The stadium is already constructed: a concentric ring of elevated seating around a cone shaped plinth. Above the benches are a series of poles with retractable screens of wool, to keep rain and direct sun off the audience. Besides the general seating there are several boxes for distinguished guests, and a big throne for Morwenna herself (stuffed with 5,000 SP worth of cave spider silk).
During the event, HOUDINI THE MUMMY tosses his Crystal Ball up onto the pylon, where it swells up to prodigious size. He displays the battle unfolding on the tournament grounds to the northeast on its surface using his Ring of Diamond Vision.
50% chance Houdini is at the stadium on days prior to the tournament, supervising event preparations with a handful of Imps.
Outside the venue are the food vendors:
- The Gnoll Klarion sells boiled mudsnails in garlic butter, sides of fried asparagus, and commemorative wooden cups of light, sweet beer
- The Elf Anette and her fanatically racist coven of bakers sell delicious sweet rolls covered with powdered sugar, crispy elf bread, and cones of thick coffee.
- The Magic User Al Abbas uses a Wand of Ice to freeze fruit juice and rum into cubes, which he sells on sticks.
- Torvald the Orc sells questionable sausages, delicious pickles, edible cheese and little vials of fortified wine.
- Eddie the half-blind Quarter Giant sells human, Orc and Halfling kebabs, legally sourced from the Morwenna's meatcamp. He thinks she's the coolest.
The latrine trench is a short walk away from the stadium, equipped with wooden partitions and seating.
Torvald the Orc's "questionable" sausages reminds me of Pratchett's Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler. Personally I'd hope Al Abbas would be up for hire as a henchman because it seems like he has brilliant business sense.
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