Circle of Fyfths

The highest administrative body of the City of Tulara, these five "governors" handle the business of the city and school with stern discipline and staid dependability. One always knows which foot they will put forward before even asking, which is ultimately just the way they like it.

Structure

The primarch is Orran Velthar, followed by the Secundus, Jeshra Veylan. Talek Razuun is the Treasurer, and Senya Douriel is the disciplinarian. The Master of Secrets, Kheled Ibraan, tries very hard to stay out of politics, and is loyal only to Sheherizade.

Culture

The Circle is steeped in deep tradition and sacred ritual, and is very staid and unbothered when in session. Even the greatest of potential threats could not break their veneer of calm capability.

Public Agenda

To continue leading Tulara University through a period of slow, but steady, financial accumulation rivaling any world power.

Assets

Academic Assets

The Grand Archive: An immense library of scrolls, stone tablets, and bound codices, rumored to include censored sections only Circle members and Sheherizade herself may read.

Desert Herbarium: A collection of rare desert plants with medicinal and alchemical uses, some found nowhere else on Tellus.

Astronomical Instruments: Massive brass astrolabes and sand-polished lenses, used for desert star-mapping and navigation.

Conservatory of Rhetoric & Oratory: A hall where future leaders of the Rhegev are trained in speechcraft.

Sacred Texts: Original copies of ancient desert creeds and proto-legal documents, which are priceless and zealously guarded.

Material Assets

Cistern Vaults: Ancient underground reservoirs, still functioning, holding both water and secrets.

Cooling Mechanisms: Clockwork ventilation shafts built by forgotten engineers; worth a fortune if replicated elsewhere.

Treasury of Fyfth: Stores of coin, jewels, and tributes from desert tribes who send their brightest students.

Ceremonial Robes & Regalia: Gold-threaded garments worn by the Circle during convocations, symbolizing continuity.

Tularan Steelworks: Workshops where artisans produce precise tools, surgical instruments, and mechanisms that are otherwise quite rare outside the desert.

Political & Social Assets

Oaths of Fealty: Binding contracts with desert tribes and merchant houses to provide students, tribute, and protection.

Circle Guard: A disciplined corps loyal only to the Circle of Fyfths, enforcing order across campus and the town.

Tuition Tribute: Payments made not in coin but in rare resources, ivory, salt, incense, relics.

Council Records: Minutes and decrees stretching back centuries, used as legal precedent in the Rhegev Desert.

Mystical & Forbidden Assets

The Seal of Ashuun: A relic said to bind something beneath the cistern.

Desert Glass Orbs: Alchemical spheres that store sunlight and heat, both light sources and weapons.

Bound Djinn Contracts: Old pacts with elemental beings, kept locked in the Archives.

Forbidden Chambers: Sealed lecture halls where “unacceptable” philosophies were once taught, now hidden away.

Whispering Walls: Ancient inscriptions in the cistern tunnels that hum when the air is still, said to be the voices of the builders.

The desert remembers, the circle decides

Founding Date

4000

Capital

Tulara University

Alternative Names

The Circle

Demonym

Governor

Leader

Orran Velthar

Founders

Sheherizade the Temptress

Head of State

Sheherizade the Temptress

Head of Government

Orran Velthar

Government System

Electocracy

Power Structure

Provisional government

Economic System

Market economy

Location

Tulara University

Neighboring Nations

The One True Church

Notable Members

Talek Razuun

Circle of Fyfths

Structure

Culture

Public Agenda

Assets

Academic Assets

Material Assets

Political & Social Assets

Mystical & Forbidden Assets

The desert remembers, the circle decides

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