Royal Executor was a position in the government Golden Empire. Appointed at the sole discretion of the Sovereign, a Royal Executor carried most of the Sovereign's day-to-day authority, including the military authority to create Legates and assemble task forces, as well as trying cases and sentencing normal citizens to death. However, the position ordinarily lacked some of the Sovereign's governing powers, including: Royal Executors were allowed to use a modified version of the Royal Emblem (gold on black) as personal standards.