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    \_|                        The Desert Arena                         |
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      |  For many years, a secretive elite existed within the most      |
      |  noble of circles in all the cities of light. Behind the scenes |
      |  they pulled many strings, exercising great influence over      |
      |  great men of power and tremendous economic resources. However, |
      |  with the Shattering many things changed.                       |
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      |  Accused of having secretly supported the attack on the Realms, |
      |  they found their continued existence in the 'civilized' world  |
      |  made impossible. They escaped to the desert, on a quest to     |
      |  find new means of accumulating wealth...                       |
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      |  The Desert Arena, constructed to quench a more sophisticated   |
      |  thirst for blood expressed by champions across the Realms,     |
      |  invites the thirsty to seal their fates in the sand of the     |
      |  Desert of Despair. It offers many previously unseen services   |
      |  to those who can afford them, many of which should be most     |
      |  welcome and long awaited.                                      |
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      |  Will you gain fame and honor, or become a corpse rotting in    |
      |  the sun?                                                       |
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