The second day of the assembly ended without a decision.
So did the third.
Then the fourth.
By the end of the first week, everyone had stopped pretending that the peace treaty would be settled quickly.
The original expectation had been that the three powers would gather, debate the terms, make a few changes, and reach an agreement.
That expectation had died somewhere between the fifth argument over portal security and the seventh disagreement concerning trade restrictions.
The peace treaty itself had become buried beneath layers of conditions.
Every institution wanted to add something.
Every faction wanted to remove something.
And every representative believed that their addition was necessary while the other's was an unnecessary complication.
The Authority wanted a clear framework for future relations.
The Church wanted safeguards.
The War Council wanted military guarantees.
The adventurer guilds wanted freedom from religious interference.
