The Trial of the Streets (TF003)

**“The Trial of the Streets”** is the third session of the Team 3.5 game.  After successfully fending off the beasts of the wild, enjoying a cookout, and catching wind of a potential wrongdoing, Team 3.5 prepares for the next day of the festival to Exaire…

# Synopsis

Author’s note: this synopsis is being written several months after the game proper was played.  As a result, details may be vague or contradictory.  When in doubt, consider this synopsis broad strokes canon to the rest of the campaign.

## Koto 17

Aine, Lemmy and Lath make their way downstairs, Aine in considerably better shape than she was the morning previous.  Meeting with Courage, Aine and Lemmy volunteered to keep an eye on the Shot of Courage briefly while she left to go meet with Selise to confer about what Team 3.5 had discovered last night.  The two managed to run things fairly smoothly, and now have a back up plan if the whole “adventuring” thing doesn’t work out.  Aine and Lemmy then when on a shopping excursion.

Arriving at the Black Sheep, Aine received her dinosaur tooth pendants, as well as her modified Solari robes from Ibril Dez.  Lemmy inquired about the leftover lion hair, and requested that it be adhered to his face in the form of a mustache.  Ibril, taken aback by this, soon entered into the deed with gusto, giving Lemmy an impressively thick mustache made of lion’s mane.

Varad met up with the other three members of the Team, and made their way to the Ampitheatre proper.  The arena has undergone a pretty spectacular metamorphoses overnight: what was once simply an arena with a handful of pillars now resembles an abandoned neighborhood.  As the Trial of the Streets began, Selise entered into her second monologue: how, once the untamed wilds were left behind, and cities were built, new threats entered to replace the threats left behind: handmade threats.  And it is these defatigable weapons of endless toil that is the challenge today, produced by followers of Bhamneuli, the Platinum Tempered.

Splitting up into two groups, Team 3.5 managed to fulfill the challenge of the Streets: uniting two heavy pieces of a seal, guarded by self-repairing constructs.  In the wake of their success, Aine followed the halfling member of Team 7 out of the city, into the maze of tents and stalls that had been set up by worshippers of Exaire for the festival.  She caught snippets of her conversation at her tent: a person named “Dain” had reached out and said that Selise and Frenosta had caught wind of their plans, at least in part.  However, they were confident to continue onwards with their plan, and that the halfling would “make the call”.

Uniting with her other members, Team 3.5 returned to the Amphitheatre, making their way to the podium and meeting with Selise, the Imperial Princess Frenosta, and Frenosta’s bodyguard, Covus.  Selise and Frenosta had a civil, yet heated argument, where Frenosta *refused* to delay the celebration.  While she may not worship Exaire, she came here to foster a stronger bond with the people she will one day lead, and she will be *damned* if she’ll allow a festival of her people to be disturbed.  Conceding, Selise made the executive decision to modify the seed tomorrow, to allow Team 7 and Team 3.5 to duke it out immediately.  If nothing happens, nothing happens.  If something does… then it’ll pop off early, with the guard ready at a moment’s notice.

Aine, wanting additional support, reached out to Temerity, a fellow member of the Solari located in Asphodel, for additional help.

# Characters

* Glath ahn Latha: drakeblood cleric of Vanth
* Aine Solana: nephilim monk of the Solari Monastery
* Lemmy: automata bard
* Courage Marivaldi: cambion bartender and owner of the Shot of Courage; wife of Selise Marivaldi
* Ibril Dez: human tailor, owner of the Black Sheep
* Frenosta Artus: half-elf Imperial Princess of the Artus Empire
* Covus: merrow bodyguard to Frenosta
* Selise Marivaldi: archon Warden of Starlight
* Varad Inulatho: borean teenager, member of Team 3.5

# Game data

* Game length: 3:18:00
* Game played: 7/29/2020