The expansion of the Adventurer Guild across Westmark was proving considerably more complicated than simply constructing buildings and appointing administrators.
Each of the kingdom's fifteen regions possessed different geographical conditions, economic activities, and security concerns.
What worked in a prosperous commercial center might prove completely unsuitable for a remote agricultural settlement or a dangerous frontier territory.
Sage had understood this from the beginning, but the reports arriving at Kingsford Headquarters were revealing just how different those requirements could become.
That morning, he convened another expansion meeting with Boren, Lyana, Tobias, Irene, Garran, and Marcelline.
A large map of Westmark occupied the conference table, displaying all fifteen regions and their principal cities.
