Regent

The Regent is a mystery. Each of the Free Cities has one, and each proclaims that they rule their city by the divine mandate and in care for the the Mother of Waves. They are not Kings or Queens, they are Regents, and they rule in the place of the Goddess.

For as long as there have been cities, there have been Regents. No one remembers a time before. No one knows for certain how they are chosen, but yet there always seems to be one. Some guess that Regents choose their successors. Others say that Maeve herself decides. Regents are chosen from all classes, all castes. The lowliest shepherd or the finest general might ascend to the title, but for the will of Maeve.