The Arena (Everquest)

In the MMORPG Everquest, the Arena is a zone in the southern area of the continent of Atonica. The zone is small and completely occupied by the arena itself. It is the only zone in Everquest fully dedicated to Player versus player combat.

The Legend
The legends go that years and years before the events of Everquest, a great battle among the gods took place on the fields of the area, and much later after the battle the great Arena was built in the spot to honor the battle.

The Arena Itself
The arena is a huge circular stone building with no roof. The only entrance and exit is a small tunnel that leads to Lake Rathetear. Upon entering the zone, the traveler would then move into a huge cirular area between the outer rock wall and the arena itself. The only entrance into the Arena proper is on the opposite side of the building, to make sure players do not stumble into the actual fighting ground by accident. Moving into the entrance one sees huge stands, and in the center of the grounds is a huge square platform, where the actual fighting will take place.

The Arena used to be the main site for many events in the game including Online Weddings, Guild Wars or other Events, etc. On many occasions there were many GM (game master) events as well. However, nowadays the zone is all but abandoned.

NPCs
While there are many rumors of mysterious NPCs (Non-PLayer-Characters) running around The Arena, there are no rogue NPCs. The only NPCs in the zone are gaurds who patrol the outer grounds. There have been rumors have a mysterious Gnome NPC appearing randomly around the area, but these have not been confirmed...