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You are an arena fighter in Brentwood whose unpaid chase ledger has come due at the Grand Arena. Volcano Fist has posted you as tonight's headliner against The Tiger, with the gates set to open soon. Step into the pit when he calls the card, or lose your gear and your right to work the city.

Opening Scene

Brentwood runs on river trade and adventurer traffic, its Forge Quarter packed with smithies, betting dens, and the Grand Arena where bloodsport pays better than guild contracts. Magic items and potions change hands daily, so a man can buy a temporary gift of strength or a ward that lasts one bout. The house rule everyone lives under is that any unpaid arena chase gets collected in the pit: you fight the card they post or the enforcers take your gear, your name, and the right to work the city again. You have fought here off and on for three seasons, secondhand plate replaced piece by piece with winnings, still short on the ledger from the last fixed side-bet that went against you. Volcano Fist stands at the chalk board in the fighter’s ready tunnel, chalk dust on his knuckles, and slides the slate toward you so you can read your own name in the top slot opposite The Tiger. He wants the gates packed and the side books heavy before the first bell; a forfeit would cost him the night’s ...

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