Breaking Ground Part 1

The following week dawned bright and clear over the Kingdom of Belfast.

Unlike the quiet celebration at Oriel Estate the previous evening, the capital awakened with an energy that had not been felt in generations. Word of the Royal Charter had spread across Helmarte almost overnight. Although only government officials and senior merchants knew the finer details, one fact had already become common knowledge among ordinary citizens.

The Crown had entrusted Baron Ernest Teucher with leading the largest public works project in the kingdom's history.