The Upraising of the Guilds

The Upraising of the Guilds, or the "Reorganization of the Privy Council" is the event that gave the guilds of Renelestre political power nearly on level with that of the Lords of the City. In 548, when Prince Victor Amadeus IV reorganized the Privy Council by adding three guilds ( The Spool , The Stamp , and The Form ) and giving them the voting status of High Lords. This had the cascading effect of guilds rushing to organize themselves into alliances with council members in order to achieve some form of representation on the ruling body. Within a couple of years, nearly all guilds of Renelestre, from lowest to highest prominence had found themselves in a tense league with other fellow guilds under a powerful guild's banner.