First appearance: S4E1 — Shadows Reign — Atalantos v Kaja · watch it on YouTube
The Shadow King’s old home was the arena for S4E1 — Shadows Reign — Atalantos v Kaja, the first Deathmatch of Season 4. With The Shadow King back in power, the season opened in a place he had once called home: an obelisk strangled by thirsty vines, standing over a pool of blood with the dead floating in it. It made an unsubtle welcome mat for his reign.
Description
At the centre of the arena stood an obelisk covered in red vines that drank blood. Around it lay a pool of blood, with corpses floating on the surface and blood worms moving through it. Anyone fighting here did so with something hungry at their back and something dead at their feet.
Pillars stood around the arena, and they were more than decoration: they served as lightning rods for the night. There was also a railing, the one ordinary-looking feature in the place.
History
The arena hosted the match between Atalantos and Kaja in the Season 4 opener. The pairing was a pointed one. Centuries earlier, Atalantos and Kaja had stood beside the Grandmaster when the three of them defeated the Shadow King. Kaja, who had been the Grandmaster’s love, had since died a natural death, and the Shadow King brought her back for this fight. For the first Deathmatch of his return, two of the heroes who had brought him down faced each other in his old home.
Notable Figures
- The Shadow King: the place was once his home, and it hosted the first Deathmatch of his return.
- Atalantos: one of the two champions who fought here.
- Kaja: the other champion, brought back by the Shadow King for this fight.