Grand Roll

Mage's Association
Clock Tower
Departments
Department of General Fundamentals
Department of Individual Fundamentals
Department of Spiritual Evocation
Department of Mineralogy
Department of Zoology
Department of Lore
Department of Botany
Department of Astromancy
Department of Creation
Department of Curses
Department of Archaeology
Department of Modern Magecraft Theory
Department of Policies
Others
Secret Autopsy Division
Department of Summoning
El-Melloi Classroom
Carillon Observatory
Locations
Clock Tower Headquarters
Clock Tower Campus
Spiritual Tomb of Albion
Politics
Twelve Lords
Grand Roll
Atlas
Six Sources
Contracts of Atlas
Seven Superweapons of Atlas
Library of Alexandria
Wandering Sea
Ganne, Gate of Rebirth
Selen, Gate of Preservation
Ellen, Gate of Advancement
Guénon, Gate of Storage
Fushiruka, Gate of Subordination
Concealed Laws of the Gods
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The Grand Roll: Vote Among The Crown-Ranked (冠位決議(グランド・ロール), Kanmuri-i Ketsugi(Gurando Rōru)^?) is the highest decision-making body of the Clock Tower of the Mage's Association. It is derived from the event of the same name, the Grand Roll: Closed Session Among the Star-Crowned (星冠密議(グランド・ロール), Hoshi Kanmuri-i Mitsugi(Gurando Rōru)^?), the special meeting of the Xians of the Summit Court held every few decades. There's a difference in nuance with the Clock Tower's term, but it is likely that both events just have the same name as intentional camouflage, the same way Lord can mean either layman nobility or the Clock Tower leaders.

The Grand Roll of the Clock Tower

Characteristics

Participants of the 2004 Grand Roll.

The Clock Tower's Grand Roll is an adaptation of the much older Grand Roll in Asia.

In the Clock Tower, Grand Rolls are meetings between Clock Tower Lords and their representatives, their numbers fluctuating depending on the severity of the discussed issue, five out of the twelve families being the average level of attendance. These meetings assess matters across department and faction lines.

Though it might have fallen to that level in recent years, the Grand Roll is no simple meeting about the mundane operation of the Clock Tower: it is an elaborate ritual held in the deepest part of part of the Spiritual Tomb of Albion, the Ancient Heart, a section of the Spiritual Tomb of Albion infinitely close the inner sea of the planet. While it is being held, a special dam that can only be opened for the Grand Roll is unsealed, flooding the Ancient Heart with Magical Energy that cannot be found anywhere else. Designed to be impervious to outside interference, no one can leave or enter during the day of, and to get to the Ancient Heart, participants need to use a portal that opens from the Mining City Magisfair, avoiding the tedium of going through the entire Spiritual Tomb of Albion every time it is held.

The Barthomeloi family avoid most Grand Rolls, as it operates on the belief that, regardless of what the people beneath them fight about, the Barthomelois still dominate the Clock Tower.

Known decisions

• El-Melloi loses control over the Department of Mineralogy.
• El-Melloi gains control over the Department of Modern Magecraft Theory.
• Cancellation of the Grand Roll.

The Grand Roll of the Summit Court

Characteristics

Once every few decades, the Xians of the Shanling Fating gather together in the country of Sha for the special meeting that is the Grand Roll. It is a meeting held to add a new rule to the Philosophy Foundation.