Know
The lower echelons of society generally lacked the information that the highest echelons of society possessed. This was a result of lacking authority to access classified information or lacking means to access information that only came with being rich and powerful. Thus, they were far more lacking in knowledge that was common and basic knowledge amongst the upper echelons.
In the halls of the Shionel Merchant Guild, the situation was mostly clear to all of the Cabinet Merchants. Chairman Deacon was Guildmaster Bradt's greatest rival and had been undergoing massive amounts of growth that allowed him to shake the otherwise rock-solid political stronghold that Guildmaster Bradt had created by securing the interests and benefits of a majority of the voters.