MurkArena

Carved into a location near the Dusk Sanctum, the former settlement of Unknown was hidden away, once led by Captain NwOnKnU.

This settlement was carved out of the earth to be a place for the lost and lonely. It was initially meant to act as a beacon of hope- a place for misfits to call home. Unfortunately, the secluded, isolated location and abundance of wildlife, ended up attracting one too many unsavory fellows. Eventually, the settlement fell to corruption.

The settlement itself looks somewhat crude, now that the stone of its surroundings is no longer softened with carefully tended bushes and flowering vines. The glowing fungi that once painted the cold stone walls have depleted severely in number. With its decaying canopies, worn gray, stone walls, and menacing cave tunnels, Unknown's once exotic and mysterious atmosphere has shifted into one of cold unwelcomeness and savagery.

After its fall, Unknown was renamed the Murk Arena. Its economy, once focused on trade and Shadow Flight-specific vegetation, came to be supported almost entirely by bloody-thirsty combat and the development of cruel, tyrannical contracts.






Redemption, Peacekeeper, Harlow, RedRuin, and MalumDraxus, all hail from the wretched underbelly of the Murk Arena, where tunnels dripping with both shadow and misery threaten to drown the spirits of any who dare enter.


Redemption was the Arena's foremost fighter. He was its champion and was forced to participate in many battles.

Hatched and raised in the Arnea's underbelly, it's no surprise that the prickly, and ironically named Redemption was then drawn to Peacekeeper.

Peacekeeper was not hatched in the Arena. Rather, she hatched closer to the Sanctum, before she was traded to the Arena by her mother for 25 shimmering pinecones, 1 nickel cat figurine with tiny ruby chips, and 17 tarnished dabloons.

As a hatchling, Peacekeeper was raised on the outskirts of the Arena, before she was sold as an adolescent to the pits in return for fresh linen bandages by her adopted nest father.

Trapped by several unfair contracts, Peacekeeper made do among her fellow gladiators and combatants. It was there that she caught sight of the surly Redemption.


Having long since grown weary of excessive and unnecessary combat and bloodshed, Redemption was drawn to the peaceful and reserved Peacekeeper.

Peacekeeper's gentle presence and eternal patience eventually became a soothing balm to his burning weariness and defensive bloodlust. Tenderness and gentle touches were unheard of in the Arena, and Redemption sought to defend Peacekeeper's ability to be so kind with all that he had.

Serene and empathetic, Peacekeeper was drawn to the hostile, battle-hardened champion, Redemption.

Sensing a bone-deep exhaustion within the male, Peacekeeper was patient in approaching him and encouraging him to drop his iron walls.




With MalumDraxus, one might call his work evil, unethical, or even immoral, but to him, what's more important is the knowledge to be gained.

In his mind, opportunities to learn more about the layers of reality, life, and death are once-in-a-lifetime occurrences that must be taken, or else he might regret not giving in to his ever-growing curiosity.



Long ago, prior to his being blackmailed into taking the position of Head Medic at the Murk Arena, MalumDraxus was a gentle and deeply curious researcher. The betrayal of a dear companion who was once close to his heart served as the turning point for his once gentle nature and sense of morality.


His once gentle curiosity could not withstand the overwhelming despair and cruelty of the pits within the Murk Arena, and eventually, MalumDraxus gave himself up to apathy and began to seek only the pursuit of increasingly dark science and medicine.

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