Patriarchs of Ruling Families had the power to appoint and disclose the existence of a Syndic Prime for their family within the Chiss Syndicure. Family Patriarchs could also circumvent the normal bureaucratic process of rematching, cutting the time for a recruit to join the family from several months to nearly instantaneous, as Mitth family Patriarch Thooraki secretly did to recruit Kivu'raw'nuru.
Chiss family Patriarchs could authorize military action for their family fleet. In the event a Patriarch could not be reached, Patriels could declare a family emergency for their planet.
Upon the death of a family Patriarch, a successor was chosen by the family Speaker and Patriels.
The rank of Patriarch first appeared in the 2020 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, written by Timothy Zahn.
The rank of Patriarch first appeared in the 2020 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, written by Timothy Zahn.