Tetrarchies

The Tetrarchies are a named set of extramuros political divisions. In current usage they are described as eight in number, though the label is a legacy from an earlier arrangement of four. The term arises in speeches and policy talk about boundary changes and inter‑regional councils.

First Appearance and Context

The Tetrarchies are mentioned during a public address by a visiting mayor at Tenth Night festivities within the Concent of Saunt Edhar during Apert. In that address, the speaker cites an extraordinary reconfiguration of prefectural boundaries and claims that five of the eight Tetrarchies are now within reach of a new generation of leaders acting through a plenary council of “Recovered Satrapies.”

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Treated as major units in extramuros governance and political strategy, invoked alongside prefectures and satrapies.
• Used as a frame by civic officials when describing shifts in representation and influence beyond mathic walls.

Relationships

• The name is historically linked to the rule of “Tetrarchs” (leaders associated with these divisions). A remark made in conversation explains the mismatch between name and count: there were four originally and the label persisted as the structure expanded to eight.
• Discussed as part of wider extramuros institutions and processes—topics avout group under the general heading of the Saecular world and its authorities.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Collective term; used in the plural as a standing identifier.
• Number: eight at present usage in the cited address; originally four.
• Connotation: administrative and political, often appearing in set phrases tied to boundary changes and councils.

Current Status/Location

Active in current extramuros discourse. In one contemporary claim by a mayor, five of the eight were said to be aligned with or “within the grasp of” rising leadership circles; this is presented as political rhetoric rather than a settled fact.