<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/6boZtLV.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/ixC0gJy.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/x808Kze.jpg)</div><br/>The old mage chuckled and loosened his grip on the chain.  Snapping his fingers he turned his back on her and dropped the chain.  Tialyn felt a lightning bolt of pleasure as the chain slapped against her body, striking her inner thigh before clinking back to slap once against her sensitive and bare privates.  Though the old man didn't notice as he moved to a nearby bed and lay upon it, his old and wrinkled body on display as if it were a work of art.<strong>"Stand and take directions, show me what a good paladin you are,"</strong>he chuckled.<br/><br/>He waited for her to follow direction before he began,<strong> "Allow me to explain.  While you will call me only master, my name is Sabin abn'ha Dalanad.  Here in Dahlwias I am one of the most powerful men who is not nobility.  I control a large portion of trade that comes and goes from our caravans that cross the great desert." </strong>Tialyn didn't know much of the city state of Dahwias, other than it was ruled by a sultan and was a major trading hub for these lands.  But even in her home lands the name of Dahwias meant trade.  If this mage who held her captaive was in fact in charge of much of the trade in the city, then he was indeed a powerful man.  She thought this as he continued to speak without knowing her thoughts.<strong> "However there is a difference between power of coin, which I have, power of influence, which I have, and power of magic, which I have learned over my life.  The power I wish is the power of respect, as more than just a master merchant, and that is where you come in."<br/></strong><br/>He snapped his fingers and a muscular woman  with an impressive physique, clad in gold chains, gemstones, a veil, and not much else came to stand by him.  Her tightly trimmed pubes made a triangle that pointed towards a puffy set of nether-lips between muscular thighs and below rock hard muscled abdomen.  Master Sabin pointed at a spot in front of him and the woman took position facing Tialyn.<strong>"Explain," </strong>the old wrinkled man said as he licked a finger, "<strong>Who you are and what it is I desire." </strong>Then as the woman took a breath to speak, the old man slid his hand between her muscled thighs and began stroking the muscular woman's nether lips, toying with her lazily as his cock thickened.<br/><br/>The muscled slave, and Tialyn realized she was one by the golden chain choker about her neck, gasped once but then began speaking.<strong>"In Dahwias, a popular form of entertainment is gladiator combat.  The main colleseium is open to all, but there is a special event, for those who have the money the wealth, or the power to participate.  The Pit is a roaming club where women fight against each other and against monsters for the pleasure of the elite of our society.  I won eight battles before I lost my third, and 'retired' and sold myself into the master's service for a very..."</strong><br/><br/>The muscled woman gasped as the master slid two fingers up into her cunt, surprising her and making her dusky cheeks blush.<strong>  "Ahhh... I.... I mean... free women who particpate can earn coin of course... but...uaaahh... more than that they earn prestige.  Prestige and fame and... ahhh master... I...."<br/></strong><br/>The old man pulled his fingers from the muscular woman's cunt and licked them before slapping her ass,<strong>"Go, have Ruby pleasure you Anara." </strong>Interesting, this slave girl had a name?  The old man turned to Tialyn and continued as he slowly ran one finger up and down his thickening cock.  From behind her, Tialyn heard a wet sound and turning her head slightly she saw the redhead Liandra with her head buried between the thighs of the muscular slave girl.  But Master Sabin said,<strong> "However in The Pit, only free women can earn real prestige.  Oh I can submit any of my slave girls to the combat, and they might win and earn money, but no one takes seriously.  No, only free women can earn top ranks in the pit.  But it's not just about winning battles, it's about a show, about a story.  That's what you are.  A northerner, a paladin, we don't have any paladins of the shining blade this far south.  So you'll be an interesting story, you play to the crowd, build a reputation and a following, and let everyone know that you are a 'guest' of the great and powerful Sabin, and my reputation rises with you.  Fairly simple.  If you get me invites to the sultan's private dinners, you've earned your freedom, and even the freedom of Ruby if you wish.  Simple enough, eh?" </strong><br/><br/>A soft chuckle caused Tialyn's eyes to draw to the shadows of the room opposite where Liandra... Ruby... was currently eating out the muscular Anara.  From the shadows stepped another slave woman, but where Anara was muscular and athletic, this woman was sleek and sensual.  The black skin identified her as a dark elf before even the red eyes did.  With white hair that had been mostly died red, a slave collar about her neck, a diaphnous gown that did nothing to hide her form, and more golden jewelry about her otherwise naked body she chuckled and said,<strong>"You say it's easy but she's been wasting away in the dungeon for months, I doubt she could lift a blade let alone weild it.  I should know."</strong><br/><br/>Tialyn knew the voice when she heard it.  The cleric that had healed her repeatedly after each beating and torture had always been hooded and cloaked, but that voice was unmistakable, this drow was the cleric that had healed her wounds but left her in agonizing pain.  Master Sabin's cock was now erect, strangely proud and large on his otherwise out of shape and old wrinkled body, but he nodded to the drow,<strong> "Ebony is the healer who looked after you, and will look after you when you enter the Pit.  She is who I would suggest as taking as your servant."</strong><br/><br/>The drow, Ebony rolled red eyes and nodded her head,<strong>"Yes I can train you, I can teach you many... many..."</strong>she licked her lips lewdly,<strong> "many things oh holy woman.  Things that will help you survive and thrive in the pit.  Of course if you would rather have a different servant, Anara knows the pit as well, tho I would be offended if you chose her over me."</strong><br/><br/>The master chuckled and added,<strong>"Or of course if you'd like your little friend Ruby, she's grown to be quite the pussy licker, though I doubt she will help you in many other ways.</strong><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">I feel like this was getting long and wanted to give you a chance to respond here, but this is the way it's going to work out:  Outside of the master's compound, Tialyn will be a "free woman" and she will have one slave girl accompany her everywhere, to help her in this strange city, and to prepare for the next pit fight.  But inside the walls of the master's compound she will be expected to act as any of the other slave girls.  She can select any of the girls as her servant.  <br/><br/>Ebony the drow priestess is the most powerful, and can not only help guide her through the intricacies of the city, but also the Pit.  In addition she will be healing Tialyn afterwards, and the relationship that Tialyn builds with Ebony might impact how 'gentle' those heals are.  Of course, she's obviously of a different faith then Tialyn, and there might be some interesting counterplay of faith between the two.  (this would probably be the 'best' choice for Tialyn)<br/><br/>Selecting Anara as her servant will gain her a powerful fighter as a servant.  The woman has actual experience fighting in the pit, and can train with Tialyn, but is no where near as knowlegeable as Ebony.  Further this is a woman who doesn't really have a great win / loss record in the pit, and who willingly sold herself into slavery.  What might that atttitude do to Tialyn?<br/><br/>Finally she could ask that Ruby (liandra) be her servant.  This is quite frankly a stupid idea.  The only advantage to taking Liandra would be that Tialyn could keep an eye on her.  But the girl seems to have been brainwashed into a state of utter submission.  In addition Ruby knows the least about the city, and knows nothing about the Pit.  Other than having a willing lesbian sex slave, there would be little gain to Tialyn if she selected Ruby, and doing so would be the equivalent of putting the game into "hard mode" if this were a video game.</div></div>