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<span class="mu-s">Tunegan, 17th Day of Bacrimun, 883 A.C.E., Morning – Capara, Langland</span>
Point Plaza, or Punto Plaza as the locals call it, is a wide area a few blocks away from the College of Admirals at the edge of the city itself. It is a largely tiled area set up in a series of concentric circles, at the centre of each ring is a sandy areas that come in varying sizes. You suppose these mark the in-bounds areas for the ongoing sparring, at least a dozen swords ring at any given moment. The plaza itself is divided into three areas, roughly circuluar and separated by nothing more than the odd stall and social custom. Your translator Fabio the Elder explains the significance of each area, also noting the plaza is a recent feature of Capara and in his day they had to make do with fighting in the dirt outside the town walls.
At the opening of the plaza are the Sognatori, the amateurs and unskilled. From children playing with sticks to teenagers taking things a little too seriously, fierce grunts and angry insults mellowed by the amused chuckles of watching adults and the fact that everyone is using blunted steel. In the middle, the largest section of the plaza, is the Sfregiato. They are the proven men, bravos that have fought and fight regularly. They don’t necessarily need to have killed a man to be permitted to train there without being jostled back to the Sognatori, but almost all have at least bloodied their blades in earnest. This is a place where such men come to settle scores without the intention to leave behind a body, or else test their mettle against others and perhaps learn a thing or two. Or even, judging by the raucous laughter and slapping of backs of those standing around, a place to point and laugh at their friends getting their backside handed to them by another.
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