First appearance: S1E14 — Eyes of Chaos — Lucien v Monteclaire (Season 1 finale) · watch it on YouTube
The Grand Coliseum is the arena the Grandmaster chose to close out Season 1. For this finale she took her champions to “no far off location” and picked something almost shockingly ordinary: a classic coliseum under the night sky, ringed by stone columns and roaring Acolytes. It didn’t stay ordinary for long. By the end of the finale one of its walls was gone.
Description
Champions who stepped through the portal were met by a cool evening breeze and a sight that, by Deathmatch standards, was almost boring. It looked like “a very mundane, standard… battle arena. Almost like a coliseum.” There was only open sky, starlight and stone. Columns stood around the fighting ground, and a quick-thinking champion could duck behind one for cover or use it as a launch point. The Acolytes encircled the arena to watch.
The Grandmaster introduced it this way:
“For this ending, I take you to no far off location… this is our grand coliseum in the cool of night with the stars overlooking your grand battle.” — Grandmaster Elusia Skypiercer
The Coliseum has two named gates. The Northern Gate kept a turkey dragon shut away behind three physical locks. The Southern Gate was held by none other than Doug the Pug. Somewhere in the Fortress there is also “the front door.”
History
The Grand Coliseum hosted S1E14 — Eyes of Chaos — Lucien v Monteclaire (Season 1 finale), the last fight of Season 1, between Lucien and Monteclaire. The Grandmaster said she was taking the champions to “no far off location”: a grand, simple stage for a grand finale.
The simplicity didn’t survive the fight. Before the finale was over, the Tarrasque had destroyed the Coliseum’s western wall, which made the arena’s “mundane” first impression rather ironic.
Notable Figures
- Lucien: one of the two champions in the Season 1 finale fought here.
- Doug the Pug: held the Southern Gate.
- The Acolytes: filled the stands around the arena to watch the finale.