Gladiatious Tellaran

There are two large gladiator pits in Tellarus, one of which has been in operation since who knows when, and the other new, and state of the art. No magic was used in the building of the new pit, and its architects are very proud of that.
Gladiator matches perform every week, usually pitting some outlander criminal against a ferocious, starved beast of some kind. Occasionally there will be a monstrous humanoid instead of a human criminal, especially orcs and kobolds, and sometimes goblins, against all of which the crowd boos gleefully, waiting to see the creature ripped apart by some crazed beast.
Gladiators who consistently succeed at besting the monsters are taken from the pit and given a prominent place among the Empress's elite guard, or as a captain of a military regiment.
The whole thing goes along with the Imperial practice of holding living creatures against their will, in places uncomfortable or inhumane.
THE TWO RINGS There is a small Gladatious Ring built into ther western hill of Strikers Village, and one also at the southern most point of the same districe, where it borders on the Lower Merchants District. THe other ring lies across the Salty River from Northeastern High Tellarus, across from hex 82.