Count Leopold's proposal reached the Royal Administrative Council the following morning, accompanied by a petition bearing the signatures of several dungeon-owning nobles.
Although the document had originally been introduced during the negotiations concerning dungeon rights, its implications extended far beyond the Adventurer Guild's commercial arrangements.
The proposal recommended establishing a maximum number of dungeons that any independent organization could operate within Westmark.
Once that limit had been reached, additional dungeon management agreements would require special authorization from the Crown.
For the Adventurer Guild, which already controlled more than fifty dungeons, the restriction threatened to halt further expansion almost immediately.
Sage received a copy shortly after breakfast.
He was seated in his office with Boren and Lucan when Irene Valcrest arrived carrying the financial assessment she had prepared overnight.
