Connects to: 13.06, 29.14.51 and 33.16.
Whenever a Doge of the City of Shuttered Windows dies, the Electors of the city meet deep in the bowels of the Old Council Tower and thirty of their number are chosen randomly. Then nine of these thirty are randomly selected. Then these nine elect forty Electors, of whom twelve are chosen randomly. These twelve elect twenty-five. Then nine of these twenty-five are selected randomly who then elect forty-five. These forty-five, in turn, are randomly reduced to eleven. These eleven then elect forty-one and these forty-one then finally vote to elect the new Doge, with twenty-five votes being needed rather than a simple majority. Some foreigners have tried to subvert the elections with bribery and blackmail but ended up giving up in befuddlement.
Connections:
- As part of the election, twelve out of forty are randomly chosen. This is done by the monks of the Isle of Dolyeades. They use cows (33.16).
- The most recent election lead to the creation of ettins (13.06).
- One election resulted in a chicken becoming Doge (Simone the Fowl).
Hook:
- What interesting things lie in the Old Council Tower?