<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>D&amp;D Battle Arena Game Thread</strong></span></span><br/><br/>Apologizes for the late start, I ran into some last minute problems that required my attention. But I shall not waste any more time. Here it is the arena intro.<br/><br/>Your heartbeat echoes in your ears as your eyes finally shake off the blinding lights that brought you here.  Your senses were clouded as the light took hold of you but now they come rushing back. The first thing you feel is your heartbeat, strong and steady. The next thing you feel is the pain. Like a dull headache that is only just beginning. It pulses within your mind. The next is the colors. All around you see a rainbow of colors swirling within themselves.<br/><br/>Reaching out towards it, you feel a pull. Something or someone takes hold of you and tears you off your feet. As the light encases you once more you see the gray color ground suddenly appears in front of you. Slamming into it clouds of dust erupt around you as the air is knocked from your lungs. Gasping for breath and coughing up dust you see the crowd. Thousands of beings look down upon you and you see that you within a circular bowl made of a bluish hue. Above you is a vortex of color where more beings seem to be falling out of, from orc’s to demons to angels and monsters from your worst nightmares.<br/><br/>Each of them hits the ground and recovers from their impact, some faster than others. A few charge one another but within seconds you see a nimbus of light incase them. Within the light you see the fire and the being within that fire moving about in a rapid motion. Flesh quickly turns to bones and soon ash. Only then does the light vanish leaving only ash behind.<br/><br/>As it touches the ground you see that the ground you stand upon is the same color of the ash. This ash covers the inside of this bowl form one side to the next. Knowing movement will result in similar incineration you pause. Upon preforming this action you feel something within your mind. A voice begins to speak. It sounds soothing and you feel yourself calm down.<em> “Welcome to the Battle Arena. You have been selected because of your skills in battle and have been chosen to test your mettle in the ultimate battle arena of the planes. We have but one rule. You enter into the battle and only one leaves the victor. Prepare yourself for your battle begins now.”</em><br/><br/>Then the mind is gone and you feel the ground start to give way. Pull you down into the earth. Others around you vanish into the ground without a word. As the ash covers you the area around you seems to move. As if you are within water and not the ashes of the death. As stars appear before your eyes you feel the ground vanish around you sunlight appears.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Kalith Monsoone vs Lamia DuVore</strong></span><br/>Gulping deep breaths of air you feel your heart beat slow as oxygen returns to your body. Opening your eyes you see yourself in a lush plain of spring green grass about waist high. Flowery bushes are scattered about the area at random but each of them seems to have sharp spikes bristling around them. In the distance you see another person fall out of nothingness and land upon the ground just like you. They collect themselves and stand up. Noticing one another you feel the presence within your mind once more.<em> “Welcome to the plains of life, where only the strongest thrive. Your opponent has entered the arena. Prepare yourself the battle will begin soon.” </em><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Breeze Fastwind vs  Yeva the Vagrant</strong></span><br/>The ash ground vanishes like smoke within the wind and is replaced by a barren landscape of sand and stones. For as far as the eye can see there is nothing but sand dunes and boulders. Around yourself you see an impact crater that you yourself must of made upon entering this area. In the distance you see another person impact the sands, kicking up debris and flinging dust within the air. As soon as you see them you feel a being enter into your brain.<em>“Welcome to the wastelands of despair, where no being leaves unscarred. Prepare yourself the battle begins soon.”</em><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Raelgar vs Yusqio</strong></span><br/><br/>Once the ashes disappears before your eyes Yusqio you find yourself within a small cabin under a pile of fine clean quilts over a large oak framed bed. Looking around you see that your within cabin of sorts. A small glass window it off to your left side and a large door is at the endurance, in front of you. It is open and you look out into a beautiful forest. You hear birds singing that suddenly stop. Wondering just what it is that could be causing this you see a figure appear at the doorway and a presence enter into your mind. "Welcome to the forest of rest. Where the unwise do find their eternal resting spot. Prepare yourself the battle beings soon."<br/><br/>Once the ashes crumbles away Raelgar you see yourself within a large forest, unlike the one's you use to roam this one feels peaceful to a degree that sickens you. No fear or death seems to wander these woods. Just a never-ending calm, as the birds sing away you take note that they halt their singing as you see a large wooden cabin in front of you. You eyes make out that something or someone else is within that cabin underneath a pile of quilts. The door is open and as they appear you feel a voice enter into your head. ""Welcome to the forest of rest. Where the unwise do find their eternal resting spot. Prepare yourself the battle beings soon."<br/><br/><strong>Game Rounds:</strong>Inititiave first. Then Battle. Last one standing wins. Killing is optional but allowed. Winners will of course advance to the next round and get to meet other characters in a non-combat situation. Losers fate will be decided upon your posts. If of course your oppenent spares your life of course. But don't worry about that. If you have questions go to PM's.