In a waiting chamber within the arena, several members of Tausau's Mongrel Horde milled before the large iron gate, waiting for their turn to enter the arena to fight and feed.
"Remember everyone," Heila told the anxious-looking, misshapen vampires. "Even though the people you will encounter in the arena have been given weapons to fight for their lives, they have been sentenced to die here for their crimes."
At first, Heila had been uncomfortable with the tradition practiced in High Fen City. Executions in the arena weren't common, but they weren't uncommon either. Once a month, the arena would serve as a convict's last hope of saving their own life, but the arena always chose the opponents of these convicts carefully. Upsets, where a convict won their freedom, were so rare that they were talked about for years.
