"The court structure has several main branches, which aren't quite officially named, but for simplicity's sake I will call the most prominent ones Security, Domestic, and Art. Security divides further into Defense and Punishment."
He starts writing down nicknames and delineating branch affiliations and vassal relationships.
"Spellwhip leads Security, and therefore has everyone's name in that branch. Nighteyes leads Defense; Flay leads Punishment. I don't have any of those three names, although I have plenty of their subordinates. Spellwhip has my name; the only other Queenscourt fairy with this distinction is Cirrus, who leads a small branch I might call Backup. His job is to come in from outside and restore everyone's orders if someone manages to infiltrate the main court and get enough of us that Security can't correct the problem alone. I don't have Cirrus's name either. Cirrus's name is very closely guarded for obvious reasons; as far as I can tell, no one has it but the Queen and that is why he has that job."
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"Hazelnut heads Domestic; I have her name. Mirror heads Art; I don't have his. Hazelnut's job is to see to the material needs and comforts of every member of the Queenscourt, and make sure we never run out of food or paper. She's very good at it. Mirror is in charge of decorating things and arranging performances and so forth. He has Shimmer's name, for example, to direct her in her decorative fountaining. And then there are the smaller pieces..."
He adds himself into the chart, with two affiliated subgroups.
"The Red Flight is the team I bring when I'm told to capture a court. The Diamond Nine had that job before it became obvious I would be better at it. I have all sixteen names in the Flight, but only Veracity in the Nine. She's their current leader and has the names of the other eight. If I had any assistants at the moment I'd put them under my branch separately from the capture teams, but I don't."
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He starts writing down nicknames and delineating branch affiliations and vassal relationships.
"Spellwhip leads Security, and therefore has everyone's name in that branch. Nighteyes leads Defense; Flay leads Punishment. I don't have any of those three names, although I have plenty of their subordinates. Spellwhip has my name; the only other Queenscourt fairy with this distinction is Cirrus, who leads a small branch I might call Backup. His job is to come in from outside and restore everyone's orders if someone manages to infiltrate the main court and get enough of us that Security can't correct the problem alone. I don't have Cirrus's name either. Cirrus's name is very closely guarded for obvious reasons; as far as I can tell, no one has it but the Queen and that is why he has that job."
More branches.
"Hazelnut heads Domestic; I have her name. Mirror heads Art; I don't have his. Hazelnut's job is to see to the material needs and comforts of every member of the Queenscourt, and make sure we never run out of food or paper. She's very good at it. Mirror is in charge of decorating things and arranging performances and so forth. He has Shimmer's name, for example, to direct her in her decorative fountaining. And then there are the smaller pieces..."
He adds himself into the chart, with two affiliated subgroups.
"The Red Flight is the team I bring when I'm told to capture a court. The Diamond Nine had that job before it became obvious I would be better at it. I have all sixteen names in the Flight, but only Veracity in the Nine. She's their current leader and has the names of the other eight. If I had any assistants at the moment I'd put them under my branch separately from the capture teams, but I don't."