Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20160507022747

Now the Rin emperor does wield huge amounts of power, But an empire as large as the Rin cannot be ruled by one single man so the emperor's council of strategos appoints a Hegemon from their own ranks to be the power behind the throne. He lays down the laws of the empire and governs in the shadows.

An example of a Hegemon law is the child polices of the Home and core worlds. 