> [!infobox|right] > > #### Council of Four > > ![[5E_BALDURSGATE.webp]] > > ##### Basic Information > > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - bookmark-etch-solid-full.svg]] **Type**: | Governing Council | > |![[ICON - crystal-ball-solid-full.svg]] **Deity**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - eclipse-solid-full.svg]] **Alignment**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - eclipse-solid-full.svg]] **Leadership**: | Grand Duke | > |![[ICON - chess-rook-piece-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Seat**: | [[Baldur’s Gate]] | > |![[ICON - chess-rook-piece-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Sites**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - person-limbs-wide-solid-full.svg]] **Members**: | Four Dukes | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **Influence**: | [[Baldur’s Gate]] | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - The **Council of Four** rule [[Baldur’s Gate]], a body of four powerful figures known simply as the Dukes. They held absolute authority over the city’s laws, trade, and politics, with one among them named Grand Duke, granted the final word when the others could not agree. Beneath them sat lesser bodies that debated and advised, but power always flowed upward, never down.