Marrick ushered three frontier petitioners toward the central dais, each carrying a grievance from a different provincial road.
The petitioners could see one another's documents, which made any matching language impossible to hide from the room.
Each traveler arrived from a different cardinal direction, carrying provincial grievances that bore zero initial connection to one another.
A flour-stained grain broker from the western plains sat beside a wagon carrier from the northern road, while a ferryman from beyond the southern basin occupied the remaining bench.
'Three ordinary municipal complaints should prove far easier to resolve than an ancient divine threat, unless the threat conceals itself within bureaucratic paperwork.'
Taren organized their arrival order with soldierly efficiency, placing their signed petitions across the conference desk for immediate administrative review.
