
Lord Mayor |

When Garrath drops a large meaty hand on the Lord Mayor, Uriana drops her crossbow and draws her longsword. Grobaras looks at the hand and then Uriana. The Lord Mayor waves the captain of the guard off, then looks up at Garrath, "I know you mean well. But I am still the Lord Mayor here. You would do well to remember that. You have done Magnimar a great service this day. Do not ruin it by having me cast you into the Hells." Garrath crossed a line with the Lord Mayor when he grabbed him. But he will overlook this affront because of the service Garrath has performed.
From the Pathfinder Wiki. It offers a glance at how I have played the Lord Mayor:
The Office of the Lord-Mayor is one of the two ruling bodies of Magnimar alongside the Council of Ushers though in reality due to the constant internal squabbling amongst the council the Lord-Mayor is by far Magnimar's most politically powerful person. The current Lord-Mayor is Haldmeer Grobaras an embodiment of the very worst abuses that can come from such a position. Haldmeer has claimed the largest residence in the city, Defiant's Garden as his own, he wears only the finest and most expensive Chelaxian fashion and makes many important decisions based almost entirely on the quality of the bribe each side offers him. In theory the Lord-Mayor has to obey any mandate agreed upon by the Council of Ushers, the current mayor has however completely ignored council mandates on several occasions. The Lord-Mayor is allowed to issue his own mandates to deal with important and immediate issues, these decree do not have to be approved by the council. Haldmeer however has abused these powers using them to issue horribly biased and sometime downright damaging decrees. The only thing that has prevented the current mayor doing far more damage to the city is that his assistant Valanni Krinst, the man who has to actually implement the Lord-Mayor's decrees ignores or alters many of them. (The Lord Mayor is more like a King in many ways.)