Council Officials

Conservator Overseer

Appointing a retainer as conservator or overseer can have various effects.
Select Council > Council Official from the command menu.

*Conservators and overseers who have been relieved of their position cannot be reappointed until the daimyō has been changed.

Conservator

Retainers with a station of senior retainer or above can be appointed.
If you have vassal clans, you can appoint up to two people as conservators emigre.
Appointing a conservator or conservator emigre will grant powerful effects from conservator traits, but there are also downsides.
The effectiveness of similar conservator traits can vary widely between different officers as well.

Overseer

Retainers with a station of captain or above can be appointed.
Issuing the System Reform II LV2 policy will allow you to have more overseers (up to 5).
Depending on the overseer traits, appointing overseers can unlock new policies or reduce the upkeep costs of existing policies.

*Some officers may be able to issue clan-specific policies.
*Policies that were unlocked via an overseer's trait will be rescinded if that overseer is relieved of their position.