Timeline: TC1853.02.19 (Morning) → TC1853.02.20 (Afternoon)
Location: Blackhawk Guild Fortress → Guild Elder Council Chambers
The Guild Elder Council convened in a chamber designed for decisions that shaped mercenary operations across the planet. Circular room, forty meters in diameter, with tiered seating rising toward a domed ceiling carved with reliefs depicting legendary Guild battles. Seven seats at the chamber's center—one for each Elder—faced a speaker's platform where territorial claim petitions were presented and judged.
Raven stood on that platform, violet eyes meeting the seven pairs evaluating her with professional skepticism. These weren't politicians playing power games. They were combat veterans who'd earned Elder status through decades of successful operations, strategic brilliance, and the kind of judgment that kept mercenaries alive in impossible situations.
