On Friday, February 26th, Max Pride, Prince of Carbondale, made the following speech regarding the vacant court positions:

The Primogen is under the assumption that they have the authority to appoint a Seneschal and a Keeper of Elysium.
Nothing could be further from the Truth.
The sole purpose of the Primogen is to provide the Prince with counsel and advice as to the administration of the city and as to the needs of their respective clans. The Prince's power, within the city, is paramount to all others. This is evidenced by the Prince's ability to deny residency within the city. As well, it is through the Prince's authority that the Masquerade is upheld. Finally, perhaps the bes illustration of the power of the Prince is his ability to call a Blood Hunt, which is the unrestricted power over life and death among our kind.
The Prince's power does not stem from, nor is it given by, the Primogen. The Primogen did not appoint the Prince to his position, and neither do they have the power to dismiss him. The Prince holds his positions because of who and what he is, and the Primogen cannot deny that.
The powers of the Seneschal and the Keeper of Elysium flow from the Prince. The Seneschal has the authority to stand in the Prince's stead when the Prince is unavailable, and exercise the power of that office. Likewise, the Keeper of Elysium has the authority of the Prince to punish violations of the Masquerade. Both positions, therefore, are exercises of power that belong to the Prince alone. As those powers belong to the Prince, only he may delegate them. Not the Primogen.
Skyler Song is not Seneschal, and Oliver Rida is not Keeper of Elysium, not because I am removing them from office, though surely the Prince does have that power. No, they were never given those positions by the Prince, and therefore, they are not holding those positions, no matter what the Primogen says.
The error in this matter lies squarely with the Primogen, for they presumed that they had power which they do not.
By this, I am reiterating that Carbondale has neither a Seneschal nor a Keeper of Elysium, and that it shall not have them, until I see fit to appoint them.


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