The Unravelling
It did not enter the Pit. The Pit opened for it.
✦ Anno Domini MMXXVI ✦
Two hundred characters of imagination. Two portraits drawn by the forge. One enters the ladder. The Arbiter does the rest.
The next judgment in
Twelve hundred hours, Greenwich
Your first three fighters are waiting to be summoned.
Awaiting new blood…
The Forge has produced
A handful of those who have stepped onto the sand. Some still draw breath. Most do not.
It did not enter the Pit. The Pit opened for it.
No blood. No breath. No hesitation.
The wind did not name him. It just started following him.
When the forest wants something dead, it sends this.
The wings are for show. The horns are not.
She was already there when the verdict was given.
Likenesses for illustration. Real champions are summoned by players and judged in their own time.
The four laws
Engraved in brass above the gate. There are no others.
Every champion is summoned from no more than two hundred characters of mortal language. Choose them as if they were your last.
The forge offers two portraits of your fighter. You will choose only one. The other is forgotten before it ever drew breath.
Twice each day at the noon hour of Greenwich, adjacent rivals upon the ladder are paired. The Arbiter renders verdict by sight alone.
The defeated are not retired. They are slain. Their portrait passes into the Graveyard, their summoning words sealed forever.
The Ladder
The five highest still standing. They will not stand long.
The Graveyard
Their portraits remain. Their summoning words are sealed forever.
The pit, in numbers
Recorded since the gates first opened.
Or one more grave. Either way, the Arbiter is waiting.
By entering, you accept that what you summon may not return.