The High Kingship, Jarldoms and lesser-nobility on Aurbis are sacred and foundational to the people of Skyrim. Title is earned here and failure to honor your duty is tantamount to treason. The High Kingship and current major Jarldoms would have been historically established by powerful and prestigious clans with one leader of each achieving recognition as a Jarl from a grand Moot. Jarls hold one vote each on the Moot, a simple majority affirms a Jarl or elects a High King, and the Moot disperses until called next time by the majority of Jarls. All Jarls must vote or vote by established proxy and may not vote for themselves. The upcoming Moot will test the already delicate balance between the Stormcloaks and the Imperials.
How it works
A Moot is called by Jarls, not by staff. A seated Jarl calls one with a stated reason, and the other seated Jarls add their support to the open call. Support accumulates until a majority of the seats is behind it, and a Jarl who has supported a call may withdraw that support while the call is still open.
Anyone can read the state of a call. /moot status lists what is open, and naming one shows who has supported it and what is still wanted.
A call that fails to gather its majority is cancelled, and a gathered Moot is resolved to its vote, both through the authority entitled to do it. When the result is taken the Moot disperses and does not sit again until a majority calls it back.
The seats themselves are the Jarldoms (see The Nordic Nobility).
Commands (/help moot)
/moot status [moot-id] shows the active Moot calls, or inspects one of them./moot call <reason> calls for a Moot where your seat authorizes it./moot support [moot-id] adds your hold's support to an open call./moot withdraw [moot-id] withdraws your hold's support.
