Guildmaster of Reeves
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The master of the Reeves Guild
Rules Officer, Rules educator
Reeve; the Meaning of the word
In England, a reeve was an official appointed to supervise lands for a lord. He had many duties such as making sure the serfs started work on time and ensuring that no one was cheating the lord out of money. The system was introduced by the Saxons, dating at least to the 7th century, and continued after the Norman conquest.
The reeve of an entire shire was a Shire-reeve, predecessor to the Sheriff.
Guildmaster of Reeves in Amtgard
An official in charge of all the Reeves in a Kingdom or local Park. It is the responsibility of the guildmaster of reeves to insure that each player who wishes too can take the Reeves test, to write new reeves tests, to educate the public, to make sure that battle games are fair and balanced.
The GMR is the fifth in the Line of Succession; in the unlikely event that something should happen to the Monarch, Prime Minister, Regent and Champion then the they would ascend to the throne of the monarch.
How do you be come a GMR?
New Guildmasters are elected by the Reeves from their own number. They must have passed a Reeves test in the last six months or have been the previous Guildmaster of reeves. Some kingdoms have required their GMRs to take Corpora tests as well.
