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Night Council Nominations and You
The Night Council is the governing body for all supernatural communities not just in London, but across the UK. At the end of March, the five seats on the Council will be officially open for nomination. Players, it's time to exercise your democratic* rights.
Summary
Every two years the Night Council officially elects its highest-ranking seats: President, Vice President, and Representatives. Before the election can take place, the candidates must be nominated by upstanding members of their community. The nominations take place as follows:
President: Nominated by Circle Daybreak, Islington Nest, Redbright Institute and Night Council. Millicent does not allow any other vampires to be nominated because she hates competition.
Vice President: Nominated by Circle Daybreak, Islington Nest, Redbright Institute and Night Council. Millicent does not allow any other vampires to be nominated because she hates competition.
Witch Representative: Must be a witch. Nominated by Circle Daybreak.
Vampire Representative: Millicent doesn't believe in democracy and therefore doesn't allow anyone but herself to be nominated.
Shapeshifter and Meta Human Representative: Must be a shapeshifter or meta human. Nominated by Night Council, Hillingdon Clan and Redbright Institute.
The nominations will officially take place between 29th-31st March. After that, the election campaign will begin and continue through April until the election itself which will take place on 5th May.
Make your Nominations
All of the incumbent Representatives will be automatically up for re-election. If no other candidates stand against them, they will of course keep their seats. This will be the case for Millicent, the Vampire Representative. The other four seats are all up for grabs!
Nominate your character
Fancy becoming a Representative on the Night Council? Nominate your character! Just bear in mind, you need to meet the following criteria:
- Your character meets the requirements listed above e.g. if you want them to be nominated as Shapeshifter/Meta Human Representative, they must be a shapeshifter or meta human.
- Someone would nominate them. That person must be an upstanding member of their faction i.e. level 3 or above. They can be an NPC, but check with me first if you want an NPC to nominate them.
- Your character is an adult.
- Your character is level 3 or above, or they're at level 2 and you can move them up to level 3 at the next activity check. Unless you want to nominate them for President, in which case they need to be at level 4 or above.
- Your character is either a member of the Night Council already, or you will have 3 points to spend on joining the Night Council by the time of the election (5th May).
To nominate your character, fill in the form below:
It will be assumed that by nominating your character you do intend them to win, although winning is not guaranteed. However, if you would like to play your character as a candidate but you don't actually want them to win a seat, you can nominate them and make a note that you intend to lose.
Nominate an NPC
Why make up another NPC? Because it gives you the players the chance to decide what sort of character you want to represent your character's people. Remember, NPCs can always be influenced with a well-placed bribe! The incumbent NPCs will be up for election again, but you can also nominate a new NPC to challenge them.
To nominate an NPC, fill in the form below:
Rivalries are encouraged! Have fun with it, I'm interested to see what sort of characters you come up with. You have until 31st March 20:00 GMT+1 to submit your nominations.
Next Steps
There will be a follow-up OOC post in April that will detail the election process and how that will impact characters ICly, including those who cannot nominate or vote.
To keep things interesting, the election winners will not be announced until the actual IC date of the election results: 6th May. However, please note that although characters will vote ICly, there will not be an OOC voting process as such. I will decide on the election results.
*Democracy not guaranteed.
Summary
Every two years the Night Council officially elects its highest-ranking seats: President, Vice President, and Representatives. Before the election can take place, the candidates must be nominated by upstanding members of their community. The nominations take place as follows:
President: Nominated by Circle Daybreak, Islington Nest, Redbright Institute and Night Council. Millicent does not allow any other vampires to be nominated because she hates competition.
Vice President: Nominated by Circle Daybreak, Islington Nest, Redbright Institute and Night Council. Millicent does not allow any other vampires to be nominated because she hates competition.
Witch Representative: Must be a witch. Nominated by Circle Daybreak.
Vampire Representative: Millicent doesn't believe in democracy and therefore doesn't allow anyone but herself to be nominated.
Shapeshifter and Meta Human Representative: Must be a shapeshifter or meta human. Nominated by Night Council, Hillingdon Clan and Redbright Institute.
The nominations will officially take place between 29th-31st March. After that, the election campaign will begin and continue through April until the election itself which will take place on 5th May.
Make your Nominations
All of the incumbent Representatives will be automatically up for re-election. If no other candidates stand against them, they will of course keep their seats. This will be the case for Millicent, the Vampire Representative. The other four seats are all up for grabs!
Nominate your character
Fancy becoming a Representative on the Night Council? Nominate your character! Just bear in mind, you need to meet the following criteria:
- Your character meets the requirements listed above e.g. if you want them to be nominated as Shapeshifter/Meta Human Representative, they must be a shapeshifter or meta human.
- Someone would nominate them. That person must be an upstanding member of their faction i.e. level 3 or above. They can be an NPC, but check with me first if you want an NPC to nominate them.
- Your character is an adult.
- Your character is level 3 or above, or they're at level 2 and you can move them up to level 3 at the next activity check. Unless you want to nominate them for President, in which case they need to be at level 4 or above.
- Your character is either a member of the Night Council already, or you will have 3 points to spend on joining the Night Council by the time of the election (5th May).
To nominate your character, fill in the form below:
It will be assumed that by nominating your character you do intend them to win, although winning is not guaranteed. However, if you would like to play your character as a candidate but you don't actually want them to win a seat, you can nominate them and make a note that you intend to lose.
Nominate an NPC
Why make up another NPC? Because it gives you the players the chance to decide what sort of character you want to represent your character's people. Remember, NPCs can always be influenced with a well-placed bribe! The incumbent NPCs will be up for election again, but you can also nominate a new NPC to challenge them.
To nominate an NPC, fill in the form below:
Rivalries are encouraged! Have fun with it, I'm interested to see what sort of characters you come up with. You have until 31st March 20:00 GMT+1 to submit your nominations.
Next Steps
There will be a follow-up OOC post in April that will detail the election process and how that will impact characters ICly, including those who cannot nominate or vote.
To keep things interesting, the election winners will not be announced until the actual IC date of the election results: 6th May. However, please note that although characters will vote ICly, there will not be an OOC voting process as such. I will decide on the election results.
*Democracy not guaranteed.
NOMINATIONS FOR SHAPESHIFTER/META HUMAN REPRESENTATIVE
Must be a shapeshifter or meta human. Nominated by Night Council, Hillingdon Clan and Redbright Institute.
YASMINE MERAD
Age: 36
Species: Shapeshifter
Nominated by: Incumbent
Factions: Redbright Institute
Supports: Shapeshifters and meta humans in general. She supports witches publicly, but privately resents them.
Neutral: Ghosts, werewolves
Against: Fae, vampires, witches in private
Campaign message: VOTE YASMINE – FOR A FAIRER, SAFER COMMUNITY. Yasmine will be bolder in her election message this time around, distancing herself ideologically from the incumbent witch candidates with a message based around inclusion and representing the interests of meta humans and shapeshifters whose voices are not heard strongly enough. No more being bossed around by witches. She wants to help meta humans and shapeshifters protect themselves and others.
SANDRA NG
Age: 29
Species: Metahuman
Nominated by: Those of her students who are over 18
Factions: Redbright
Supports: Metahumans in particular.
Neutral: Witches, shapeshifters, Ghosts
Against: Vampires, Werewolves, Fae
Campaign message: VOTE SANDRA NG - A VOICE FOR METAHUMANS
Sandra Ng is a popular former student turned teacher at Redbright. In addition to teaching music to the younger students, she is also the faculty advisor for several clubs--some less official than others. She once let it slip that she wishes there were two separate post on the Night Council for shapeshifters and metahumans, rather than a combined one, and ever since some of her students have been pushing her to run. They even nominated her without her consent.
She struggled with the candidacy that was forced on her, but ultimately decided to embrace it. She wants a greater voice for metahumans on the Night Council, and her main campaign promise is that, if elected, she will push for separating her job so that metahuman needs as well as shapeshifter needs are fully represented on the Night Council.
JASPER BURNS
Age: 40
Species: Metahuman
Nominated by: Redbright
Factions: Redbright
Supports: Fae, Metahumans, Night Council
Neutral: Werewolves, Vampires, Ghosts
Against: All witches. Actual humans.
Campaign message: JASPER BURNS - BREAK THE CHAINS THAT BIND YOU.
Whispers are that Jasper Burns was involved in Lambeth, but they could just be that - rumors. It is no secret that Jasper openly supports the Fae, though. A researcher at Redbright, Jasper has been desperately trying to prove the connection between Fae and Metahumans, claiming that all metahuman power is owed to Fae and that it is with them, not the witches, that metahumans should be allied. Jasper's claims have been met highly skeptically, seen as a professor with too much time on his hands. But this campaign marks a bold move on his part.
Even more controversially, Jasper believes that the supernatural shouldn't hide. This seems, to many people, reason enough not to put him on the council as it would be far too dangerous for that point to ever gain actual traction. His rhetoric is all about not being scared, not letting a small handful of people stop the supernatural from living their life. (He will even point to poor Joe the Bear - how can that man ever go out?)
Jasper can't understand why a group of people with such power - especially true in the Fae's case - would allow themselves to be held down like this. "We can rise from the ashes like the proverbial phoenix! We will break the chains that bind us!"
The whispers continue -- Is he breaking the law just by saying this stuff? He couldn't possibly get elected, right?
FAOLAN O'NEILL
Age: 29
Species: Metahuman
Nominated by: Anonymous member of the Night Council? (possibly someone who wanted to have a good laugh/shake things up??)
Factions: Hillingdon, Night Council
Supports: Hillingdon (obviously), Night Council (he doesn't have a choice in that)
Neutral: Pretty much everyone else.
Against: He does not like vampires, but he can keep himself civil in debate with one.
Campaign message: FOR THE RECORD -- I don't really want Faolan to win this. And he wouldn't really want to win it either, he has his hands full enough with Hillingdon as it is. But I enjoy the idea of having him nominated, especially given he WOULD be a controversial candidate on account of recent events. And maybe his voicing his opinions will get people talking??? Maybe. Regardless his nominators would pitch him as such:
Faolan believes in honest and equal representation for all. He believes that the idea of the Night Council and the actuality of the Night Council are two very different things. He believes that they exist to uphold the law in the fairest sense of the word and does not agree that they are doing so. Though he must keep his opinions to himself on the matter lest he wind up a statue in Sylvia's office, he believes there is a definite unbalance of power in the current council.
He may not particularly like vampires, and he may be decidedly ambivalent about the fae -- especially if they're going to go about stealing children like they have of late -- but at at the same time his belief is thus: any citizen should be treated with respect underneath the law, regardless as to who or what they are, unless they have personally proven themselves to be incapable of following it. (Though if they do, as a member of Hillingdon he has absolutely no qualms hunting them down...)
"Birdie" Salander
Age: 71
Species: Shapeshifter
Nominated by: Herself
Factions: Night Council
Supports: Shapeshifters, metahumans, Night Council, Redbright
Neutral: Witches, Ghosts, Werewolves
Against: Vampires, Fae
Campaign message: In her heyday, Birdie fought for the rights of those that were oppressed. Not just the obvious choices --shapeshifters among them, of course-- but civil rights, equal employment opportunities. She's done her share of marching, protesting, and lobbying for fairer, more just, enforcement of magical law. She cannot abide by the rich trampling the poor any more than she could abide by the powerful trampling the weak. She aims to stamp out fearmongering and her goal is to see that the powerful do their share to protect the weak.
At its core, Birdie believes in equality, and so her campaign message is "A Better Future for All."