Council of Terra

The Council of Terra was the ancient ruling body of the Imperium of Man convened by Malcador the Sigillite and High Regent Alexandros Darshan VonSalim to replace the Imperial War Council in the early 31st Millennium after the Vanishing and Conclave of Terra, shortly before the beginning of the Five Ruins.

The Council of Terra was the Imperium's earliest attempt at true civilian rule. As the Great Crusade filled out the blank corners of the galactic map, the daily needs of governance fell increasingly to the adepts of the Administratum rather than the Emperor and His sons on the War Council, where some had mistakenly assumed such authority would remain in perpetuity.

It was becoming clear as the crusade continued that an empire of a million worlds and more would, as time went on, have less need of mighty warriors and ever more of diplomats and traders, architects and artists, comptrollers, judges and tithe collectors.

Presiding over a grand council of several thousand representatives, both elected and appointed, they decreed that the future of the Imperium was to be placed, now and always, in the hands of its people.

However, Primarchs were given a voice on the Council, to show the role that the legions would still play in the Imperium.

Members of the Council of Terra

 * First Lord of the Council and Regent of Terra: Malcador the Sigillite
 * High Regent of the Imperium: Alexandros Darshan VonSalim
 * Fabricator-General of the Martian Mechanicum:
 * Kelbor-Hal (until the Fourth Ruin)
 * Captain-General and Chief Custodian of the Legio Custodes: Kadai Vilaccan
 * Master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica: Yoshigahara Hanshiro
 * Master of the Administratum: Lady Winter
 * Paternoval Envoy of the Navis Nobilite: Mastarous Blac
 * Lord Commanders Militant of the Imperial Army: Lexin Hexanius
 * Grand Provost Marshal of the Adeptus Arbites: Tiberius Servilius Hammer
 * Master of the Astronomican: Valentine White
 * Chancellor of the Estate Imperium: Gilles Deslys
 * Speaker for the Chartist Captains: Lorenzo Barbani
 * Chirurgeon-General of the Orders Hospitaller: Dr. Elisa Lanicca
 * Speaker of the Legiones Astartes:
 * Koschei Kharkovic (until the Declaration of Separation)

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