Senshi Doctrine

The Senshi Doctrine was a document established by Alderstar I after removing the powers of the King's Court, a council of all kings in the Frostlands Empire.

Before this, the King's Court had power to regulate the emperor by cutting funds, vetoing unreasonable tax rates or actions, or even impeaching the emperor. This system, for it's time, was the most advanced form of government since it's dating is prehistoric, or before the HT timing system. After military funding went to an all time high to fend off rogues from the south, the next emperor would have armies far larger than the Frostlands has seen. When Alderstar I came into power after the previous emperor, Moonstar III, cut all of these rights from the King's Court and was able to maintain this status because of the military might compared to the smaller kingdoms ruled by the emperor.

Alderstar I wrote the Senshi Doctrine as an expansion from Moonstar III's actions, turning it from a temporary act of growing the military to a militarist tradition that would last for nearly 4 generations. The Senshi Doctrine forced monthly recruits into the emperor's military and demanded an army of 100 soldiers from each kingdom under the empire when it was ratified. Along with this, all rights and powers to the kingdoms were completely stripped, leading to higher tax rates and increasing priorities for military structure over domestic ones. While kingdoms remained autonomous in their own ways, the emperor had complete control and rights to the kingdom and it's people. This lead to initial revolts, but many were suppressed by the emperor's armies in fell swoops.

During the Alderstar Dynasty, the Senshi Doctrine remained the primary document that led the Frostlands Empire until Alderstar V when the emperor's military was wiped out from terrible decision making by going northward with little knowledge of the geography. This led to starvation, overworking, and freezing of the troops until over ninety percent of the armies were lost. This led to the Revolt of Daitoshi and the end of Alderstar Dynasty. However, the Senshi Doctrine remained after Graystar, the successor to the throne, had promised to repeal it. After two generations, the assassination of Graystar III and the beginning of the Great Collapse finally ended the Senshi Doctrine with a great cost.