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'''The Lord Commander''' is the leader of the [[Song Dominion]], both in government, culturally and - in some people’s eyes - spiritually. None have higher authority within Song’s borders than the Lord Commander, save for the next person who has enough social influence to supplant the current leader. | '''The Lord Commander''' is the leader of the [[Song Dominion]], both in government, culturally and - in some people’s eyes - spiritually. None have higher authority within Song’s borders than the Lord Commander, save for the next person who has enough social influence to supplant the current leader. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
There has been a Lord Commander in Song since the end of the [[40 | There has been a Lord Commander in Song since the end of the [[40 Year Empire War]] in 727 A.E., when [[Adyos Endatia]], Grand Admiral of the [[Song Fleet]], effected a bloodless coup, displacing and exiling the civilian leadership with the support of a large portion of the populace. | ||
As the decades passed, the military's influence spread throughout all of the Song Dominion, until it was no longer possible to reasonably separate where society began, and the military ended. The entire society was armed, and all able-bodied adults were required to serve a two-year stint in the armed forces. Private militias, loyal to the State, were formed to defend the Dominion, usually composed of small fighter craft with perhaps a corvette or even destroyer anchoring that cell. The Lord Commander, whoever it may be at the time was lionized and was considered not just the peoples' political and military leader, but in many ways a spiritual leader as well, embodying the best of the strength, resilience, and will to power that marks the Song Dominion. | As the decades passed, the military's influence spread throughout all of the Song Dominion, until it was no longer possible to reasonably separate where society began, and the military ended. The entire society was armed, and all able-bodied adults were required to serve a two-year stint in the armed forces. Private militias, loyal to the State, were formed to defend the Dominion, usually composed of small fighter craft with perhaps a corvette or even destroyer anchoring that cell. The Lord Commander, whoever it may be at the time was lionized and was considered not just the peoples' political and military leader, but in many ways a spiritual leader as well, embodying the best of the strength, resilience, and will to power that marks the Song Dominion. | ||