![]() In reality, he kills them and takes their mana and spells, preventing any rivals from arising. The Planeswalker returns to watch these yearly bloodbaths, taking his tribute of mana and supposedly allowing the wizard who wins the tournament to come with him on his extra-planar travels. After this, the four surviving Houses have fought in ever-bloodier gladiatorial wizard matches. This changed after the former Grand Master killed off the entire Fifth House and took their cache of mana, becoming Planeswalker Kuthuman. In the past, this event consisted of fairly harmless testing of skills between the Houses. Every year, the city hosts a tournament in the Arena, called the Festival of Estark. Zarel, Grand Master of the Arena, uses the games to keep the populace and the Four Houses of fighter wizards in check. Garth quickly becomes known as One-Eye after winning a magical duel on a public street.Įstark is a brutal city where the populace's favored pastime is watching and betting on bloody battles, both on the streets and in the Arena. The wizard Garth arrives in the city of Estark and is befriended by Hammen, an old man who is the leader of a brotherhood of pickpockets. ![]() The answer may bring about the fall of the four houses - or Garth's death. Who is Garth One-Eye, and where did he get his powerful spells? What is his interest in the fifth House, destroyed a generation ago? And why is the Grand Master of the Arena so afraid of what Garth might do? The novel is not part of any cycle, but its story is connected to the Greensleeves Trilogy.įor even as the fighter mages of the four great houses prepare for their annual battle in the arena, a stranger arrives for the Festival. It was published in November 1994 and was written by William R. ![]() ![]() Arena is the very first Magic novel ever produced. ![]()
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