Those persons of importance interested in attending got there early, and set up silk tents with their own sound-baffling, where their servants will bring them food and drink, and where they can enjoy the spectacle without being part of it. Carlota gave serious consideration to asking her wizard to do a Greater Scry, so she could watch from the comfort of her own parlor, but she really should not spend half her dowry on that sort of thing, and anyway it’s probably for the good for people to see the event attended by people of importance.

Alonso is here, near the front. O gods of Law, he prays before the accused is brought out, let justice be done. He jeers at Vidal-Espinoza once he enters the arena floor.

Blai does not like crowds. He does not like shouting. He isn't a fan of salespeople, gladiatorial battle or its architecture, or, recently, people making a fuss about diabolism and traitors.

He goes to the trial and tries to find someone he knows who doesn't hate him, as the next best thing to having actually acquired a bodyguard.

Eulàlia is here. Really the only important thing to her is watching the man who led the mob that came to her house die, but she hasn't seen that trial announced yet and the other ones are at least a partial salve. 

Dia is here, dressed like a regular commoner and not a monk.  Thea didn’t come, but she would probably miss relevant subtext anyway.  This trial might help Dia put together a firm argument on how cautious Thea needs to be about the new regime.

Many birds are present, though one is actually here to watch the proceedings instead of trying to snatch fallen morsels of the available snacks.

Victòria is here. Given what the diabolist lawyer told her, it seems important to know how trials here actually work. (...Also to figure out whether they're likely to ask her "incidentally, while we have you here under Truthtelling, did you burn down any buildings?")

It's going to be very satisfying to see him brought to justice, but probably not until the execution.

His best guess is that being seen publicly attending the trial and having the appropriate attitude is more useful than most things he could be doing with this time, especially considering that most people whose opinions he cares about will also be busy watching it.

Rui d'Argent escaped the gaol the very same night he was arrested. He was going to board a ship to the colonies, but by the time the rains cleared up he'd decided to stick around for at least a week and see if he can attend his own trial in absentia. In the meantime he's changed his clothes and shaved his face and is attending the other trials. Eulàlia wouldn't recognize him, not that he's anywhere near her in the crowds.

Executions are usually a lot of fun to watch, so probably the performance they're doing before this execution will also be fun!

It's a big open-air amphitheater, right? He doesn't have to go inside?

How will the traitor die? Place your bets! Place your bets here!!!

The Crown's making a really big deal out of this one. Conradí bets the day's stipend that he'll be burned at the stake.

Albert needs to make back the money he lost and, for some mysterious reason, the people that raised him won't reimburse. Two and a half gold on the headsman's axe; a classic with high enough payout that he can make nearly everything back.

What're the odds on Final Blade and hanging? He's, like, 50/40/10 on those and 'other'. 35/5 on the hanging being quick and clean vs. a slow strangling. He'll drop ten silver on a couple bets.

(He's not going in. Too hard to run. But he does want to hear first-hand witnesses, so he's hanging around.)

There's no time to attend this! But it's important to have some idea what the Abyss is going on for Valia's sake. She'll try to get into a better gallery by virtue of being a lawyer, if this is organized enough to have such, and not linger overlong.

Final Blade and hanging are the leading contenders for how the traitor will die, followed by the axe and then by stoning to death by the crowd and then by a wide range of more creative punishments that the current government has not shown any inclination towards and that people may be betting on just because they're fun to imagine, like 'Queen turns into a dragon and eats the traitor' or 'fed to the Tarrasque' or 'turned by the Archmage Naima into a bugbear which is then slowly crushed to death under large rocks'.

Mistress Tomas isn't attending, but Paula is, in clothing that suggests she's a merchant's wizard. She's nervous, and hanging relatively near Dia while she takes notes. It probably won't turn violent but she is prepared for it to do so. Hopefully.

He wants to know how the new government actually administers justice, at least for now, and see that bastard get what's coming to him.

To pass the time while waiting, he brought a copy of On The Origins of Planes And Gods; the author claimed to have parts of it verified by visions from The God of Knowledge, Nethys!

Duke Sergi is attending in a small tent shared with several of his Counts. He hopes he knows how this will go, but he has to see, one way or the other.

Dolor is in attendance. Apparently this is one of the bandit ringleaders; if it's true, she wants to see him swing for it, and if it's not she'd rather know this is also something the watch is incompetent at.

The Archduchess has had space reserved for her, but not a fancy tent. That's not her image. Her staff are still out looking for people to help, but this is important, even if the verdict is certain.

Silvia is a little worried she'll be killed for her own mob. It sounds like the new government is going to tell people how much they can work together before getting murdered for it? She should probably attend.

Blai doesn't see ANYONE he both knows and wants to on this particular day sit next to. .......he will sit sort of near the Archduchess for lack of a better idea.

Korva hates public executions. She's seen so many. And now she doesn't have to go, and could just stay home.

She's gotta know, though, what it is that people face now.