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[Trevayne]

As the occupation of Arilin continued, the common folk began to chafe more and more under the iron rule of King Housmeld. But the King was no fool... he could see the anger and hatred growing in the peasantry, and he knew that there was no direct way to address their discontent. He needed a distraction. A public spectacle of such immense proportions that would allow a man to look past the misery of his daily life. He needed an illusionist.

It took only the kidnapping of his wife and child to convince the master illusionist Mandrake to come to Arilin and oversee the construction of the monstrous stone structure known simply as the Coliseum. Working in a remote corner of the Empire, cut off from all other contact, the enormous amphitheater was constructed in complete secrecy. At the King's direction, Mandrake placed within the varied chambers phantasms of the most hideous, most rare, most dangerous creatures of the realm. As the final condition for the release of his family, Mandrake erecting an enormous permanent vortex gate within the city of Arilin, allowing even the simple folk to travel to see the spectacles of steel and sorcery.

Who would come to test their strength against the beasts of the Coliseum? Who would risk their lives (and their purses) for the chance to be torn to shreds by the claws of a serpent? Who would emerge with the triumph of victory and the cheers of the crowd? Whose visage would be immortalized in the immense Hall of Champions?

So come one, come all... test your mettle in the Coliseum. Pay your fees, give the fight of your life, and win your prize!