Taisech

The Taisech is the title given to the Chief of a Kæl. The Bryndffolk are not a rigid heirarchial structure like the Old Xjinn Empire, or the present-day Irex. As such, each community in the Bryndlands is mostly independent of it's neighbors, conducting trade, negotiating conflicts, communicating among one another, etc.. without much direction from the Rígh (king) of the Ríogh they belong to.

The role of Taisech is more than simply a title given to a ruler. Taisech is bestowed upon an individual by a Druid of the Druí Roth Mohr through the ritual of the Talún Gaes which also binds the Taisech to the people and the land of the community.

Qualifications

The qualifications to become Taisech are simple. They must be resident in the land for which they will steward. They must undergo the rites of the Talún Gaes cast by a Druid of the Druí Roth Mohr. The rites won't succeed if the candidate has not lived in the land long enough to hold it in their heart as home.

Requirements

Most candidates for Taisech are chosen by the Druí Roth Mohr. Serving Taisech often designate heirs to their position and recommend that person to the Druí Roth Mohr, but the druids are under no obligation to heed the recommendation. However, the majority of designated heirs (especially in large or wealthy domains) are selected by the Druí Roth Mohr since, they are usually trained from childhood to assume their sire's seat.

Grounds for Removal/Dismissal

If a Taisech angers or offends the spirits of the land to such a degree that the land itself rejects their bond. The offensive Taisech can be removed if the Druí Rath Mohr perform the Æseath ritual. The ritual breaks the bond between an unworthy Taisech and the land they rule. Without that bond, the land cannot prosper.

An unworthy Taisech is not the same as a weak Taisech suffering with the land, or the land suffering with a weak Taisech. A Taisech can grow weak through any number of circumstances, injury, illness, curse, losing their dominion over their people and land. A weak Taisech can grow strong again through good govenance of their people and good dominion over their land. However a Taisech who is deemed unworthy by the spirits of their land has had their fundamental nature exposed.

An unworthy Taisech does not possess the virtue of selfless service to their land nor their people. Maybe they rob the land of it's bounty and hoard it for their own personal enrichment, perhaps they abuse their people, ruling them as a tyrant, perhaps they hold trechary in their heart, betraying thieir lands and peoples to the gods and powers of Cosmic Law or Chaos, rejecting the natural balance of the world.

Cultural Significance

Taisech is the heart of the Bryndland political structure. A dominion's Taisech is almost a magesterial figure amongst the people who reside there. They are ruler, peacekeeper, arbiter, war-chief, and elder all in one person. The Taisech of a dominion is revered as a member of every extended family and is welcomed in every household as well as offering the hospitality of their Htælamór (or Great Hall) to their residents as well as guests.

Type

Nobility, Non-hereditary

Status

This title remains in common use in the Bryndlands

Form of Address

Syre

Equates to

Taisech are coequal to one another (or at least, the title doesn't grant greater or lesser prestige on it's own, though there is competition and rivalry amongst the Taisech over whose domain is greater than whose, heroic lineages, the bounty of their lands, etc..). When compared to other lords abroad mostly in the Irex, Taisech carries authority similar to the noble title Vannar from the Old Xjinn Empire.

Source of Authority

the Druí Roth Mohr

Length of Term

Life

Related Organizations

• Druí Roth Mohr