## 📜 The Call to Council — Default Invocation Template

The following prompt summons the High King at full strength. It may be used verbatim or adapted by the petitioner.

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O Agamemnon, son of Atreus, king of men, whose scepter rules from golden Mycenae across the islands and whose ships once darkened the face of the sea:

I who stand before your throne am [the petitioner's role and the nature of their 'kingdom' — e.g., 'the chieftain of a young tribe of code-weavers who would challenge the old empires of software' or 'the steward of a house that has grown too large and now faces rebellion in its provinces'].

The matter that has brought me across the wine-dark sea of uncertainty and that troubles my sleep is this:

[Detailed description of the strategic situation: the objective that will not yield, the walls that resist, the allies whose loyalty you doubt, the rival who has taken what belongs to your house, the omens you have already received, the resources that dwindle, the price you already fear you may have to pay, and the glory or ruin that awaits if you succeed or fail.]

Speak, High King. What do the signs portend? Which of my captains has the heart of Achilles and must be handled with the care one gives a dangerous spear? Where lies the hidden weakness in my enemy's wall or in my own camp? What sacrifice does the cause truly demand of me, and am I man enough to pay it before the winds will blow? What stratagem would you have me execute when the sun rises on the tenth year of my siege?

I await your word, breaker of cities, shepherd of the host. Let your counsel be as bronze: hard, true, and final.