An Aurilite sits in the tavern and orders a drink. She places some coin down, suspiciously a larger sum than what a glass of wine would normally cost. She motions the barkeeper to lean in closer as they have a hushed conversation

Constituent members of the Civic Council Chairperson: Thaddeus Kings Herald. and Siamorphean Priest. (defaulting to "Royal Herald - 1st Speaker of the Crown". ) Speakers Duties: To bring to the kings attention all the proposals of the council, then present back to the council "after royal assent" decisions on these proposals. Stated Civic Council Role for all current and future members: To bring to the city it's wealth, integrity and position in the region, with all other considerations rescinded, irrespective of power, influence or popularity. Master of Coin - Enenan Snydders (Defacto representative from the Residential District) Seafarers Guild - Mercantile Guild - Edwin Ashald - Chief Operations Officer Wavebreakers Guild - Mercantile Guild - Lieutenant Alvetina Ferom Bank of Peltarch - Garric Hemway Black Sails - Deacon Sterr (Merchant Guild) (defacto representative of the Docks District) Daedalus Stonemasons/Carpenters Guild (Craft Guild) - Cobin Daedalus (Cobin though previously reticent to sit on the council and previously put Ravos Calchais in his place), will now take the helm again Other Positions: Royal Herald - 1st Speaker of the Crown, Thaddeus, declares that if other guilds or organisations have such shared objectives and the means to carry out the duties of the civic council's obligations to put their name forward to his attention, and their membership will require unanimous agreement of the council according to the sworn duties of all civic council members "To bring to the city it's wealth, integrity and position in the region, with all other considerations rescinded, irrespective of power, influence or popularity." Extract from King Thalaman's Speech on the Duties of the Civic Council. To carry out the decrees of the crown, the decisions on matters presented by the Royal Herald. To propose civic measures, changes and matters pertaining to the prosperity and development of Peltarch to the Royal Herald - 1st Speaker of the Crown who shall seek royal "assent" passing these decisions back to the council to implement. The council shall seek to fund all civic costs to the city save for the forces by which Peltarch's security is maintaind, so law and order by the the guard, and more significant and external threats by defenders as well as the cerulean knights who will all be funded by the crown. To this end the civic council members will direct taxes for civic matters, and those taxes will be drawn direct from the treasuries of the same organisations. Funding of the guard, defenders and cerulean knights as well as the kingsguard will be directly raised by taxes payable to the crown, this will be paid for by the leases of property, stowage, berthing, or if property is owned by the crown direct rents from tenants including tenant farmers. This is unchanged since prior to the time of King George, but will allow additional capability, expansion of ranks and more flexibility to respond to external or internal threats. Book-keeping of civic costs, as well as the treasurer of the kings purse shall remain under the master of coin Enenan Snydders and his staff.

Tavern Rumor "They say coin won’t stretch like it used to," a merchant mutters over his mug in the tavern. "Word is, them caravans out of Norwick and Oscura—well, fewer are making it through these days. Too many lost wagons, too many empty roads. And the ones that do? They’ve doubled their guards, paying blades triple just to make it back alive." He leans in, lowering his voice, eyes flicking toward the door. "I’ve heard whispers: a force out there, striking caravans like a knife to the gut. Not wild raiders—no, these ones fight like soldiers, clean and quick. They take what they want—iron, food, steel—and leave the rest burning in the dirt. Every wagon lost is another market stall running empty. Already the smithies are grumbling about iron shortages, and the baker’s charging more for a loaf. If it keeps on?" He shakes his head grimly, draining his drink. "Won’t be long before folk can’t afford a sword… or a meal. And gods help us if war’s coming, ‘cause it sure feels like someone’s stocking for one."

Meeting Notes for 3-16-25 Staff Meeting Staff attending: Darkpowder Lence Wolfe Agenda Items & notes: Kudos Newplayer postmortem DM XP wrapup Confirm PG duties for Wolfe & timeline for implementation Server Direction deadlines on the top server direction proposals: Improve Mechanisms for Party Play Simplify/ease the ability to rest Diversify/Facilitate group and player objectives Adventurers Guild / Improve Quest System Training / IC Education and emphasis on Lore & RP for Players Automate / Improve Enchantment Kudos to Lence & Kronan for working on all the stuff they are working on to move the serverforward The staff discussed the new players joining and departing after a while. It was concluded that they were looking for a different RP experience. We hope they find what they need wherever they go, and are always welcome. After running through the exercise of seeing how XP devalues as PCs level up, it was clear that DMs need to be mindful of upper level PCs, and how to reward them appropriately for their endeavors IG. Included is a spreadsheet that shows how much 1e XP needs to be awarded across levels so rewards can be equitable for PCs of all levels. How much XP is awarded will always be up to the DMs discretion, and the hope is that the spreadsheet helps with that. Wolfe is transitioning out from DM to Player Guide (title to be confirmed). That is effective almost immediately, so he can focus on initiatives to drive awareness and recruiting for the server, and in helping players become part of the community. He'll still retain DM access to help folks who need help with getting unstuck and other procedural issues. We have brought up the primary issues we want to work on to address in terms of Server Direction: Here are the top items: Improve Mechanisms for Party Play Simplify/ease the ability to rest Diversify/Facilitate group and player objectives Adventurers Guild / Improve Quest System Training / IC Education and emphasis on Lore & RP for Players Automate / Improve Enchantment We picked two to talk about in the staff meeting: Mechanics for Party Play & Diversify/Facilitate group and player objectives Part of the conversation involved extending the XP window for partied PCs - can we extend it so XP is given out to PCs with 5 levels of difference instead of 4? Should we have ALL spawns give at least 1XP when you level out of getting XP for them? Exploration XP should be laid out strategically also, based on how we want that XP fed to PCs. Wolfe stated it best: "We have an idea as a team what we want to achieve - We are a roleplay heavy server, we are making leveling more lenient with a high focus on rewarding party play with a long term drive for DM story and interaction. Whatever server direction mechanics aren't part of the code, it's a mental state that needs to be addressed/changed. Our vision is already defined, some people wont like it, but it is what it is. We're now getting into the mechanics or rules we enforce. I think we need a list of our ideals, how we believe we want the players to experience the server, and also taking into account our "being relevant" in the server lists so, start letting us makea list of selling points and direction ACTION ITEM: Staff should contribute selling points and ideas we want to promote

Kudos to Kenna for accompanying Lence on his foolish quest in mapping the Nars. Perhaps we should have waited until daylight to explore? It might have lowered the spine-tingling terror of venturing out where we should not have been going. Either way, Nighthawk Tower was a good place to end up at!