A tremendous sand-filled arena. The red sky above flashed with silent lightning and streamed with dark clouds that moved across it at unnatural speeds.<br/><br/>The stands were filled with beings of all descriptions, who cheered raucously when a great dragoness with shimmering red scales took the throne at one end. The violet-eyed Nekida wore many rings and amulets, and pierced human skulls on her horns.<br/><br/>None of them were real of course, no more than soulless beings without free will created by her tormented subconscious, but how was that different from the beings the gods created? Why were they better than her?<br/><br/>"Let the games begin!" Her voice shook the foundation of this world she had made. Several creatures appeared in the arena, bringing with them whatever objects were near them when she took them. With a thought she made each of them ravenously hungry.