Election · Book 17 · Practical Adept · Victory
Minalan's undercover election as Doge of Farise — eliminating the Mirkandar syndicate's candidate and stealing the office through the rigged Congress of Electors.
In Practical Adept, Minalan entered Farise undercover as "Master Mirkandar," a mysterious wizard with deep pockets and deeper allies. He used the rigged Congress of Electors against itself: eliminated the Mirkandar syndicate's candidate Rellin Pratt in a ritual duel, stood as the only viable candidate, and accepted election as sovereign Doge of Farise.
His first acts were the Prime Edicts: a State of Emergency, the commissioning of the Iron Wheel as Farise's new navy under Lorcus, and the commitment to break the Duke of Merwyn's incoming armada. Farise ends the series as a Magelaw-aligned sovereign state, ruled from the Doge's Citadel by "Mirkandar the Magnificent" — a title Minalan holds in addition to his Count Palatine of the Magelaw.