Maelstrom Arena (Location)

Maelstrom Arena, also known as Arena: Maelstrom, is an Arena that appears in . It is a pocket realm of Oblivion ruled over by Fa-Nuit-Hen, consisting of multiple stages created by his Barons Who Move Like This.
==Locations==
===Entrance===
The entrance is found in northeastern Wrothgar. It is a run-down stone building with no inhabitants. Inside, there is an Oblivion Gate that can transport you to the Redguard manor.
===Stage 0: Redguard manor===
The starting point of the Arena is a Redguard manor. It is surrounded in a circle of rocks and boulders, the manor located in a barren desert with a small river. Fa-Nuit-Hen can be found inside the farthest house with Tutor Riparius, alongside the hall with the champion busts. The portal is located inside the doors behind him.
===Stage 1: Vale of the Surreal===
The Vale of the Surreal is a Shivering Isles-themed arena. The environment is large mushrooms and Altmeri architecture, with a large tree in the center.
===Stage 2: Seht's Balcony===
An arena based on Sotha Sil's Clockwork City. The architecture is a series of brass structures with spinning blades and electric hazards in the middle.
===Stage 3: Drome of Toxic Shock===
The Drome of Toxic Shock is based off the environments of Murkmire in Black Marsh. It is a swampland with some mounds of land covered in grass. It is surrounded by stony hills and a wooden barrier.
===Stage 4: Seht's Flywheel===
A second arena themed after Sotha Sil's city, this arena is similar to the Balcony. The design is different, being much more closed in with a thick brass pillar towering in the center. It is surrounded by tall brass walls.
===Stage 5: Rink of Frozen Blood===
A sub-zero arena based off the Wrothgarian Mountains. It is a large pond with toxic freezing water and three vulnerable ice platforms. There are a number of trees and mountains surrounding it.
===Stage 6: Spiral Shadows===
An arena based off the Spiral Skein, this location contains gloomy fog and an eroded stone landscape. There are glowing mushrooms and stone structures dotting the arena.
===Stage 7: Vault of Umbrage===
Another arena based off Murkmire, this location takes place in an underground Ayleid ruin. Moss hangs from the ceiling while mushrooms grow on the ground.
===Stage 8: Igneous Cistern===
The Igneous Cistern takes place in a cavern found deep underground. It is surrounded by lava, with barren dirt mounds making up the only traversable land.
===Stage 9: Theater of Despair===
The final round of the realm, this arena is based off Mehrunes Dagon's Deadlands. It is a large stone circular platform with a floating ring of stalactites hovering above.
==Quests==
===Maelstrom Arena===
Survive the nine arenas of Maelstrom.
==Notable items==
*Guide to Dirty Fighting (on the crates next to the stairs close to the entrance)
*A Memory Book, Part 1 (on a table in the center of the square)
*A Memory Book, Part 2 (on the second floor of the main building, eastern wing)
*A Memory Book, Part 3 (on the first floor of the main building, eastern wing)
;Item sets:
*Elemental Succession
*Winterborn
*Hunt Leader
*Para Bellum
*Glorious Defender
*Permafrost
;Weapon sets (Perfected if Veteran):
*Cruel Flurry
*Merciless Charge
*Rampaging Slash
*Thunderous Volley
*Crushing Wall
*Precise Regeneration
==Characters==
*Baron Moves-Like-a-Smoking-Plume
*Fa-Nuit-Hen
*Gytha-Kitha
*Maelstrom Assassins
*Maelstrom Knights
*Rayzara
*Tutor Riparius (merchant)
*The Sojourner
*Tuzunkykz
==Enemies==
===Vale of the Surreal===
(Themed like Shivering Isles)
*Various Dark Seducers
**Seducer Darkbow
**Seducer Darkfire
**Seducer Knight
*Bone Colossi
*Clannfear
*Daedroth
*Flesh Atronachs
*Scamps
*Boss: Maxus the Many (Golden Saint)
===Seht's Balcony===
(Themed like Clockwork City)
*Dwarven Spider
*Dwarven Sphere
*Dwarven Centurion
*Boss: 3x Dwarven Centurions, named Centurion Champion each
===Dome of Toxic Shock===
(Murkmire)
*Various Argonians
**Warrior Thrall
**Brute Thrall
**Summoner Thrall
*Giant Snakes
*Various Lamia
**Lamia Curare
**Lamia Domina
**Spectral Lamia
*Stranglers
*Queen's Pet (Wamasu)
*Queen's Champion (Argonian Thundermaul)
*Queen's Advisor (Hag)
*Boss: Lamia Queen
===Seht's Flywheel===
(Clockwork City)
*Clockwork Sentries
*Dwarven Spiders
*Dwarven Spheres
*Scavengers
**Scavenger Fire Mages
**Scavenger Fire Ravagers
**Scavenger Healers
**Scavenger Overchargers
**Scavenger Thunder-Smiths
Bosses:
*Achelir (Round 1) – Redguard boss using flame magic
*Aihrima (Round 2) – Khajiit boss using shock magic
*Kothheid (Round 3) – Nord scavenger using melee and flame magicGuild Patch
*Final boss: The Control Guardian (giant Dwarven Spider)
===Rink of Frozen Blood===
(Themed after Wrothgarian Mountains)
*Auroral Guardians – spectral bears
*Deathless Wolves – undead wolves, summoned by the Hernes
*Huntsmen
**Huntsman Chillbanes
**Huntsman Frostbiters
**Huntsman Heartfinders
*Leimeinids (Nereid variant)
*Leimeinid Oracles (Nereid variant)
*Frost Atronachs
*Ogres
*Troll Breaker – will not attack, but will attempt to break platform the Vestige is standing on
Bosses:
*Angirgoth (Huntsman – Round 1)
*Ogre Elder (Ogre mage – Round 2)
*Aki & Viki (Giants – Round 3)
*Bor (Round 4)
*Matriarch Runa – final boss (Giantess)
===Spiral Shadows===
(Themed after Mephala's realm)
*Dire Wasps
*Dread Scorpions
*Various Spiderkith
**Spiderkith Enervator
**Spiderkith Berserker
**Spiderkith Venifex
**Spiderkith Wefter
*Flesh Atronach
*Venomous Hoarvors – kill near obelisks to dissolve webs
*Void Lurchers
Bosses:
*Spiderkith Captain – Round 3
*Xivilai Toxicoli – Round 4
*Final boss: Champion of Atrocity (Spider Daedra)
===Vault of Umbrage===
(Ayleid Ruin themed ruin in Black Marsh (likely Murkmire)
*Various Argonians
**Argonian Berserkers
**Argonian Minders
**Argonian Venomshots
**Argonian Venomcallers
*Feral Argonians
*Nix-Hounds
*Swamp Trolls
*Wamasu
Boss:
*Argonian Behemoth
===Igneous Cistern===
(Volcano)
*Various Dremora
**Dremora Caitiff
**Dremora Gandrakyn
**Dremora Narkynaz
*Flame Atronachs
*Shalks
*Infernal Destroyers (fiery Lurcher variant)
*Flame Knight – Xivilai boss of Round 4
Final boss: Valkyn Tephra (Dremora)
===Theater of Despair===
(Based on Deadlands)
*Various Dremora
**Dremora Beldakyn
**Dremora Gandrakyn
**Dremora Kyngald
**Dremora Kynlurker
**Dremora Narkynaz
*Ogrim
*Bone Colossus
*Crematorial Guard (armed Daedroth)
Bosses:
*Xivilai Ravager – Xivilai, Round 3
*Ash Titan – Daedric Titan, Round 5
Final boss:
*Voriak Solkyn (Dremora)
==Appearances==
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==References==
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