Western Mansions

The Western Mansions (Itarakoské: Sulnabehen Chacén) refer to a large group of walled compounds and administrative complexes which lie directly to the north of the city of Meiron. Their name derives from the fact that they lie to the east of Anyesir Palace.

Originally commissioned by Tairazun Kasan Lein'an to be rebuilt from the old palace of the Har Dynasty as a residence for nobles in the capital and the families of the Great Earls, the palace saw decreasing use in later decades as the power of the Great Earls continued to swell and the nobles decided not to make use of governmental residences, preferring the independence of living within Meiron itself. During the reign of Tairazun Sora Lein'an, as part of his far-ranging governmental reforms, the Western Mansions - which had by then been relegated to storage for Anyesir Palace - became the nerve centre of the Outer Court, the portion of imperial government concerned with the governance of the Empire as a whole.