It has been fifteen years since the Exile of the Konungan. In that time the fifteen hundred people that travelled with Bevakare have managed to settle the area of Gransby. While the settlement has had it's growing pains the people of Konungan have flourished for the first time in hundreds of years.
Fortunately, the Konungan managed to prepare themselves well and most made it through the first bitter winter. The winter spared most yet a few young babes did not see the first spring showers and a few elders missed the joining of their families.
Once the mellow spring came and the celebrations of freedom and new life marked by marriages concluded, the Konungan turned to starting their new life in earnest. In the first growing season they managed to have enough stores to last them until the next winter. It seemed that the planes were quite generous to the Konungan.
As the years progressed the guilds found their place in Gransby. With the prosperity of Gransby, the guilds quickly grew in power. They whipped the economy into shape and soon they hungered for new areas to expand their trade.
However, over the last few years Bevakare has not sat idle. As Gransby grew around him Bevakare continued to study the books that he had brought with him from Grindarnastad. He believes that he has found references to another plane that has promise. The old merchant journals that he has been studying seem to hold references to some mines that the Konungariket controlled.
Bevakare approached the guilds to see if they would be willing to fund an expedition to find the mine. Many jumped at the opportunity, but they all wished to maintain control of their investment and keep the other guilds out. In an attempt to cool the contention between the guilds Bevakare proposed an unconventional idea. It was time for the reestablishment of an old guild, the Frontier Guild. By keeping the expedition independent of the existing guilds, Bevakare hoped to receive the support of most of the guilds. He did manage it however there were always detractors.
The proposal of the reestablishment of the Frontier Guild was a momentous event for the Konungan as it professes the beginning of a new empire. Once the Frontier Guild had been the largest guild in the Konungariket, but it had collapsed with the empire. The main charter of the Frontier Guild was to explore and survey the planes beyond the Konungariket. It was the main body that expanded the empire's domain it also was tasked with establishing first contact with the denizen's of the other planes as well as scouting during times of war.
With the approval of the guilds Bevakare turned to the population of Gransby for volunteers to mount the expedition to find the old mines.