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[[File:VeriaCouncilBuilding.jpeg|thumb|An unnamed oil painting of the Verian Council Building by court painter Cynbel MacAngus, 1733.]]
By 1712, High King Talan VIII had granted royal monopoly rights to no less than seven of the most prominent Verian guilds, most notably an exclusive monopoly on timber presented to the Baldurbannal, a major guild that originated as a woodcutter’s association in Seanaire. The terms of the monopoly granted the Baldurbannal rights regarding the production and export of timber from the entire island of Àthia, and as Verian fir wood was (and
Though many of his own nobles opposed the High King’s generous attitude towards the guilds, Talan VIII considered himself to be a modernist, and expressed his interest in joining one of the Guild Lodges on more than one occasion. His wish was granted shortly after mac Baldur’s appointment to court, and from 1713 to 1716 he elevated fifteen other Guildmasters—all members of the Lodge he joined—to court positions, all the while continuing to grant them monopoly rights. Talan VIII fell ill in late 1716 and was declared unfit to rule by the now largely guilder-controlled court, who assumed regency until his death in May of 1717.
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