Editing Valkor (section)

==Government==

All of the land in the Kingdom of Valkor has been divided into provinces by the Templars. Within the province, the landowner has the right to call him- or herself as a Khan or Khatun. Women may rule the province for some period of time, but the land always passes through marriage to the man and in turn it is passed to the eldest son, so this state of affairs is usually self-correcting.
 
The status of a Khan is determined by the number of temple knights he has the right to keep in his arms. An araw-Khan has the right to keep ten templar knights, a khan with status  "zuut" has one hundred, and status “minghan” has one thousand knights.  Valkor does not currently have a minghan-Khan or Khatun. Templars are by no means the only servants or even soldiers of the Khans, but it is the number of temple knights that indicates the power of the Khan or Khatun.
 
Khans are rulers in their province, but they swear allegiance to the ruler of the capital of Vaerlon. In turn, the ruler of Vaerlon pledges allegiance to the Horduk-khan Kendal Vinistek; a dwarven woman who is leader of the entire Templar order who has tens of thousands of Templar knights under her wing. 
 
At the moment, the situation is somewhat confusing because Vaerlon's heir (Morgan Tensldor) is a girl of 15 years, and she will not become Khatun for another 13 years. Each of the Khans swore allegiance to her father and his heirs (and therefore to Morgan) but many are uncomfortable with the idea of a Khatun of Vaerlon. Some of the bolder Templar rulers in the south have gone so far as to suggest that they might be more appropriate to the task. In the north, there are Khans who resent that they do not receive enough support from ‘the girl in Vaerlon’, that it would be different if there were a ‘proper Khan’.  The stronger zuut-Khans of the north are already skirmishing with each other, competing to be seen as the strongest force against the pagans (and therefore a possible ruler for Vaerlon and the entire kingdom).   The administration of the Templars is confused across the kingdom and especially so in the north. The threat of a civil war rustles in the air. 
 
There are still some army troops in the kingdom of Valkor, known as Army of Vaerlon, who work for the City. While their duty is to protect the heir of Vaerlon (who will one day be a Khatun) they are actually independent of the system Khans and Khatuns. The cost of supporting the Army is borne by the city of Vaerlon, paid from business taxes, import duties, fines, etc.. 
 
The army of Vaerlon is organized according to the same principle of "ten" as the Khans:  an araw-Commander of the army commands ten fighters, paying for their maintenance and support; a "zuut" commands one hundred and the "minghan" would lead a thousand men to the battle.  Again there are no minghans in the kingdom. Military leaders do not own land, as this is the exclusive right of the khan. Instead, they get their food and other supplies from the khan or khatun on whose land they are stationed.