The Council of Twelve

Members (Present and Former):

Kiyankahip:
Wan Tho:
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About:

The primary ruling body of Cahokia is the Council of Twelve, often abbreviated to the Council. The positions are lifetime appointments, in theory. Council members may step down, retire, or be removed, but that rarely happens in modern Cahokia. Council members propose new members, and the citizens vote on an approval, but proposed members are almost never rejected. The original twelve were selected by their respective tribes as representatives of the twelve most influential in the city. However, over the years, the Council has morphed into being more about individual families retaining their positions through inheritance and nepotism. The current Council of Twelve are from among the most powerful families in the region, and they all maintain a delicate balance between doing what is best for Cahokia and doing what is best for their lineage.

In 708 a general from the Dine Republic infiltrated Cahokian society and made it onto the Council. He used his position to execute The Rock Breaker Plot, killing another member of the Council, Wan Tho, in the process of destroying the Plaza full of people.