Arc VII: Trials of the Jito

## Arc VII Characters:

* Sebastian Gilbert III [He/Him] (Played by Evan - He/Him) - A High Elf Evoker Wizard. Sebastian has studied magic for a majority of his extremely long lived life, and spends his days in his small cabin in the Vosea territory working on becoming more powerful. When he is approached to become one of the most powerful people in the Empire, how could he possibly refuse such an offer?

## Arc VII Synopsis:

### Session 1: The Trials of Sebastian Gilbert III

Sebastian Gilbert is sitting peacefully at home going about his normal routine when there is a sudden knock on the door. He goes to investigate and meets Velda Miril, one of the three Jito of the Vosea Empire. She plays her hand quickly, explaining that she wants to start a war with Hyranor, but the other Jito are against this idea, so she wants to find like minded people to replace them in order to complete her plans. She leaves the house with a letter and a warning that the trials won’t be easy.

Sebation quickly opens the envelope to a blank piece of paper as the wax seal of the letter melts to form a portal to the first trial, the Trial of the Body. As he steps through the portal he finds himself in a cave, with a tunnel leading to a workshop with 2 large dragon flesh grafters. Seb fights back for a little bit but discovers he can escape through another door and seal it behind him, trapping the monsters inside. Further along he enters a large hoard room of a dragon. He is luckily able to make it through the hoard without attracting the attention of the dragon and teleport past an alarm trigger that he had noticed around the nest with a dragon egg inside. The dragon wakes up as he flies away with the egg, catching him with a small bit but Sebastian is able to escape the cave. The blank paper from earlier lights up, and explains in writing that the body of a Jito must be strong, and that strength can come from eating the primordial soup inside of a dragon egg. Sebastian cracks the egg open and drinks it, gaining the properties of a Gold Dragon.

The wax seal from earlier now opens a second portal to the next trial, the Trial of the Mind. After stepping through the portal Seb finds himself outside a hedge maze. After trying to find a way around or over it, he enters inside, where he finds that any noise he makes attracts the attention of a Sphinx. These Sphinx’ each ask Sebastian a riddle, and for each riddle answered correctly, he is given the direction in which to go next. Once he finds his way into the center of the maze, he is met with one last riddle, which he asnwers perfectly, allowing him access to a crown. The piece of paper once again writes on itself, explaining that a Jito needs to have a string mind, and that each Jito before them donates their experiences for the others to call upon later. He puts the crown on his head and is flooded with centuries worth of information.

The wax seal again drops to the ground and opens a portal to the final trial, the Trial of the Soul. This time stepping into a black void, Seb finds himself on the throne of a Jito, when an informant enters explaining that there is a hoard of monsters that are going to trample a town, but will also take out a group of enemy forces nearby if they don’t stop it. Sebastian chooses to let the people in the town die in order to take out his enemies as well. With this an orange energy flows into his body, giving him the willpower to lead through any circumstances. The paper explains one last time that to be a Jito requires a soul unburdened, and that the choices you make as a Jito will be hard and judged by all. So you must be able to make a choice you think is best regardless.

One more portal trip takes him back to his home where he is able to meet Velda at her keep in order to make his official challenge to the Jito. He challenges the Wizard Thermagal, and takes him down with a final Fireball after a grueling battle of spell casting. Velda and Horan, the other Jito at the time, both congratulate Sebastian. Though Horan doesn’t make it far before Velda slits his throat and explains that it’s so tragic he died as a result of a redirected spell that accidentally hit him. Sebastian doesn’t argue with this lie and carries on, with the knowledge that there must be a third person with them before any action can be made.

## Arc VII Trivia:

* The theme of this Arc is Leadership, and what it means for each person to be a leader