The Doges are the rulers of the Shuttered City. The current Doge is the blind Doge.
Simone the Fowl is a former Doge.
Loguiso II is a former Doge. He began the construction of Loguiso’s Wall, though it took the rule of many doges to complete.
The election of the Doges is an involved process.
The ‘Doge in the time before there was a Doge’ ordered the creation of the Arch of Defeat.
The Doge Wears Not a Crown
It is true that the flesh, bones and entrails of the great Doge Simone the Fowl were interred in a jewel-encrusted casket but another fate awaited his skin, feathers and beak. They were expertly stuffed and attached to a gold circlet that even now the Doges wear instead of a crown. It is said that if any Doge is truly unworthy of his office, the bird on his head will flap its winds and fly off. Considering the quality of some of the past Doges of the City of the Shuttered Windows it is a wonder that this has not already happened.
Hook:
- Why do the Doges wear a bird on their heads?
- Will the bird really fly off if the Doge is unworthy?