Three months passed the way good months pass — too full to feel long, too consequential to feel short.
The Thornfield mediation concluded successfully in the second month. The three families with the eastern grievance and the relevant eastern pack sat in a neutral settlement with a panel mediator and produced, after two days of difficult conversation, a formal acknowledgment and a documented resolution. Rast contacted Ironveil the morning after with a single line: Mediation complete. Thornfield formally requests full alliance membership.
Approved within the week.
Ashford Collective joined under the amended framework in the third month. Their council governance structure was documented in the membership record as the first non-Alpha-led alliance member, establishing the precedent cleanly
