The conference chamber within the Royal Palace of Kingsford had been prepared for a gathering considerably more important than an ordinary administrative meeting.
Five banners hung along the walls, each bearing the crest of one of Westmark's Five Great Houses, while a large map of the Kingdom occupied the center of the conference table.
Crown Prince Richard Alden stood beside the window, reviewing the documents prepared by his advisers.
Among them were the preliminary recommendations concerning the Adventurer Guild's proposed Royal Charter, the licensing regulations recently submitted to the Royal Administrative Committee, and the petition filed by several dungeon-owning nobles.
The documents represented three different approaches to the same question.
How much independence should the Adventurer Guild possess, and how much authority should the Kingdom retain over its growing operations?
