After our fearless Circle of Solars, and one cowardly Zenith, arrived in Chiaroscuro, and they've split up.
The Harem Anime Dawn, Museigan, went to seal a deal with the realm to buy out their caravan's jade which they had stockpiled intending to sell to Lookshy. He narrowly avoided being payed in Realm Script instead of silver, and thoroughly pissed off the Cynis representative by revealing his scheme and mocking him.
The Cool Dawn, THE SPIRALING DYNAMO, set forth to complete a heart-felt request to deliver a child to the local Immaculate Temple. Mnemon Kali was already planning to abandon the faith in favor of THE DYNAMO'S teachings, but THE DYNAMO was a man of his word. He met Righteous Shining Marble, the head of the temple and its most senior dragonblooded. Predictably, they had a number of disagreements, and Marble, being just as much a man of honor as THE SPIRALING DYNAMO, agreed to join him outside the city for a duel, to settle things like men. Their bout was projected across the city by THE DYNAMO'S magic, and announced by the Less Cowardly Zenith, Samael. Eventually, THE DYNAMO was victorious, and through his passionate words and more passionate fists, convinced Marble to abandon the faith, and join him on his journey to claim the Masks.
The Night, Alicia (in disguise as Alex), wandered around the city aimlessly until she heard that there were first age ruins about. Filled with enthusiasm, but not knowledge, she set off into the first such ruin she could find, heedless of the warnings. The traps proved incapable of stopping a determined solar, and she successfully looted the ancient office building of its treasures. Her haul included an ancient copy of the Broken Winged Crane, a personal diary of a boring middle-manager, and several dozen complaint letters addressed to said manager.
The Cowardly Zenith, Richard, sat in his carriage outside the city and prayed that nothing interesting would happen. He was disappointed.