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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1488644" data-attributes="member: 9255">STRIKEFORCE: MORITURISEGMENT 049“The World Below”The Champions of Infiniti were hardly back before they were told where the next artifact was hidden.  The urgency of locating the five artifacts became more important now that highly skilled agents of the Tattooed Man were apparent.  The heroes were given four days to rest and recoup while reading about their next world they needed to go to.  It was another dark world.  The heroes were being sent to Carkartus. Carkartus  …The World Below.The World Below was a place of greed and deeds best not spoken of.  Life was cheap.The true origins of Carkartus have been lost.  Some say it once was an utopian society that was beset by demons or barbarians.  Others say it was settled by demons from the very beginning.  Even another theory suggests a god of crime and evil created it.  What is clear is what Carkartus is now.There are two sections of the city ruins known as Carkartus.  The upper section is the newer section that is referred to as Carkartus.  Crime and things done normally in the shadows are rampant here.  Everything is for sale here.  Life is cheap.  The other section is referred to as The World Below.  This large section fell into a crevasse in ancient times.  Much of it survived intact.  Carkartus surrounds this sunken area.In the beginning, this area was beset by demons and things that lived in the deep earth.  It was thought to be cursed by the gods.  Later it was.For the past two hundred years it has been slowly corrupted into a place of entertainment.  It began as a place to punish those guilty of crimes major and minor.  Later, it became a place of deadly contest.  Planar travelers magically allowed viewing of these “games” for a fee payable only by the rich.  The greatest place of monetary awards came from the betting pits.  After several hundred years of tweaking and specializing “The World Below”, the events have a planar recognition on level with the outer planes.  Some worlds have even banned the viewing crystals from existing on their plane.  Needless to mention, it is very hard to uphold this law where it is in place.However, “ratings” are down and profits are wavering.  There is pressure on the DMs (Dungeon Masters) to attract new viewers.  Special Orc vs Elf matches were tried.  Fiends vs Celetrals were tried.  Viewing is still down.  Unknown to any of them, several powerful artifacts is hidden within the ruins.  Included is the Staff of Destruction once owned by the Tattooed Man.Each of the heroes has thoughts or insights on the evil place.  Megamania refers to it as being brilliant.  Sarcasm or truth is always hard to say with rogue from the future.  The Captain remembers pit fighters from his service days.  He never expected something of this scale.  Vander is not impressed.  He has been on the Chaos plane of Acheron.  The entire plane is a gladiator match.  Jean is saddened that life could ever be considered so cheap and expendable.  Christina and her mothers take it all in stride.  It is yet another plane twisted by greed and lust.  So much like many other planes they have visited before.</blockquote>

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