✦ LOCATION ✦

the frozen empire

the entertainment district

the red claws ring

✦ OUTFIT REQUIREMENTS ✦

for spartans and gladiators: personalized armor or fighting attire, no uniform

✦ CHARACTERS ✦

✦ OPEN ✦

you may create characters part of this faction freely

Most fighters use weapons and wear armor, however there is no set uniform, it’s all different and modded to their own liking.

The founder, in an ironic turn of events, died following the fight in a finale with the current headmaster of the house. He thought he could pull off a dirty trick and stab his opponent with a secret dagger… but he was too bad at disguising it, and the other reacted much faster, neutralizing the threat. He died following the match.
As the supreme champion of the house, the winner gained the Headmaster title and the Ares seat in the House of Olympus.
He may sometimes join fights as well.

Once a year the house is engulfed by magic, the old ruins taking a pearly white shine and the members of the House of Olympus attend a tournament that decides the headmaster of the Circus Maximus and representant of Ares. Ever since the Founder died in the finale of this tournament, the current Headmaster has never been defeated.

The one who watches over the house and helps the Headmaster with anything. They are the representant of Odysseus in the pantheon of the House of Olympus.

The 10 strongest members of the house, they are usually only brought out if one decides they must challenge an opponent that is more “worthy”. Sometimes they have their own tournament together with various winners from other tournaments. It is in these tournaments that their hierarchy is decided - and if another house member wants to take a spartan’s place, they may only do so by defeating a spartan in these tournaments.
During regular tournaments, the spartans guard the amphitheatre to make sure no fights break out and protocol is followed.

Entertainers part of the house, they are permanent fighters that put on shows. They often fight for real but a bit of staging must be done in order to maximize profits…
The winners of regular tournaments get the special champion helmet called “The Helm of Gold”. The winner has to wear it during the following tournaments and fight to keep the title or surrender it to the new champion.

A few medics that have been kicked out of the Medics Guild for medical malpractice find their home in here. They won’t step back from anything: doping, developing drugs that increase one’s fighting performance, and they do anything to keep one in shape to fight some more.

Due to regulations in the Empire, ores from the Miners Guild can only be given to registered factions, and an Entertainment House can under no circumstance qualify for that.
Of course they could purchase second grade weapons from the Armsdealers, but those are expensive and what would be the fun of that…
It is much easier to take hold of old scrapped weapons and modify those instead, melt what is unusable and use it to fix and upgrade what can be used. These weapons follow no safety regulations and would most certainly be illegal anywhere else in the Empire.

A few Snow Lions and Yokai are kept in the house and used for events where fighters match against monsters. Monster Keepers are a small number of grifix that are tasked with caring for these creatures and handing them outside of the matches.
In some cases these monsters end up killed in matches, but that is discouraged because finding replacements is by no means easy.