Seredeinn

The Seredeinn (The Wise Gathering) was the name given to a council of elders, clan chiefs, wise-men, and scholars formed in 238 BC by Húlon am Tuidd, the third monarch to rule the Kingdom of Selwyssig. It originally consisted of 12, then 30, and then finally 80 members by 230 BC.

Its purpose was to aid the ruling Caed with their counsel, and to administrate and tax the realm, but with the inclusion of several military leaders by Húlon somewhere between 234 and 230 BC, its members were to assist the ruler during times of war as well. Over the centuries, the Seredeinn had produced mixed results, in some cases its corrupt membership worsening a poor king's rule, while in others they had saved the country from certain ruin through their actions. It suffered multiple purges during its existence as a result, and had its influence curtailed on certain occassions.

Finally, it was reformed into the Imperial Senate in 240 TC by the Empress Toruvi, who reorganised its membership and increased its size to 121 senators. It would remain in this form for over a thousand years, during which the strength of its members would slowly wane, until it was finally disbanded by Emperor Farain in 1349 TC. As it was by that time the last institution that had existed since the times of the Tuiddar kings, the famous elven historian Horad was quoted as saying: "Farain's decree could not even be called a proverbial "final nail in the coffin", as by the time it came into effect, the last session of the senate was held over three years prior, with the remaining senators long since moving on to other posts in the Dominion; with the Senate gone, the last vestiges of the old kingdom were at last swept away."