Magic Council (Zico)

Note: While this is a fan-made version of the canon Magic Council, this page will feature many new characters,ideas, and concepts in the Council and development of the mages in it.

The Magic Council (魔法評議院, Mahō Hyōgiin) is the central, ruling body of the magic world.

Overview
The council oversees guilds and keeps them in check, and they are responsible for the events caused by mages.

Branches
Due to its' complete control over legal guilds across the continent of Ishgar, the central stage of the magic world, the council has a branch in every nation at the exception of the neutralist Midi and isolationist Pergrande, with an additional array of outposts and other facilities in these affiliated nations.

Executive Council
The Magic Council's main, executive body of power is composed of ten members at a time, or to be more accurate, nine "seats", going from second to tenth. The first seat is occupied by the Chairman, effectively the leader of the entire Council, who makes the final decisions on every matter.

Rune Knights
A subdivision within the council, Rune Knights are the Council's army. Their job is to enforce the council's ideals of justice and investigate the matters of the Council. With the new Council, they have become increasingly strict. Among them, there are a handful of powerful mages of merit. The Rune Knights are, in many ways, the most visible representation of the council's power as they are the most often called into the field. They are by far the most numerous of all the organizations within the council and are the prime tool of military force used by the council. Their forces are spread across the continent, stationed at council branches, outposts, laboratories, and near "problem areas."

Trivia

 * The musical theme of the Council in the anime is an instrumental version of the famous Aria "La Habanera" from George Bizet's Opera "Carmen".
 * In the anime the meeting room is a giant Magic circle that the council members stand around, but in the manga it's a circular table with chairs.
 * This interpretation of the council stems from Chronicles of a Mage and thus diverts from canon near the end of the Tenrou arc.
 * In many ways, this future form of the council is how the author believes the council should have been in the actual, canon storyline.