Gladiators Wanted

The Myste-Hass Calender

27/02/24

Tom's code - 61768

Late in the evening, the clouds roll in. A group heads to The Arena to watch a bout. There are two individuals on the sand - The Maul and Altes

Priests run out to heal The Maul. Dissatisfaction runs in the crowd because the odds were against Altes, forty to one.

Morning comes, the group thinking about the match and head to The Dregs for breakfast. Cao explains that he is looking for strong fighters to win in The Arena.

Tanis admits he was one of the dragonborn to attack Myste-Hass, when Morthel took the city.

Lishaan recently fought on an island nearby where he killed many undead in the name of lady luck.

The group heads to Cao's training ground. Abar and Benane are fist fighting on the sands. Westio is engaged in a heated conversation with a robed individual, grey robes, who is not normally here.

Cao gives Lishaan a longsword from the rack and Tanis moves in with his own battleaxe and shield, the pair heading onto the sand.

Cao finds the cat, Tartan, joining Bellatrix on the balcony to watch the fight between the two new dragonborns.

Father Howell speaks with Kado whilst they heal Lishaan after he is taken down by Tanis's fire breath. Kado seems fascinated by violence and violent crimes. Father Howell is encouraging him to get involved in the militia.

The combative man is shouting something, and Westio says that he wanted the individual to leave. The visitor, Indulan, says he's been making a bunch of bespoke training automatons which can be used to fight without suffering the pain of a real opponent. He doesn't make them, just markets them. He claims there are two in the wagon outside - easy mode or hard mode. Cao claims they'll test both.

When the individual returns, there are two figures about ten-twelve feet high. They move in stiffly.

Frank has the safe word 'Jelly Bean', he's the larger and easier one. The second brute is tougher and called Clay with the safe word set as 'Hailbert'. He murmurs a few words before the safe words to set them.

The man says that if the three of them manage to fight Clay and win, the contract will be binding.

The first individual is a huge figure - a flesh golem. Clay is slightly smaller, a mound of clay.

The fighters head in, Father Howell watching intently from the sidelines. The creature was immobile before Talis struck it.

During the fight, both of the creatures start shaking and freaking out and Indulan begins screaming 'Jelly Bean' to no avail. When faced with fire, the creature starts to freak out.

After Frank is taken down, Bealltrix is thrown from the sand by Clay, then Cao kills him.

Lishaan heals a point to Frank, but Indulan runs in and calls 'Jelly Bean', the command word working this time.

Indulan offers a rental agreement that includes regular upkeep. He claims he can have Frank fixed and ready again by the afternoon. The cost is one-hundred gold per month, with repairs twice a day it would cost one-hundred and thirty gold pieces a month. Cao agrees for the one-hundred gold contract, with fifty percent now and fifty percent later.

Indulan takes them off into the designated storage area to begin the repairs, promising to make them even more of a challenge next time.

After the fight, the group heads to the Temple of Imogen in order to rest up, get massages, oil rubs and a good meal. Father Howell makes his spiced-plum tarts with aphrodisiac cherries, in addition to the peach cobbler he made that morning.

Engaro introduces himself to all of the group, particularly Bellatrix. Engaro and Father Howell talk about Geoffrey. Apparently, he last came in about two weeks before he resigned, praying for his wife.