Naxilar wants three uninterrupted rounds of chanting, the officials' public consent, and Varen alive as the ritual's controlled proxy.

The recovered ritual notes prove the hearing itself is part of Naxilar's ritual; the witness testimony can expose Varen's scripted charges.

• Present the testimony before Naxilar can object.
• Use the ritual notes to show that Varen is a proxy, not an impartial judge.
• Shift two officials with each successful DC 14 Persuasion or Deception check.
• Expose or dispel Varen's controlling rune with DC 15 Arcana or a successful attack.
• Force Naxilar to answer questions about the Nova's Heart shard.
• Protect the speaker from Silence by moving outside its radius or forcing Naxilar to spend his reaction.

• Ask Varen a question only the real judge would know.
• Read a ritual note aloud and have an ally verify its seal.
• Challenge Naxilar to identify the shard's lawful source.
• Put a shifted official between Naxilar and the lectern.
• Call for a ruling on Naxilar's use of Objection.
• Use Intimidation or Insight against Varen to break the scripted charges.

• At one success, two officials stop repeating Naxilar's charges.
• At two successes, the officials grant advantage on the party's next social check or allow one ally to intercede unhindered.
• At three successes, Varen hesitates and reveals one detail from the ritual notes.
• At four successes, the Tribunal orders Naxilar to release the shard and stands against him.
• On the first failure, Naxilar brands the speaker a heretic.
• On the second failure, Varen issues a false ruling and spectral chains appear around the nearest character.
• On the third failure, the officials seal the exits and treat the party as enemies of the Tribunal.