PAXLAIR CITY, FELUCCA - Construction workers chiseled and hammered overnight to prepare the North Arena for the PaxLair 7th Anniversary.  Reports indicate the arena is nearly complete and will be ready for its grand opening and first small tournament.

Arena Keeper, Scruffy Rumbelly, was hard at work and had this to say.  "You think I have time to talk? Oh, scribes... I thought you were just some villains trying to disrupt our construction.  Well, take a look!  We built the roof with as large an arena as possible... AND it can be used for Combat BagBall!  I don't make up the games, I just build the place."

Obviously the arena is a good design with an audience and judge area on the south side.  There is even a small box that allows the fighters into the arena separate from the audience.

"We want to keep the potential for mischief down to a minimum without having to keep everyone outside the tower during tournaments," the arena keeper went on.  "We tried solid walls to separate the audience, but then no one could hear the fighters.  So, we decided to just put in wooden walls and during tournaments restrict access to the arena floor itself.  I'm sure the guards will keep an eye on any unruly types in the audience."

The scribes then took a look at the first floor while Scruffy Rumbelly barked out orders to his construction workers ...

The first floor seemed very complex.  There was an entry area where people would come into the building, talk to the tournament organizer from behind double doors with the table, then be let into the next room to the north.  In that room, two teleporters went to the third floor trophy room and the arena audience box on the fourth floor.

"The entry room will let the tournament people process in the public and fighters without too much hassle.  It's better than just having everyone hang around outside while they sort out their entry fees or show their box seat passes."

A next small room had one teleporter to the fighter box in the arena.  Apparently this helps keep the audience separate from the fighters.

Finally, the blue tiled area appeared to be a more private chamber.  When asked, Scruffy Rumbelly said, "Yea, the inner area is to entertain special guests or the fighters or something. I just build the place, I don't run things.  I know the citizens here will have a full line of wines, ales, and food here and on the second floor."

With this arena re-design, PaxLair City and Dragons Watch continue down their long road of offering different things to people of Felucca.  Of course, PaxLair also offers other activities at their less violent outposts on other facets too.  It will be interesting to see how this new arena works out and if open and cooperative tournaments can take place.