Field of Destruction

This is a temple to Ravagug on Holy Street in the Temple District of Old Vashton. It is little more than an empty plot with a small camp of bedrolls, firewood, and packs of food in the back left corner. The ground itself is covered in broken stone, sundered metal, and splintered wood. The largest thing on the plot is a stone that, judging by the rubble and markings on it, used to be much larger but has been chipped and smashed down to about waist height, now used as an altar when worship services are held. These services, however, are rarely well attended as there are very few worshippers of Ravagug who are willing to live within a city like this or even venture into one. The only events at the Field which draw any kind of crowd are the fights which are permitted to be fights to the death. While these fights are officially considered religious events, they rarely have anything to do with worship; the temple itself simply allows these fights to take place. When possible, they try to arrange the fight that people want to have during holidays. The worshippers of Asmodeus and Nivi Rhombodazzle seem more concerned with drawing a crowd to the fights than with the fights themselves, as the Shining Halls sells tickets to better seats at the fights while the Amethyst Palace advertises the odds and lets people place bets. The Field is the only place that really draws spectators away from the fights at Gorum's Arena, but the Arena purposely tries to put on larger shows when there is a fight at the Field; they consider this a way to save lives, as the fewer fights at the field, the fewer deaths there will be. The worshippers of Asmodeus try to cultivate the mindset that, when the fight has real risk, it's more exciting and thrilling, and that a fight with a healer present isn't really a fight.

There is not a single plant within the temple grounds since, as soon as a plant is seen growing, it is destroyed. In addition, there is no form of structure here, apart from the fence that sections the temple off from the road which is in poor repair. Four signs are affixed to this fence, all painted identically to read "Danger DO NOT Enter" in Common and also in three of the following languages: Elvish, Dwarvish, Halfling, Giant, Gnome, Terran, Aquan, Ignan, Auran, Celestial, Draconic, or Orcish. Below the signs is another sign with the House Phiarlan crest on it, which reads in Common 'This temple has the protected right to carry out battles to the death as an act of worship, if you enter this temple and agree to a fight you may die in which case your killer will not be held responsible for your death in the eyes of the laws of Old Vashton'.

There are three priests who live at the temple, supplied with food and firewood by the Shining Halls as part of the deal they made to secure the right to sell the tickets for each fight. The priests do realise that this not a good deal, but it's not easy to get out of a contract when it is with the temple of Asmodeus. At the same time, they have little need for money or goods, as the temple supplies everything that they need to survive at their permanent home.

### Important People

There are three people who live at the temple permanently,

Urzad Bramfor (Head Priest)

Holog Bol-vic (The Temple Champion)

Xar Coyle (Training Priest)