Angster Stadium

Chapter 5:
‘Aye, you sure about that Thomas?’ smirked the archbishop. ‘It wasn’t so long ago the heretics were being put to death there. You might make the people of Evermarch a bit nervous if you break the chains on the doors of that place.’
Chapter 6:
‘And I heard they are opening up the stadium again,’ said Bunn.
Jack glanced over at Bunn with alarm.
‘Nah, not like last time, dinnae worry,’ said Bunn. ‘Temporary shelter for a bunch of slaves they are bringing up from Goldengreens I heard.’
‘Rubbish.’
‘Nah,’ rumbled Bunn, ‘I got it off one of the drivers.’
Chapter 7:
He stood with a collection of Acolytes and other lackeys, surveying the thing that he had wrought. Over three hundred souls were camped out on the playing field of the Stadium – what had once hosted football matches, and then executions, was now a makeshift camp.
The army had simply deposited the slaves here and then gone back to their camps in the north, Randolph giving an apologetic shrug before hoping back up into the cab of the lead truck. The slaves were cold and hungry and Thorman didn’t know how to fix that.
Chapter 11
Thorman had gone back to Angster and was now spending most of his time there. It was late at night, but he was expecting company. He had moved his office into one of the executive boxes so he could get a view of the stadium. He stood overlooking the field as light snow drifted down over the tents. Guards patrolled the lanes between the campfires, and around the stands. There was not much space left now that there were so many people here, but it was well past midnight now and the stadium slept.
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He’d noticed over the last few weeks that generally all the useful priests had come to the stadium to help out, while all the worthless ones had stayed at the Temple where it was warm, and you didn’t get bothered by the needy.
No, Thorman corrected himself, most of the priests were good men really, but they had no idea of how to cope with large numbers of unoccupied slaves, civil unrest and a simmering war on the streets between the army and the Committee.
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Harper joined him at the window. A lone guard in the stands opposite shone his torch in front of him as he patrolled along the top rows of seats where people slept in makeshift shelters.
Thorman's set up by Chapter 11
He had his office in the executive box, his desk, and his three old rotary dial phones from which he ran the whole enterprise. He had three priests, five acolytes and thirty guards which had been enough to begin with, but with more slaves and refugees arriving every day they were becoming in danger of being overwhelmed.
Supplies
Many came from the army via Major Harper
If you want to help, get me more tents and medical supplies.’
‘Bless you my son, but don’t put yourself at risk.’ Thorman said this not only because he did not want his illicit army supplies to dry up, but because he also cared for the young man’s wellbeing. 
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