Masked Lords

A council made up of fifty of the seventy guilds who keep their identities secret and help to rule Eck-Ta'Quay. The Lords appear in public only when masked and magically protected from divinations and other forms of magic. Lady Laeral Silverhand, Warden of Eck-Ta'Quay and Commander of the Watch, is the Open Lord, and her palace in the center of Castle Ward is the seat of government. Speculation on the identity of the other lords is a sporting pastime in Eck-Ta'Quay. All that is certain is that they are competent and fair rulers, which is more than most cities could hope for, much less other cities whose rulers wear masks.