Colosseum

The Colosseum is a colossal sized creature of Grimm said to be dwelling in the arid deserts near the Kingdom of Vacuo. While the reality of its existence is up to much debate, the Colosseum is the subject of many tales spread thinly among those living in the arid region of western Sanus.

## Appearance

As one can expect from the nature of an entity whose evidence for existing only can be found in folklore, the finer details of the true appearance of the Colosseum can be considered contradictory at best. Consistent among almost all versions of story describe the Colosseum as a creature who, while impossibly and mindboggingly large, as rather shy. The vast majority (or vast minority, if the storyteller really wants to subvert expectations!) of this beast is submerged underground, covered by a top layer of sand. Exposed to the Earth is what would appear to the isolated ruins of a colosseum, larger than any structure that humans or faunus could dream of achieving and far disconnected from any hint of civilization by hundreds of miles of beating sun and orange dunes. These ruins, while taking the appearance of bleached white concrete and limestone, are in actuality the Grimm's bony structures, modified in such a way to resemble man-made stone carving and architecture.

The interior of the colosseum part of the Colosseum is what once would expect out of a creature that looks like a colosseum and is in fact named the Colosseum, though the more fantastical details vary, depending on the story. Some versions of the story state that,etched into the bone stone, are scenes depicting the slaughter of helpless humans at the hands of Grimm (or claws, spikes, tusks and more, if we are being inclusive), while others vary in what must be a way to immerse the audience in the other of five senses, like describing the interior to be uncomfortably slick due to a coating of mucus and saliva. In these fantastical diversions, all stories join once again in deciding that the interior of the colosseum is nothing by clever camouflage on the part of the grimm, as while it looks man-made, it is actually some sort of gigantic orifice (presumably the mouth), with the center of the arena being able to open, revealing the wet, toothy passage to what one can only imagine being the stomach.

## History

THERE IS A STORY THAT SOME EVIL ANCIENT KING IN VACUO WANTED HIS TOMB ONLY BE ENTERABLE BY THE STRONGEST OF WARRIORS SEEKING TO TAKE HIS TREASURES. ONCE THE TOMB WAS BUILT, IT WAS SAID THAT THE EVIL OF THIS KING WAS SO STRONG THAT IT PRODUCED A GRIMM WHICH BECAME ONE WITH THE TOMB, EVENTUALLY BECOMING THE COLOSSEUM.

FOR A NOTE TO THE READER, SINCE I CAN WRITE THAT IN HERE FOR THIS IS A WIP, THE COLOSSEUM IS A BOSS LEVEL GRIMM THAT DOUBLES AS ITS OWN AREA. ANYONE WHO ENTERS IT IS SUBJECT TO ITS SPAWN, WHICH THIRST FOR BLOOD AND ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN DUELS AFTER DUELS AND EVENTS AFTER DUELS IN ORDER TO WEAKEN THE PERSON WHO ENTERS THE COLOSSEUM'S MAW. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ENDLESS, AND THUS NO WINNING. YOU ARE JUST SUPPOSED TO DIE.

THERE IS A PART 2 TO THIS GRIMM, WHICH MAKES IT EXTRA DANGEROUS, IT CAN ALSO SPAWN NON-COMBATANT GRIMM CALLED SPECTATORS, WHO LOOK LIKE INK BLOT HUMANS AND SIT IN THE SEATS. THE CHEERS THEY MAKE WHEN THE WARRIOR IS DOING EXTRA GOOD WILL DRIVE THOSE WHO HEAR IT MAD, MAKING THEM SUCCUMB TO THE GLORY OF THE COLOSSEUM, MEANING THAT THEY BEGIN TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOME PURPOSE TO THE COLOSSEUM OTHER THAN KILLING YOU. THEY EXPERIENCE ILLUSIONS OF GRANDIER. ALSO THE SPECTATORS WILL LOOK LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE TO THEM UPCLOSE AS THEY GIVE MORE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR DOING GOOD IN THE ARENA.