The Arena is a large open-aired stadium in Imperial City, where gladiators fight to the death.
The Arena was first built by the Blademaster Gaiden Shinji in roughly 1E 490. Gaiden Shinji was a member of the fierce order of Diagna, a band of elite crusaders sworn to protect the Empire of Alessia. Tiber Septim later declared this Arena the official Arena of the Imperial City and had it restored to its former glory. With Kvatch and its arena destroyed, the Imperial City's arena is the only one left in Cyrodiil. Owyn serves as the current Blademaster. The stadium area is where the arena matches take place, and below is the bloodworks.
The arena stadium is the circular outdoor area where matches are held, with inaccessible spectator stands all around and two observation areas to the north and south. The southern balcony is used when watching a match that's being bet upon, and it holds only four bottles of cheap wine on the three tables.
There are four gates through which combatants can enter the arena, although only the northern and southern lead to the bloodworks and only the northern can be opened. In the center, four columns surround a large circular grating, through which blood can seep out of the arena and into the bloodworks.
Two different cells are accessed when watching a match and when fighting, and some inconsistencies occur; the four columns are not present when watching a fight from the observation areas, and the eastern gate is a large wooden contraption when watching but it is the western gate that's designed the same when fighting. Also, the flags around the arena are split, yellow flags decorating half and blue flags decorating the other half. When watching a match, the north is hung with yellow and the south with blue; however, when fighting a match the north is hung with blue and the south with yellow.
The bloodworks serve as an underground training and recruitment area beneath the arena. It is so named as blood from the arena above often seeps down to this lower level. This is where you can meet a few of the combatants and can join the arena by speaking with Owyn. In the main room an array of training equipment is set up, along with two bedrolls in the west end of the room near the enclosure where Porkchop is kept. An iron longsword is embedded in the ground near the foot of one of the bedrolls, and though it is not visible it can be picked up. A table between the columns on this end of the room holds a single bottle of Surilie Brothers Wine. Two weapons racks sit against the curved northern wall; one holds three iron warhammers, and the other holds two iron claymores.
Either of the first two doorways on the curved wall lead to a room where Owyn can be found to the east and Ysabel Andronicus to the southwest. Behind Owyn a weapons rack holds two more iron claymores, and a cabinet holds five heavy raiments and five light raiments. A letter lies crumpled on the floor beside the cabinet. In the west end of the room are two more bedrolls and another raiment cabinet with the same contents as the other in this room. A food cupboard sits next to the raiment cabinet, and three non-respawning clutter sacks lie between them. Another cupboard holds the athletics skill book The Ransom of Zarek. A gate between Porkchop's enclosure and this room leads to the arena, and the Basin of Renewal at the bottom of the ramp replenishes health, magicka, and fatigue after matches.
The Arena was first built by the Blademaster Gaiden Shinji in roughly 1E 490. Gaiden Shinji was a member of the fierce order of Diagna, a band of elite crusaders sworn to protect the Empire of Alessia. Tiber Septim later declared this Arena the official Arena of the Imperial City and had it restored to its former glory. With Kvatch and its arena destroyed, the Imperial City's arena is the only one left in Cyrodiil. Owyn serves as the current Blademaster. The stadium area is where the arena matches take place, and below is the bloodworks.
The arena stadium is the circular outdoor area where matches are held, with inaccessible spectator stands all around and two observation areas to the north and south. The southern balcony is used when watching a match that's being bet upon, and it holds only four bottles of cheap wine on the three tables.
There are four gates through which combatants can enter the arena, although only the northern and southern lead to the bloodworks and only the northern can be opened. In the center, four columns surround a large circular grating, through which blood can seep out of the arena and into the bloodworks.
Two different cells are accessed when watching a match and when fighting, and some inconsistencies occur; the four columns are not present when watching a fight from the observation areas, and the eastern gate is a large wooden contraption when watching but it is the western gate that's designed the same when fighting. Also, the flags around the arena are split, yellow flags decorating half and blue flags decorating the other half. When watching a match, the north is hung with yellow and the south with blue; however, when fighting a match the north is hung with blue and the south with yellow.
The bloodworks serve as an underground training and recruitment area beneath the arena. It is so named as blood from the arena above often seeps down to this lower level. This is where you can meet a few of the combatants and can join the arena by speaking with Owyn. In the main room an array of training equipment is set up, along with two bedrolls in the west end of the room near the enclosure where Porkchop is kept. An iron longsword is embedded in the ground near the foot of one of the bedrolls, and though it is not visible it can be picked up. A table between the columns on this end of the room holds a single bottle of Surilie Brothers Wine. Two weapons racks sit against the curved northern wall; one holds three iron warhammers, and the other holds two iron claymores.
Either of the first two doorways on the curved wall lead to a room where Owyn can be found to the east and Ysabel Andronicus to the southwest. Behind Owyn a weapons rack holds two more iron claymores, and a cabinet holds five heavy raiments and five light raiments. A letter lies crumpled on the floor beside the cabinet. In the west end of the room are two more bedrolls and another raiment cabinet with the same contents as the other in this room. A food cupboard sits next to the raiment cabinet, and three non-respawning clutter sacks lie between them. Another cupboard holds the athletics skill book The Ransom of Zarek. A gate between Porkchop's enclosure and this room leads to the arena, and the Basin of Renewal at the bottom of the ramp replenishes health, magicka, and fatigue after matches.
