Ma'at Atrium

Ma'at Atrium was built for one purpose: Blood and carnage.  With seating for more than 87,000 medium-sized creatures (and standing room-only reaching nearly 120,000), Ma'at is one of the largest buildings in Kermoria.   It is elliptical in plan and is 615 feet long, and 510 feet wide, with a base area of 24,000 square meters (6 acres!). The height of the outer wall is a staggering 157 feet, and the perimeter measures 1,788 feet. The central arena is an oval 287 feet long and 185 wide, surrounded by a wall just shy of 16 feet high, above which rises tiers of seating. The outer wall is estimated to have required over 3.5 million cubic feet of travertine stone which were set without mortar; they are held together by expensively-imported iron clamps which are lovingly, and meticulously, maintained by a highly-trained team of architects and builders.

Purpose / Function

Blood.  Rivers of it, from slave gladiators, wild animals, extra-planar beasts, and anything else they can shove into the sandpit to bleed.  Over the centuries, it is estimated the arena has claimed a half million lives, both animal and humanoid.  

And the bloodshed draws crowds.  Huge ones.  From every walk of life; even the Abydos Menos has a private viewing box, and it is said that Sobekhotep has a penchant for blood and gore; he has attended every single event since his reign began.

Tourism

There are dozens of minor events held each month, drawing a few thousand visitors; however, major games and events can bring the arena to capacity for days on end, sometimes drawing more than a million people within a week's span, and, over the course of a month, can see more than ten or even twelve million people entering the arena to view the bloodshed and carnage amongst the gladiators.

"Within these walls lie both the corpses of the fallen, and the spirit of the entire Kingdom." Amanthet.

Founding Date

04-11AV

Type

Amphitheatre

Parent Location

Edeli

Owner

Sobekhotep VII

Ruling/Owning Rank

Abydos Menos