The ostensible purpose of the Representative Assembly was to reform the laws of former Denning and Koskant into one sensible and consistent set suitable for a modern realm. This purpose, however, soon bogged down in political division.

The Realmgolds’ solution, announced in late 550 and implemented in 551, was a much smaller Legislative Council, made up of three representatives appointed by the three largest factions in the Assembly (who could be, but needn’t be, representatives themselves); three representatives appointed by the Council of Golds, one from former Denning, one from former Koskant, and one from either (who could be, but needn’t be, Golds themselves); three representatives appointed by the Realmgolds; and a tenth, a neutral, non-voting chair appointed by the Gryphon Clerks to make sure things ran efficiently and expeditiously. These appointments were reviewed annually, but could be renewed indefinitely.

Any member of the Council apart from the chair could introduce a matter for legislation, and it was up to the Council to consider the existing laws, rationalize them (taking input from their respective sponsors), and propose a new version agreed upon by at least five of the nine voting members. This version would then be passed to the Assembly to be voted into law, possibly with some alteration. The Council of Golds could veto it with a two-thirds supermajority, and the Realmgolds could also veto it; if it was vetoed, it would go back to the Legislative Council for reworking. Still a somewhat cumbersome process, but the aim was to produce legislation that everyone could at least live with, at a faster pace than the Assembly was managing.

Two kinds of laws tended to be the focus: those that looked like they would be easy to agree on and were reasonably important, and those that were urgent or highly important to the functioning of the realm.