Location from Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The arena where Silver daughters fight to win a prince's hand — where every noble house displays their power, and where a Red girl's lightning changed everything.
Queenstrial is the Silver tradition where eligible women from the High Houses compete in a combat tournament for the right to marry the prince. It is spectacle, political maneuvering, and matchmaking rolled into a single event. Evangeline Samos was expected to win. Mare's lightning manifested here — in front of the entire Silver court, coming from a girl with Red blood. The impossible happened publicly, and the Silver establishment had to choose between admitting their caste system was based on a lie or inventing a cover story. They chose the cover story. 'Mareena Titanos' was born. The Queenstrial is the series' inciting event — the moment the lie began to crack.
A massive arena in Archeon designed for Silver combat demonstrations. The daughters of the High Houses fight in spectacular displays of their abilities — fire, metal, water, stone — competing for the right to marry the crown prince. The audience is Silver nobility. The stakes are dynastic.
Also known as: The Trial