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The Catlord came to her aid, slaying the dragon, whose death throes collapsed part of the roof and opened a hole in the outer wall.

Meanwhile, Vajra escaped into the tunnels beneath the Arena, where she battled the blue dragon guardian. However, Salabak created an illusory manticore to appear to assault Duum as part of a ruse, causing chaos among the spectators, such as Allamon Sorn. He put her back in the Arena, setting her against a troll: she hacked its arm off, skewered it on her sword, then drove it into the otyugh kept to devour carrion, all to the cheers of the crowd. ДЄn manticore appearing to attack Abon Duum in the stands.ДЇinally, in the Year of the Prince, 1357 DR, Salabak did just that, and Vajra was again in Duum's power. Eventually, Salabak agreed to serve Duum: he would gain Vajra's trust and return her to him.

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However, Abon Duum sent many bounty hunters after her, seeking to punish and reclaim his champion gladiator, though she remained free by 1357 DR. Escaping, she seriously wounded several of Duum's best fighters and escaped from the labyrinth of corridors below the arena and into freedom. However, after ten years, she had had enough and wanted out. She found a friend in a fellow gladiator, Salabak. She slew creatures such as a bugbear and a reptilian, and the crowds roared her name, but she never responded. There she learned the arts of the sword, spear, and net and became the most accomplished of Duum's stable. Vajra was a 12-year-old Tethyrian slave of Pasha Abon Duum, placed with his stable of gladiators at the Arena of Blood. In the time of their existence, only two gladiators had ever escaped the Arenas of Blood- Vajra Valmeyjar and Jhalarn. On an average day, the combined attendance of both arenas was over 10,000 spectators, and this number increased to 14,000 in the winter months when it was cooler. In fact, Manshaka was second only to Calimport as a gambling center because of the Arenas. All matches generated huge sums of money from bets. The Manshaka city council focused largely on maintaining the Arenas of Blood, and openly encouraged betting on the fights, as these were a primary source of tax revenue. An exception was if a match was set up to settle a political matter rather than for entertainment. The matches were almost always to the death. Vajra battling a troll as a hungry otyugh waits to devour the loser.ДЄs of 1370 DR, each Blood Arena held five shows per day for three djenayin per show or one djenarba for the whole day. Since that time, by 1357 DR, a blue dragon was kept in the dungeons as a guardian, though it was slain that year. These dungeons were such a maze that it took the gladiator Vajra two years to memorize them before she made good her escape. The dungeons were big enough to hold a good-sized dragon.Д«eneath each Arena was a labyrinth of passages and tunnels intended to prevent escape, in addition to 100 guards. Huge gates led down to the dungeons beneath.

The high walls around the arena bore banners and circular emblems depicting downward-pointing daggers. The Arenas were large, circular structures, walled all around and with two levels of stands for spectators. One of the Arenas was located in the northeastern drudach of the northwestern sabban of the city the other was found in the southern drudach (south of Drudach Street) of the northeastern sabban.