Brawl for Fresh Blood I
Hroka — Summer
"Get out there, fresh meat!" The Overseer's golden voice echoes through the caverns of the Underbelly, and you heed the call to action.
This is it. There's no going back.
Eleven other pairs of steps clack along the mosaic floor beneath you. The sides of the corridor are lined with worn yet gleaming carvings of gladiators long dead — but only in body and not in memory. Even now, as the blood has begun coursing through your veins and your breathing has heightened, you feel a surreal calmness sinking into your mind. Then, the doors open.
Light breaches your vision, your eyes aching from the sudden clear skies above you. The tiled patterns give way to a deep, yellow sand, and you crunch forward en masse to the heavy ironwrought gate before you.
The Ring Gate begins to groan — a relic from ages ago, when steelworking was only exhibited in the most advanced of dwarven smithing societies. Like clockwork, its monstrous frame sets into motion with a grinding creak, and for once you notice the crowds and their cheering.
The twelve of you step beneath the gate into the arena. Before you, the layered sand spreads afar like an infinite, flat, and barren desert, only curtailed in the distance by the sheer brick walls that climb upward to the viewing rises. It feels... much larger down here, down on the sands. You find your position and place your back to the wall.
"And now, my delighted guests of the Tjordek Ring," comes the unmistakable voice once more. The Overseer stands upon a platform across from the gate itself. His hands cupped to his bearded mouth, he continues. "Today you will witness a brawl for fresh blood! These harrowed strangers you see gathered before you represent the lowest of the low. They come to you from all walks of life, desperate and seeking your approval on their path to glory. Give a round of applause for these twelve men and women!"
The crowds above you roar in excitement and fervor, their booming voices amplified along the stone walls at your back.
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