Start with the workshop roster and the rules for ward representation. It is the source used to make a decision about whether apprentices may elect a voting delegate while still bound to a master’s shop; it is not the decision itself. The rule only works if the source describes the conditions at the Lower Ward meeting hall.
The latest count is 53 apprentices listed by trade; the prior file listed 57. The docket has returned for review with the exceptions and unresolved objections attached. The difference is a signal to check, not a verdict about who is right.
The disputed point is practical: Guild stewards argue that apprentices lack independent contracts; the apprentices say they already carry independent duties and risk. One side relies on the posted total, while the other points to a workbench token each apprentice receives before the evening meeting.
The risk of reading the file too broadly is that an entry becomes a conclusion. Sella Mor checked the workshop roster and the rules for ward representation against the field notes. The method is to listen for the point where an abstract rule becomes a household obligation; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them.
Next: The table has asked the guilds to produce their current contract forms. A useful update will publish the method, exceptions and review date with the number.
