"Who do we hire to build?" Darion asked.
Garren leaned back in his chair.
"It works through craftsmen," he said. "A master mason leads the stone work, he knows how to assess what's structurally compromised, what needs to come down completely, what can be repaired. Carpenters handle the timber. Apprentices work under both. Then laborers for the hauling and lifting, the work that doesn't require skill but requires bodies." He paused. "A blacksmith sometimes gets involved if the structure needs iron reinforcement work like brackets, hinges, that sort of thing."
"So you find a master mason first and everything else follows from him," Darion said.
"Broadly, yes. The mason sets the scope of the work, tells you what materials you need and how many men, and manages the project from there. If he's good, the whole thing runs without you having to supervise every detail."
Darion nodded.
