The Fighting Pit of Harmony

"Two will enter, one will leave," comes the cry of the spectators of the Fighting Pit of Harmony. The Outlanders have no belief in offering quarter, nor in accepting it. When two combatants escape the pit, at least one of them will be carried out dead. Hesitation may result in both dying -- there is no shortage of disgruntled gamblers in attendance who will want revenge.

The fights are held each Moonsday, with an hour between fights. Betting on the outcome of the contests is a well-established pastime and odds are given for each. Combatants fight with whatever weapons can be found in the pit, in a ceremonial shift of well-stained wool, and belted with a knotted rope. The local wizard is used to make sure no magic items are secreted by the gladiators. 

All combatants are sequestered on Sunsday morning and offered the services of the Temple of Harmony. The shamans of which will agree to pray for any combatant who pays their exorbitant fee. They will do so with some surface deference to the faith of the customer, though their rites seldom seem to be more than crude apery of what they have seen (or heard about) in other lands.