Mysteries of Westgate Spotlight #7

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Tiberius, of Ossian Studios, has posted another spotlight for the upcoming Mysteries of Westgate adventure pack for Neverwinter Nights 2. This time around, he's giving details of an arena-style sidequest. Take a look:

The newest addition to Westgate’s parade of novelties is a gladiatorial enterprise named the Quivering Thumb, which fled from the collapse of Unther to the city whose rulers would pay the best for bloody circuses. The new sandpit arena is popular with nobility, merchants, commoners, and even with slaves, because the Thumb promises freedom and a thousand gold pieces to any slave who can survive a year in the pit.

Of greatest interest to those who pride themselves on their fighting ability are the two most prestigious events run in the arena: the Individual and Group competitions. Both can offer princely rewards to those chosen few with the prowess to rise up and climb the rankings.

The current champion of the Individual competition is a mysterious armored knight who never speaks and chooses only to fight under a night sky. Many arrogant adventurers have tested his mettle in the belief they can usurp his position. Despite the permanent restorative enchantments covering the pit that ensure most prestige fights are non-fatal to the combatants involved, more than one of these would-be champions has met their end on the point of the dark knight’s vicious sword, its wicked blade dealing wounds that even the arena’s magic cannot mend in time...

If you're interested, you can read the full post right here.