In the corner of the polished boardroom of City Titan, Bishop Aethelwold of York stayed standing; he had sat through and watched the entirety of the First Board Meeting of the Iron Empire take place.
As an important figurehead of the "Industrial Reformation," he had been privy to the meeting between the various Viking Jarls and Saxon Ealdormen who supported Ragnar's market-based theology.
Though he seldom spoke, his words had carried great weight when validating the concept of banking.
Having witnessed the conversation between Ragnar and the other shareholders, Aethelwold took the opportunity to approach the Director, who had helped him see that holiness could be found in a well-paved road.
When Ragnar was sitting alone at the head of the mahogany table, tapping his silver-geared cane, Aethelwold approached and began to express his thoughts on the principles of what would soon become known as the Productivity Gospel.
