Three days after King Edmund's preliminary approval, Sage returned to the Royal Palace for what was expected to be the final negotiation concerning the Adventurer Guild's Royal Charter.
The meeting took place inside Crown Prince Richard's administrative study rather than the larger council chamber.
Only those directly responsible for completing the document had been invited, allowing the remaining legal questions to be examined without another lengthy debate between competing noble interests.
Richard sat at the head of the conference table, accompanied by Lord Chancellor Alistair Fenwick, Minister Aldous Pembroke, and Lord Thomas Ellery. Sage occupied the opposite side with Boren, Lucan, and Master Theobald Wycliffe.
A written list of King Edmund's required amendments lay beside the latest Charter draft.
Richard examined the document before addressing the gathering.
