🏛️ Council & Courtiers

4 council seats4 courtier types

Council Seats

Seat → Field ↓	Ambassador	Chancellor	Spymaster	Grand Vizier Behind the Throne
Unlocked by	Aristocracy	Spoked Wheel	Portcullis	Behind the Throne event chain
Eligible characters	Commander Diplomat Orator Schemer	Builder Judge Schemer Zealot	Schemer Scholar Tactician	A Rising Star Power Hungry
Rating yields ×△	0.2 /City ×△^-2	1 ×△^-1 1.5 ×△ 3 ×△⁺¹ 0.2 /City ×△	0.5 ×△^-2 0.2 ×△ 0.1 /City ×△	—
Rating opinions ×△	+3 Foreign Leader Opinion ×△ +3 Tribe Opinion ×△ +3 Religion Opinion ×△	—	+3 Family Opinion ×△	—
Other effects	—	—	Unlocks Agents in foreign cities	Acts as default Governor in every city without one (auto-build, no hurrying)
Assignment opinion	+40	+40	+40	+40
XP per turn	+5	+5	+5	+10

Courtiers

Courtier → Field ↓	Court Soldier "the Soldier"	Court Minister "the Minister"	Court Merchant "the Merchant"	Court Scholar "the Scientist"
Specialty rating	2–4	2–4	2–4	2–4
Archetype roll	Tactician 20% Commander 20% Zealot 20% Hero 40%	Judge 20% Orator 20% Builder 20% Schemer 20% Diplomat 20%	Orator 20% Builder 20% Schemer 20% Zealot 20% Diplomat 20%	Tactician 20% Judge 20% Orator 20% Scholar 40%
Adjective roll	Tracker 7.1% Swift 7.1% Besieger 7.1% Tough 7.1% Bloodthirsty 7.1% Steadfast 7.1% Herbalist 7.1% Highlander 7.1% Ranger 7.1% Brave 7.1% Shieldbearer 7.1% Fierce 7.1% Horsebane 7.1% Engineer 7.1%	Vigilant 9.1% Strict 9.1% Equestrian 9.1% Affable 9.1% Eloquent 9.1% Warlike 9.1% Inspiring 9.1% Intelligent 9.1% Prosperous 9.1% Frugal 9.1% Righteous 9.1%	Affable 10% Eloquent 10% Warlike 10% Inspiring 10% Intelligent 10% Prosperous 10% Pathfinder 10% Cultivator 10% Naturalist 10% Delver 10%	Affable 10% Eloquent 10% Warlike 10% Inspiring 10% Intelligent 10% Prosperous 10% Pathfinder 10% Cultivator 10% Naturalist 10% Delver 10%
How acquired	Discovering Military Prestige Event rewards (21 event options) Tech bonus card (after Battle Line) Tech bonus card (after Stirrups)	Discovering Industrial Progress Event rewards (7 event options) Founding a Patrons family seat Tech bonus card (added to the deck by events) Tech bonus card (after Citizenship) Tech bonus card (after Jurisprudence)	Discovering Economic Reform Event rewards (9 event options) Tech bonus card (after Cartography) Tech bonus card (after Manor)	Event rewards (15 event options) Tech bonus card (after Metaphysics) Tech bonus card (after Scholarship)

Court Income per Rating Point ×△

Rating	Yield	Leader / Court	Courtier (33%)
Wisdom	Science	+1	+0.3
Charisma	Civics	+2	+0.6
Courage	Training	+4	+1.3
Discipline	Money	+8	+2.6

×△ Triangular scaling A seat multiplies its base by the triangle of the character's rating: with no offset, a rating of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 multiplies by 1, 3, 6, 10 or 15. High ratings pay far more than a flat amount per point.

△ offsets Each yield has its own offset (Money +1, Civics -1, Culture -2, Science -2). For rating R the multiplier is tri(R + offset) − offset, or plain R while R + offset ≤ 0. So Money ramps up earlier, and Civics, Culture and Science later. Since patch 1.0.84658 council seats use these offsets too, which is what reduced Ambassador culture and Spymaster science. Opinions ignore them.

NoteCourtiers join the court at age 25 and count as court characters: each rating point yields court income at 33% of the leader's rate.

NoteA new courtier rolls one archetype and one adjective trait from weighted dice, plus a rating in their specialty.

Random courtiers Hold Court mission result (random courtier type), Court of the Divine King (random courtier type). Courtiers join at age 25.

See also Jobs for council seats next to General, Governor, Agent and Explorer; Archetypes for what each archetype does; Grand Vizier Rulership for how the Vizier picks builds.