High Council of System Lords

A Council of System Lords was a rare gathering of the Goa'uld leadership. The Council had the authority to grant the rank of System Lord to a Goa'uld, and also banish a System Lord from their number (as was the case with Anubis and Sokar). A System Lord or powerful Goa'uld could also send a delegate to the Council and vote on their behalf. Council's were vary rare, as the System Lords spent most of their time combating each other. With external and mutual internal threats, they would meet with each other. After the deaths of Apophis, Cronus, and Heru'ur, the remaining seven System Lords gathered for a summit. Every night, the gathered System Lords engaged in ritual cannibalism, eating live symbiotes with great relish. Lord Baal seemed to act as first among equals at the summit, opening and leading votes. Presumably, this position was originally held by Ra as the Supreme System Lord. A second council was held when Baal offered the remaining System Lords the right to govern their territories in exchange for acknowledging him as Supreme Commander. This council was attacked by the Replicators.