Three days after their first meeting at the Auremont residence, Sage returned to the estate accompanied by Lucan and Boren.
This time, they carried a preliminary document prepared by the Guild's senior administrators, outlining the rights, responsibilities, and legal protections they hoped to obtain through a Royal Charter.
The document wasn't a completed Charter. It was a working proposal intended to establish the Guild's position before formal legal negotiations began.
Boren and Lyana had spent considerable time reviewing the organization's existing regulations, while Irene Valcrest had prepared a summary of its financial procedures and commercial activities.
Sage had also insisted that the proposal clearly distinguish between the Guild's independence and any claim to immunity from Westmark's laws.
Upon arriving at the Auremont residence, they were escorted into the same private sitting room where their previous discussion had taken place.
