Palace Girls

The term Palace Girls refers to the women and girls who serve as the only staff for the Palace of Angels.

Background
The Palace of Angels is a massive property. When it was first built, it was used as communal housing for families. After the inception of the royal family, these families slowly moved out to establish their own homesteads that make up Mi-Fe Cie. The royal family remained in the palace and were the only residents.

However, with the sheer size of the Palace as well as the necessity of food, clothing, and other resources, it became apparent that another solution would need to be found in order to maintain both the Palace and the quality of life for the royal family. The Order of Scripts provided the solution by suggesting that the royal family allow girls younger than the sovereign marriage age, widows who no longer had a homestead, and other at-risk women who had nowhere else to go to live in the Palace in exchange for the work necessary to raise and harvest crops, create clothing, craft furniture, and see to the upkeep of the Palace itself.

Since then, the Order of Scripts has aided such women in getting to Mi-Fe Cie and assuming a position within the Palace. While they ostensibly work for the royal family, their care and keeping falls under the Council of Leaders. At any given time, the Palace is staffed by as many as 200 palace girls.

Duties
Palace girls are responsible for all of the upkeep, farming, cleaning, and furnishing for the palace and its grounds. They work in groups of four of five and rotate which duties they handle on a regular basis. There are only two areas they do not touch: the Council of Leaders chambers and the lake which abuts the palace.

Employment and Compensation
The Palace Girls have two full floors of the Palace of Angels devoted to nothing other than their housing. Each girl has her own room and may keep her own things. Since there are so many palace girls in the employ of the Council, they also lead relative relaxed lifestyle compared to women who are responsible for maintaining homesteads.

Compensation comes in the form of goods and crops from the fields they tend and items they make for the Palace. If a girl is younger than the sovereign marriage age, the Council will also grant her land for a homestead upon her marriage and departure.