# The Solland Trials > [!lotvk]- Lineage of the Veiled Kin — Known & Revealed > Raphius described the approaching Trials as an old Solland tradition through which young men and women prove their worth and gain an opportunity to join the Frontier. He said he had undertaken them at fifteen and regarded it as a privilege. Young travellers were expected on the roads for the following couple of weeks; that traffic helped shape the party’s decision to remain hidden rather than interpret every passer-by as a pursuer. ([[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/01 - Sessions/Session 57 - The Price of Silence|Session 57]]) > > The exact annual date, admission rules, trial contents and whether every participant enters service are not given. These national Trials are distinct from the silence, sound and sacrifice tests later encountered beneath Wendell. The page title expands the source’s “Trials” for clarity, not an attested formal title.