tiarniaid's (that of Cadia) only extends a small distance northwards and is largely centred upon the worlds surrounding Cadia. Any further north than this and the Dominion would have come dangerously close to Han and so Hectarion agreed that most worlds past this point would be part of the Imperium as a whole rather than the Dominion as a concession to the Jade General.

Within the Dominion itself, the administrative capital is not, as one might expect, Mycenae. Instead, seeing that Mycenae was feral world ill suited to becoming the administrative centre of an empire, Hectarion chose to locate the main administration of his empire upon the world of Konossia. A world of gleaming marble cities, it's on Konossia that all the central administration of Mycenae takes place. Spreading out from Konossia and Mycenae, the Dominion's twin capitals, the Dominion spans nearly 300 worlds directly under its control. These are then organized into Tiarniaid's which are given to a member of the Crimson Lions legion to administer as a Tiarnos. To be made a Tiarnos is a great honour but one that goes with great duty for a Tiarnos is expected to be an administrator, warlord and judge all in one. Beneath the Tiarnii are the stewards appointed by the Tiarnii to administer individual planets.

Alongside the Tiarnii and almost as important are the rulers of the Dominion's vassal states. While few and far between, these states opinions bear equal weight to those of the Tiarnii upon Hectarion's council in matters to do with administration of the Dominion, whether it be taxes or the resolution of internal disputes. While there are perhaps two dozen vassals states who's realms consist of only a world or two, there are only four who's realms are large enough to take note of, the Punik trading lords, the Forge Fathers of the Blood Stars, the Hanseatik merchant league and kingdom of the Tewtonik Order. Each of these vassal states controls a dozen worlds or more and is allowed self rule, not being part of any Tiarniaid and being allowed an envoy upon Hectarion's council.

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