The seat of the Imperial government, existing in the center of Crown City, serves as the main residence of the Red King. The Imperial Palace towers above all other buildings and is actually constructed from the massive flagship once used by the Death’s Head Warguard to travel to Sakaar.

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Situated in the Crown City’s southwestern quadrant, it is the city’s largest single building and serves as the central gathering place for all members of society, both poor and wealthy. Construction on the “Great Arena Project” began in 517 Post as Imperial architects began breaking down segments of Tego Arena’s marble façade to expand the facility. Construction was finally completed in 548 Post, eight years after the end of the Spike War and twenty-nine years after construction of the massive structure began. Standing nearly 70 meters high, the Great Arena dwarfs all other structures in the Crown City’s Arena District. Enclosed by a 10-meter tall stone wall, the wide, elliptical arena floor is covered in sand and carefully maintained by a team of slaves before and after gladiator matches. A labyrinth of underground stone tunnels runs beneath the arena floor, containing immense cages where the fierce animal competitors are kept prior to combat. Seating, now constructed mostly of metal, is divided into different sections according to social status. The first level of seating is reserved for the box seats of Imperial Oligarchs, who watch the matches while attended by teams of domestic robots, and also features the Emperor’s private metal, open-air skybox. Above the oligarch level is the middle tier of seating, occupied by wealthy merchants and other members of upper-middle class society. The third and final level, located along the top edge of the arena, is left for the poorest citizens and domestic slaves, constantly patrolled by a legion of Imperial Guardsman wielding Neuro-Lances.

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An underground tunnel also connects the Great Arena to the nearby Gladiator Quarters, where the various slave-warriors are housed prior to their matches. At all times, gladiators are securely maintained by Imperial guardsman to prevent escape and that all participants arrive, on time, for their competition in The Great Games.

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Named for its location in the northern expanse of the Mawkaw Mountains, the Maw Gladiatorial Training Facility is actually located inside one of the largest known volcanic crater in the mountain range. The Maw first came to prominence during the Spike War, where the Father Emperor established the Maw as his temporary headquarters. Following the defeat of the Spikes, the Father Emperor reinstated the Great Games and associated gladiatorial combat events. But, unlike the games of old, these new games were to feature predominantly criminals, slaves, and captured enemy combatants. As such, it was felt that a harsh, prison-like training environment was needed to sculpt these unwilling participants into suitable gladiators – and the Father Emperor decided that the Maw was perfectly suited for such a role. Already equipped with metal guard towers from its time as an Imperial fortress during the Spike War, the Maw was outfitted with cages to house its trainees and elevated, air-conditioned facilities to house its trainers. The Maw soon earned a reputation as the Empire’s most lethal gladiator training school. Trainees are ferried up the Mawkaw mountainside in giant cages strapped to the backs of drammoth and, upon arrival, are immediately forced to battle against an assortment of vicious animals in the volcano’s sweltering heat. In order to narrow the number of trainees down to more manageable levels, elimination matches are held in which twenty-two combatants are forced into combat against each other, with only the last seven living able to advance in the next rounds. Those few fortunate enough to survive the Maw’s many challenges find themselves one step closer to every gladiator’s dream: competition at the Great Games.

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A dense forest that beings near Crown City and extends between the Maga and Makaw mountain ranges up into the Chaleen Plains, the Twisted Wood is feared by many travelers.

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