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Trinity College · Cambridge

Trinity May Ball 2026.

A night composed of scenes, rituals, and objects, not stages.

8
SCENES · TONIGHT
6
RITUALS
6
NAMED OBJECTS
1
PERFORMERS
—
SPONSORS · DRAFTING
old-worldbotanicalcandlelitsecretritualromantic
enter through the lens →open passport →recognize via camera →walk the scenes ↓
AFTERLIFE ·
your night →committee report →sponsor report (demo) →affinity graph →sponsors as rituals →room intelligence →morning brief →✦ THE PAGE →v1 game day →
§ THE SEQUENCE · 8 SCENES

Each scene is a place, time, and mood inside the world.

SCENE
01

Arrival

19:00 → 20:00 · PORTER'S LODGE · GREAT COURT

The threshold. Guests cross the porter's lodge and the world opens.

1 OBJECTcrystal coupe
1 RITUALfirst toast
thresholdold-worldceremony
SCENE
02

Dinner

19:30 → 21:30 · TRINITY HALL

Long candlelit tables in Hall. Flower installations span the centre line.

1 OBJECTflower installation · hall centerline
candlelitbotanicalceremony
SCENE
03

First Court

21:00 → 00:30 · GREAT COURT

After dinner, guests spill into Great Court. The night begins to layer.

old-worldopen-air
SCENE
04

Hidden Garden

21:30 → 00:30 · OFF NEVILE'S COURT · SIDE PASSAGE

A side passage off Nevile's Court opens onto a small botanical court. Lanterns. A bar. Botanical drinks.

1 OBJECTbotanical gin · hidden garden
1 RITUALsecret route
botanicalsecretcandlelit
unlocks via ritual claimed · rit_secret_route
SCENE
05

Midnight

22:55 → 23:05 · EVERY COURT

The clock strikes twelve. Coupes are raised across all courts simultaneously.

1 RITUALmidnight toast
ritualceremonyold-world
SCENE
06

Chapel Performance

00:00 → 02:00 · TRINITY CHAPEL

Cellist in the chapel between 1 and 3am. Hourly programme. Intimate, classical, cinematic.

1 OBJECTsilk scarf · printed with the 2026 ball motif
1 RITUALchapel seat
1 PERFORMER
classicalintimatecinematic
SCENE
07

Alumni Memory Room

22:00 → 03:00 · OLD COMBINATION ROOM

A small archive room curated by Trinity Society. Guests are invited to add one memory to the album for the next May Ball.

1 OBJECTalumni memory card
1 RITUALalumni memory
old-worldmemorylineage
unlocks via alumni only
SCENE
08

Dawn Breakfast

04:00 → 05:30 · BACK LAWN

The final ritual. A breakfast box claimed at sunrise on the back lawn — the survivors' object.

1 OBJECTdawn breakfast box
1 RITUALdawn object
ritualdawnold-worldrecovery
§ RITUAL KITS · WHITE-LABELED FOR THIS WORLD

7 kits plug into this world. Each is a sponsor + ritual + memory + commerce template.

MEMORY · TRINITY (COMMITTEE · NATIVE)
Fireworks at Midnight
The moment the whole crew saved within 90 seconds. From the bridge. Saved by all.
PORT · 50% · 3 EVENTS
MEMORY · VIVERE (HOUSE)
Group Ritual · What We Promised to Remember
A shared room weeks before the ball: outfits, playlist, things we must not miss, and one prompt the system holds for the morning after.
PORT · 100% · 4 EVENTS
MEMORY · MINTAGE
Mintage × Vaulted First-Game Passport
A daughter's first game becomes a collectible passport, not a camera-roll dump.
PORT · 95% · 4 EVENTS
CAPTURE · NOVA MOBILE
Nova Mobile Capture Kit
The best angle on your night. Auto-cut by Nova AI, owned by you.
PORT · 100% · 4 EVENTS
DISCOVERY · TRINITY (COMMITTEE · NATIVE)
The Hidden Jazz Room
Find the room with the blue light. Capacity 40. Unlocked by 3 from your crew.
PORT · 60% · 3 EVENTS
MEMORY · MAISON AURÉLIE
The Midnight Toast
At the fountain, before midnight, write one wish for the version of yourself leaving this year behind.
PORT · 85% · 4 EVENTS
BEAUTY · VELOUR BEAUTY
Velour Beauty Game Face Kit
Pick your player look. Remix it. Save the products. Walk out with the recap.
PORT · 90% · 4 EVENTS

All kits live at /builder/ritual-kits. Activation + sponsor resonance + cohort overlap show up at /worlds/trinity-may-ball-2026/affinity.

§ LORE · WHY THE WORLD IS COMPOSED THIS WAY
LORE · 01
The 1866 ball pamphlet

The pamphlet for Trinity's first ball described 'a composition for the conclusion of the academic year, on the lawns and within the courts.' The 2026 committee composed the world to echo that line. Each scene is one phrase from the pamphlet.

LORE · 02
Why the Hidden Garden exists

The Hidden Garden was committee lore — a small botanical court accessible via a side passage off Nevile's that older students used to gather in. The committee made it ritual.

LORE · 03
The album that grows every year

Every year, alumni and guests leave one written memory in the album. The album from previous years sits open on a small table at the centre of the room. The earliest entries are from 1923.

§ COMPOSED FROM

Every Trovii world is built from real source material. The committee, the archive, the program, the venue — each fragment traceable.

  • college history
    Trinity College 1866 May Ball pamphlet
    Trinity College Archive
    “Composed for the conclusion of the academic year, on the lawns and within the courts.”
  • event theme
    2026 Committee theme — Old-World, Botanical
    Trinity May Ball Committee 2026
  • room map
    Court + room walkthrough
    Committee · Site walk · February 2026
  • alumni archive
    Trinity Society alumni memory archive
    Trinity Society
  • committee lore
    Committee notebook — hidden garden secret route
    Committee · internal
A world is a story universe you can enter: places, rituals, characters, objects, products all connected in one explorable system.
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