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The Keystone Council

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Reads 14
Votes 5
Parts 4
Time 1h 42m

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The Tyris Keystone Council presides over the beating heart of trade in the Lyneth peninsula - the Grand Market. Thousands of people come each day to trade everything from turnips to silver, runic stones imbued with magic to 3 dozen kegs of beer. 

Caestarian is a 17 year old who has lived beside the Grand Market his entire life, and feels the cut and thrust of bartering and negotiating in his blood. After pressure from his parents to find a career, he applies to join the Keystone Council service, where he can dedicate himself to serving the city he loves. But Kez soon learns that managing such a diverse city is impossible without playing politics and negotiating labyrinthine bureaucracy and tradition. If he wants to make a difference, he will have to learn which rules he will have to follow - and which he can get away with breaking.All Rights Reserved

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