Category:The Lords Temporal

Lords Temporal are noble families subordinate to the Lords Immaculate, charged by them to attend to the actual work of government and rule. While there is some contact between the current Lords Temporal and the Orarchs, the Lords Temporal exaggerate this connection to justify their now-largely-independent rule over the common people of shield. In reality, they’re mostly on their own unless they really screw up, in which case the Orarchs might show up en masse to “correct” the problem. The particular arrangements and power structure of the Lords Temporal look different in different parts of Shield - In Hoehen they are nominally united under a monarch, in Arles they govern in city councils, in Torgriussa leading the military, and in Riihar, Karthis and the Shards they are completely absent.