The Arch Sovrans of Menione

The Sovrans of Menione is five influential leaders of the confederation. These men or women make the final governing decisions for the realm. Each will lay its agenda, and the parliamentary body will vote on it. In addition, the Sovrans will oversee foreign affairs, the economy, education, treasury, and infrastructure. The Arch Sovrans are the bloodline of the former leaders of the five kingdoms that make up Menione.

The Current Sovrans

Olivier Sartre

Sovran Olivier Sartre is a shrewd political, professor, and mage. She is the second child of a prominent family and attended the Fellowship of the Mystic Arts in Morly City. There she took the traditional route of her family and became a bladesinging master. She traveled throughout Menione to learn about the people and the various customs. She was interacting with the multiple enigmatic tribes of Firbolg and the sea elves of the three inland seas. In her early 30s, she became a diplomat to an elven city in the realm of water. The relationship between the two planes ushered in a new age of arcana. Unfortunately, her brother's untimely death forced her to claim the title of Sovran. She pushed legislation for education in the mystic arts and technology.
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Médée Fabre

Sovran Médée Fabre is one of two archbishops on the council of sovrans. She heads the Strings of Milil and the Academy of the Song and Arts. She is the only child of a prominent family in Ira. Médée is married and has two children. The Fabre family runs most of the renowned banks in Menione and sponsors several traveling theatre companies. Médée has learned about the land from books, plays, and atlas. She hasn't traveled much outside Morly City and stays busy with the family business and governing. She pushes legislation for education and economic infrastructure plans.
Sovran Médée walks with an air of confidence. The silver-haired half-elf head of the family is always dressed professionally and has several guards. Some see her reading a book in a famous square for artists or playing a loot with the other performers.

Alaire Deschamps

Sovran Alaire Deschamps is a champion for the people and the defense of the land. The Guardsman of Helm roams the countryside visiting several military outposts along the border. Alaire is the relatively oldest sovran out of the five. He has always been a devoted soldier for the god Helm. During his youth, he wandered the wilds of the northern borders fighting the many orc tribes and giant enclaves. He also led forces that protected nearby settlements of Seule Lochs from an army of lizardfolk led by an excursion of Triton. Fort Deschamps was created in honor of Sovran Alaire to watch over the nearby bogs and towns. Sovran Alaire does most of his legislation on the road. He pushes for increased funding to the military and guard units in the realm. That would include arctech aerial and sea vehicles.
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Esmée Rey

Sovran Esmée Rey is one of two archbishops on the council of sovran. The high-elven family always has been devoted worshippers of Azuth. They establish the Fellowship of the Mystic Arts in the capital city. She continues the expansion of the magical arts in the larger towns of Menione. She spends most of her time in the City of Llandy. Esmée crown jewel to the occult arts is the university in that town. She also oversees various research and development projects, such as discovering a new source of arcane energy in the Sterile Sea. Most of the legislation she devotes her political time to the economic capabilities of magic, safeguarding the uses of the arcane, and further educating all mystic arts.
A wafer-thin elegant lady with golden blonde hair with streaks of color on the tips. On top of her delicate shoulders is a gray-horned owl that is constantly vigilant of its surroundings. She generally wears a silky smooth bodycon dress with a low v-neck and various types of polished jewelry.

Zacharie Sault

Sovran Zacharie Sault is known as the peoples Sovran. He and his family work for small-town rights and establish trade routes for them. People interact with him freely as he eats at local restaurants and taverns. In the land of Epolate, there are a significant amount of tribal societies. These tribes don't live within the social norms of the large cities or towns but work with them to live their best lives within their social means. Sovran Zacharie champions legislation for economic growth through trade, foreign and domestic. And he looks to build up the infrastructure to establish these economic growths.
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Type

Geopolitical, Co-rulership

Alternative Names

Sovran