#2000 Entrance~ The lighted passageway continues to the north where you can hear loud cheering and the sounds of battle. The walls are covered with posters announcing future bouts in the arena with some of the famous gladiators. One poster catches your eye as it is written in blood red ink. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 Nothing. ~ ~ 0 0 2001 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2099 E poster credits info~ Builder : Rumble Zone : 20 Arena Began : 1998 Player Level : 10-20 Rooms : 100 Mobs : 23 Objects : 15 Shops : 0 Triggers : 0 Theme : Gladiator Arena Plot : Modeled after a roman ampitheater. Links : 00es ~ S #2001 Spectators Entrance~ A sign points spectators towards the stairs leading up into the balconies while another points down towards the gladiators cells. Yet another sign points north towards the Gladiators Entrance. The cheering is even louder here. You can barely hear the clash of weapons and screams of pain over it all. ~ 20 4 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2002 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2000 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 2094 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 2003 E sign~ _____________________________ | Up - Balconies | | Down - Gladiators Cells | |North - Entrance to the Arena| |_____________________________| ~ S #2002 Gladiators Entrance~ Five seperate arena's are accessible here, Four for each class and a fifth which can be used by any. To the north is the Mages Arena, down is the Warriors Arena. East is the Thieves Arena and west is the Clerics arena. Stairs leading up take you into the Main arena in the center of the Ampitheater. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2042 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2047 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2001 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2058 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 2072 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 2067 E sign~ _______________________ | North - Mages Arena | | East - Thieves Arena | | West - Clerics Arena | | Down - Warriors Arena | | Up - Main Arena | |_______________________| ~ S #2003 Gladiators Cells~ There is noise everywhere produced by the equipment of death, here a sword is being sharpened, there someone is heating metal plates to be used on fallen gladiators, to see if they are dead, here rods are produced, there whips to encourage unwilling participants. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2006 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2004 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2005 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 2001 S #2004 Training Room~ These rooms are set aside by the Lanistas to train the gladiators. The vairous moves and attacks seem to be more for looks than anything else. Gladiators always have to play to the crowd. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2003 S #2005 Training Room~ More gladiators spar and tussle back and forth across the room. Sawdust and dirt covers the floor. Everything in the room is spartan and dull. The only thing extravagant is a few bits of the gladiators weaponry and armor. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2003 S #2006 Gladiators Cells~ As unattractive as being a Gladiator may sound, a gladiator's life takes on new meaning. First, his status is now voluntary rather than involuntary. He also becomes a member of a cohesive group that is known for its courage, good morale, and absolute fidelity to their master to the point of death. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2009 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2007 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2003 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2008 S #2007 Training Room~ The Lanistas are hard at work preparing their gladiators for the big show. Many are scarred gladiator veterans themselves and know very well how to please the crowd. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2006 S #2008 Training Room~ A Lanistas demonstrates a few moves to a gladiator who is just learning the ropes. The motivation to learn is high since failing at this usually costs someone their life or limbs. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2006 S #2009 Gladiators Cell~ Gladiators are usually criminals, slaves, captured fugitives or prisoners of war. It would seem that for men of these categories it was a matter of going from the frying pan into the fire, but that is a misunderstanding. Becoming a gladiator is obviously better fate than being put to death by being set upon by wield animals or being tortured in the amphitheater ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2012 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2010 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2006 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2011 S #2010 Training Room~ A lone gladiator here is on the verge of a breakdown. He is faced with either fighting to the death in the arena or being hung for not fighting. Either way death is assured with time. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2009 S #2011 Gladiators Room~ A Gladiator devotes himself body and soul to the owner of his troupe or lanista by swearing an oath "to endure branding, chains, flogging or death by the sword" and to do whatever the master ordered. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2009 S #2012 Gladiators Cells~ No doubt it was thought too dangerous to allow private citizens to own and train gladiators, who could be easily turned into a private army for revolutionary purposes. Therefore, with very few exceptions, gladiators are under the control and ownership of the emperor. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2015 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2013 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2009 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2014 S #2013 Gladiators Room~ A Gladiator devotes himself body and soul to the owner of his troupe or lanista by swearing an oath "to endure branding, chains, flogging or death by the sword" and to do whatever the master ordered. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2012 S #2014 Retiarius Cell~ This room is set aside for the Retiarius who fight with a net, a spiked trident and a dagger. The floor is lined with straw and a smelly pot sits in the corner, how could anyone live in these conditions? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2012 S #2015 Gladiators Cells~ The gladiators life becomes a model of military discipline and through courageous behavior he is also now capable of achieving honor similar to that enjoyed by Roman soldiers on the battlefield. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2018 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2016 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2012 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2017 S #2016 Mirmillones Cell~ This room is set aside for the Mirmillones, so called from the fish ornament on their helmets, armed with a short, thick sword, an oblong shield and leg and arm shields of metal. A smelly pot sits in the corner. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2015 S #2017 Retiarrus Cell~ This is where the Retiarris wait to be brought up to the arena for their bouts. Most of them are dressed up in funny armor and look like common thieves. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2015 S #2018 Gladiators Cells~ Gladiators are owned by a person called a lanista and are trained in the lanistas school . Training involves the learning of a series of figures, which are broken down into various phases. The training of gladiators has been taken over by the state. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2021 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2019 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2015 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2020 S #2019 Mirmillones Cell~ This is where the Mirmillones wait to be brought up to the arena for their bouts. Most of them are dressed up in funny armor and look like common thieves. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2018 S #2020 Samnites Cell~ This is where the Samnites wait to be brought up to the arena for their bouts. Most of them are dressed up in funny armor and look like common thieves. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2018 S #2021 Prisons~ Cell doors to the east and west are closed and barred from the outside, you hear voices muttering in a different and very strange language behind each door. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2024 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2022 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2018 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2023 S #2022 Thraecian Cell~ This is where the Thraecians wait to be brought up to the arena for their bouts. Most of them are dressed up in funny armor and look like common thieves. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2021 S #2023 Ostrich Cell~ This is where the exotic animals for the arena games are kept until needed. Straw lines the floor and the animals refuse is thick on the floor. The animals are starved before the games so they will be crazed and aggressive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2021 S #2024 Prisons~ These dungeons are damp, dark and reek of some unidentifiable source. All the victims to be led into the arena are kept down here until their fight. Those that do not fight are killed. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2027 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2025 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2021 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2026 S #2025 Animals Cell~ This is where animals for the arena games are kept until needed. Straw lines the floor and the animals refuse is thick on the floor. The animals are starved before the games so they will be crazed and aggressive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2024 S #2026 Elephants Cell~ This is where the exotic animals for the arena games are kept until needed. Straw lines the floor and the animals refuse is thick on the floor. The animals are starved before the games so they will be crazed and aggressive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2024 S #2027 Prisons~ The smell of refuse is strong here, coming mostly from behind the closed doors to the east and west. The prisons continue north and south with a long hallway of cells. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2030 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2028 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2024 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2029 S #2028 Giraffes Cell~ This is where the exotic animals for the arena games are kept until needed. Straw lines the floor and the animals refuse is thick on the floor. The animals are starved before the games so they will be crazed and aggressive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2027 S #2029 Lions Cell~ This is were the wild animals for the arena games are kept until needed. Straw lines the floor and the animals refuse is thick on the floor. The animals are starved before the games so they will be crazed and aggressive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2027 S #2030 Prisons~ Doors to the east and west lead to the prison cells. You hear growling and snarling in both directions. The prisons continue north and south with no end in sight. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2032 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2031 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2027 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2034 S #2031 Animals Cell~ This is were the wild animals for the arena games are kept until needed. Straw lines the floor and the animals refuse is thick on the floor. The animals are starved before the games so they will be crazed and aggressive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ door~ 1 0 2030 S #2032 Prisons~ The Prison to the south is full of activity while to the north you see a trail of blood. You also notice light filtering in from the north penetrating the gloom. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2033 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2030 S #2033 Prisons~ The prison continues north out the back entrance of ampitheater and south deeper into the prisons. A trail of blood leads to the east. Wheelbarrow treadmarks are visible in the blood. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2097 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2096 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2032 S #2034 Training Room~ Another practice room the Lanistas set aside for their gladiators. The competition is intense and a good gladiator can make their owner very wealthy and famous. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ door~ 1 0 2030 S #2035 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2036 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2038 S #2036 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2037 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2039 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2035 S #2037 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2040 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2036 S #2038 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2035 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2039 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2041 S #2039 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. Are you ready to Rumble? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2036 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2040 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2042 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2038 S #2040 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2037 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2043 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2039 S #2041 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2038 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2042 S #2042 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2039 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2043 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2002 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2041 S #2043 Mages Arena~ This arena was built solely for gladiatorial duels between mages. The air in this room seems to be charged and you can feel the powerful residue of forces that have been unleashed during previous battles. The walls glow with a faint phosphurescent light, making the paintings of various mages locked in battle along the walls seem alive. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2040 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2042 S #2044 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2045 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2047 S #2045 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2046 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2048 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2044 S #2046 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2049 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2045 S #2047 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2044 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2048 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2050 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2002 S #2048 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? Are you ready to Rumble? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2045 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2049 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2051 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2047 S #2049 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2046 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2052 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2048 S #2050 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2047 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2051 S #2051 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2048 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2052 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2050 S #2052 Thieves Arena~ This room was made especially for gladiatorial bouts between thieves. Pillars of black marble and widely spaced torches cause shadows to dance wildly around the room. A thief could easily practice his skills in hiding and backstabbing in such a room. Life size drawings of famous thieves cover the walls, which one of them isn't a drawing? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2049 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2051 S #2053 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2054 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2056 S #2054 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2055 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2057 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2053 S #2055 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2058 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2054 S #2056 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2053 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2057 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2059 S #2057 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. Are you ready to Rumble? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2054 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2058 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2060 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2056 S #2058 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2055 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2002 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2061 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2057 S #2059 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2056 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2060 S #2060 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2057 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2061 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2059 S #2061 Clerics Arena~ This arena was made specifically for gladiatorial matches between clerics. The room is well-lit by some unseen source from high above. Though clerics are usually thought of as healers they can also be deadly opponents. Murals of clerics from the past hang on all the walls. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2058 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2060 S #2062 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2063 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2065 S #2063 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2064 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2066 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2062 S #2064 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2067 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2063 S #2065 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2065 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2066 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2068 S #2066 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. Are you ready to Rumble? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2063 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2067 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2069 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2065 S #2067 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2064 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2070 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2066 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 2002 S #2068 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2065 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2069 S #2069 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2066 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2070 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2068 S #2070 Warriors Arena~ This large dome-ceiling room has been set aside for gladiatorial fights between warriors of great strength and weapon-skills. The room has a slight smoky haze from the torches sputtering in brackets lining the walls. Paintings of famous battles and past gladiators cover the room floor to ceiling. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2067 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2069 S #2071 Main Arena~ The arena continues east and south the walls are too steep and sloped inward to climb to the north or west. The crowd above starts yelling at you to begin fighting soon or they would send in some real gladiators. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2074 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2072 S #2072 Main Arena~ The floor of the arena is covered with a fine sand. The crowd cheers in anticipation of the fighting and blood shed. The sound is deafening and definitely distracting. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2071 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2075 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2073 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 2002 S #2073 Main Arena~ The crowd is deafening and the heat stifling. The sand is baking underneath your feet. This is where the gladiators fight to the death for the pleasure of the citizens of Rome. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2072 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2076 S #2074 Main Arena~ The arena floor is slick with blood and other bodily fluids that make your stomach turn. Above you is the Imperial Box where Emporer Titus commands the fights of the arena. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2077 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2075 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2071 S #2075 Main Arena~ You stand in the center of the arena, the crowd starts to calm down and silence blankets the arena as everyone waits in anticipation. Are you ready to Rumble? ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2074 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2078 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2076 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2072 S #2076 Main Arena~ Thousands of battles and even more deaths have colored the sand on the arena floor a sickly brown. Slaves are dumping fresh sand over the stains, but it doesn't seem to be helping. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 Nothing. ~ ~ 0 0 2075 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2079 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2073 S #2077 Main Arena~ The crowd is going wild and you start to wonder if some of them may come down into the arena after you. In the crowd above you sits the prestigous magistrates senators augurs and priests of Rome. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2078 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2074 S #2078 Main Arena~ The walls slope inwards above you making it impossible to scale. The heat and noise of the crowd is very aggravating. Your foot sinks into a puddle of blood from the last person who came into this arena. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2077 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2079 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2075 S #2079 Main Arena~ Prisoners can fight for their freedom here to become gladiators and make some good money or even better become a famous gladiator and be in awe from all the citizens of Rome. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2078 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2076 S #2080 Roman Ampitheatre~ The arena below you is empty right now, but from the shouting of the crowd you expect the games are about to begin. The crowd that seems to be more of a mob than anything else is growing impatient. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2081 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2095 S #2081 Roman Ampitheatre~ The amphitheater is a microcosm of Roman society. The seating arrangements reflect the stratification of Roman society. The emperor has a special box for himself and his family. Senators and knights sit in their own special section. Soldiers are separated from civilians, married men, from bachelors. Boys and their tutors sit together. Women, except for the Vestal Virgins who sit in the best seats with religious officials, sit with the poorest men in the top tier. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2082 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2080 S #2082 Imperial Box~ The emporer sits on his lavish throne, watching the bouts that he has provided for his people so they will look upon him with favor. The Vestal Virgins sit to both sides of the emporer fanning themselves from the opressive heat. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2083 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2081 S #2083 Roman Ampitheatre~ Certain criminals are executed here by being given to the wild beasts or are forced to fight to the death as gladiators. It also represents the domination of Rome over its enemies: prisoners of war are either executed or forced to fight each other as gladiators. But for the professional gladiator it is also a place of redemption, in which one can overcome death by victory or by stoically accepting it. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2084 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2082 S #2084 Roman Ampitheatre~ Several slaves walk into the arena with barrows of sand to cover over the blood stains and prepare for the next bout. The populace is once again getting restless. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2085 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2083 S #2085 Roman Ampitheatre~ Slaves, that had been forced to exhaust themselves helping to finish building the very amphitheatre in which they are to die, are pushed into the arena. As the mob screams, howls and roars, barred doors are lifted, releasing man-eating lions and tigers who have not been fed for quite a time. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2084 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2086 S #2086 Roman Ampitheatre~ At last this fighting seems to have gone on long enough to satisfy, momentarily, the mob. The few survivors retire to get their laurel crowns, their bags of gold and to anticipate the adulation of Rome. Squads of little men run into the arena with ropes and metal hooks to drag the bodies of the dead and wounded to a mortuary cell where valuable weapons and armour are retrieved and sorted out. The gasping, bleeding, groaning and wounded are finished off. The bodies are then piled into carts to be taken and flung into a nameless common grave. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2085 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2087 S #2087 Roman Ampitheatre~ Flashing swords, the clash of steel, and the first wounds arouse the passions, the hatred and the desperate fury of the gladiators and inflame the blood-lust of the mob. The shouts and yells and screams of the onlookers grow to a huge, roaring crescendo of sound as one Samnite after another go down with their stomachs gashed open or their necks spouting blood and one Thracian after another crumbles with a Samnite sword through his chest. Reinforcements are rushed in to restore the balance and to add to the pile of bleeding, writhing bodies on the sand-strewn floor. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2086 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2088 S #2088 Roman Ampitheatre~ Another fanfare of trumpets announces the entry of two teams of 24 gladiators in charge of two renowned trainers, themselves former gladiators who, scarred and maimed, have some how survived with their glory from many a combat. According to tradition, 24 men heavily armed as the ancient Samnites, Rome's oldest enemies, face 24 lightly clad and lightly armed 'Thracians,' each with exposed chests. Both teams march smartly up to face the Emperor in his resplendent Imperial Box to shout as one man: 'Hail, Caesar. Those about to die salute you. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2087 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2089 S #2089 Roman Ampitheatre~ A tremendous fanfare of trumpets follows the entrance of the Emporer. The Games begin. It is the turn of the gladiators, men trained for battle, sworn to the gladiators' oath to suffer death by fire, in chains, under the lash or by the sword as their master might decide and to obey as a true gladiator should. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2088 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2090 S #2090 Roman Ampitheatre~ You walk under a spread of canvas which sailors of the fleet have slung as a partial roof from masts all around the amphitheatre's rim, to serve as a shield against the sun. It makes a hothouse of the upper seats. After the solemn, long procession of civic dignitaries, priests and performers, together with images of the gods, the entry of the Emperor Titus across the floor of the arena is the signal for renewed frenzied applause from the restive crowd. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2089 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2091 S #2091 Roman Ampitheatre~ The first rows are filled with senators, priests, augars, magistrates, and other officials of distinction. Up to the first 17 rows are crammed with the worthy citizens of wealth and standing. Above them and entirely filling the second and third rows up to the very top is the mob making up the great mass of the inhabitants of the Imperial City. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2090 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2092 S #2092 Roman Ampitheatre~ The whole amphitheatre and the lavish shows held in it are arranged to keep the populace of this city amused. Excitable and noisy the crowds near-animal instincts and passions unrestrained by education, good manners or breeding, are squashed promiscuously together, men, women and children, crying, shouting and sweating in a deafening crescendo of noise. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2093 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2091 S #2093 Roman Ampitheatre~ It is here the Roman's hold their gladiatorial games, with man against man or man against beast. Trap doors in the floor allow famous gladiators to make grand entrances, or to allow the Caesar to spring animals into the arena. The Colosseum looks like it could hold about 50,000 spectators, ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2094 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2092 S #2094 Roman Ampitheatre~ You have entered a great oval amphitheatre, also known as the Colosseum, crowds of people pour in through the entrance, pushing, shoving and scrambling to fill the top half of the immense number of seats looking down on the huge arena. It looks like the whole of Rome is here. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2095 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2093 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 2001 S #2095 Roman Ampitheatre~ Thousands of people are crowded together, pushing, shoving, trying to find the best view of the arena below. A bout must be getting started soon. Gladiators fight for money or in order to compensate for crimes they have comitted. The money is good and the adoration of the people of Rome is even better. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2080 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2094 S #2096 Mortuary Cell~ The losers of various bouts in the arena are piled high while slaves sort through the corpses retrieving the weapons and armor for a future battle. Flies are everywhere and you gag at the stench. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 2033 S #2097 Outside the Ampitheater~ The ampitheater towers above you to the south and you stare at the impressive roman architecture. The smell of death hangs heavy in the air. So many gladiators have fought and died in this place. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 2098 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2033 S #2098 Common Grave~ A massive hole has been dug here to dump all the corpses from the arena fights. A few beggars scrounge through the corpses looking for valuables. The stench is overpowering. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 2097 S #2099 Trophy Room~ Trophies line the walls of all the famous gladiators. You notice 5 medals hanging inside a glass case, 4 of them are for the strongest gladiators of each class, Mage, Thief, Warrior and Cleric. The fifth is for the strongest gladiator alive, no matter what class. Do you think you could compete for and win one of them? A sign listing the rules of the arena is posted here. ~ 20 0 0 0 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 2000 E godsign~ This arena is not meant for random player killing of anyone within, but was instead made for players to challenge and fight against each other to see who is the strongest. Players can challenge each other in any of the arenas, the strongest of each class will be awarded a medal, or if he/she is the strongest of all classes he/she will also receive the gladiators medal. There will only be one medal for each class and the gladiators medal. Who ever holds a medal MUST meet all challenges, within one day of the challange, or forfeit their right to keep it. Do not make the gods interfere. If you can't meet a challenge for whatever reason simply give up the medal and win it back at another time. If you are going to be gone for more than a week junk the medal and inform the gods so other players can compete for it. Player looting and Player stealing is NOT allowed. Matches can be played to the death or the first to flee. Either way the loser, if he has the medal, must give it to the winner. The gods will give out the medals to the first champions. After that we expect the players to handle it. Again, don't make the gods interfere! Rumble ~ S $~