The first rumor reached the Adventurer Guild's Royal Capital Headquarters on an otherwise ordinary morning, carried by a newly registered Adventurer who had spent the previous evening drinking at a tavern near the eastern market.
According to the man, Sage Alistair was secretly assembling a private army under the guise of operating an Adventurer Guild.
Every Warrior who registered, accepted missions, or purchased a Dungeon Pass was supposedly contributing to an organization that would eventually possess enough military strength to challenge the Kingdom itself.
By midday, the story had acquired several additional details.
Some claimed Sage intended to recruit ten thousand Warriors.
Others insisted that the Guild's headquarters contained hidden barracks beneath its enormous buildings.
One particularly imaginative account suggested that Sage had already begun preparing to overthrow the Royal Family.
