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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phlebas" data-source="post: 3956134" data-attributes="member: 23810">Looks interesting so far - I would be tempted to give the clans more prominence - maybe you can only vote within your clan to elect representative lords (from the noble class), and these clan lords vote to elect a chief of chiefs for a ten year period? If you wanted some political tension have a House of Warriors / Workers (however you structure the classes) which is currently advisory demanding some real political power. You could even have a house of Bards or Priests if you wanted these to be independent factions, or they could just have seats by right in the house of lords similar to Bishops in modern day house of lords. At the moment it looks very similar to pre-civil war westminster with celtic names but making clans part of the political system would make your clan still meaningful even if you moved to the city away from the clan lands. I know tartans are a victorian invention, but it would fit if you were only legally allowed to wear your own clan colours, and what you wear would depend upon your rank. Eg kilts for warriors, belts for workers, torcs for nobles. (no historical basis for this, but it would combine caste and clan in a way that feels celtic)If you've ever been in Ireland around the time of the All-Ireland finals, you can see a lot of the pride you're talking about. Why not bring in Hurling / gaelic football and have a LOT of violence associated with the games and the championship more politically motivated than to do with the actual game. Also gives plenty of RP opportunities in terms of sabotage or bribery within the system. In the same way that the chariot games in constantinople evolved into political parties you could have this ritualistic contest be the channel for all the inter-clan rivalries without having minor wars all the time. Just look at Italian Football (soccer for those across the pond) these days for examples of greed, corruption, politics and crime.Human Sacrifice for capital crimes is an interesting approach - would the individual temples draw lots, a national temple or would it be up to the victims family to claim the right? Would fit with a legal system that was more concerned with revenge than justice.Bard maybe becoming a honorary title n the same way diplomat / ambassador / special representative is today - or possibly the bardic universities now produce civil servants with large amounts of historical knowledge to advise the elected leaders - if you've ever seen 'Yes Minister'/ 'Yes Prime Minister', Sir Humphrey with his classics background and polished manner could easily have been a BardI like the idea of honour haunted though - that fatalistic view may well be the defining characteristic keeping Celtonia together</blockquote>

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