One Knight Games, Vol. 2, Issue #6 PDF

The Roman Coliseum

Chariot Racing and Intrigue!
Win the Brass Ring

The Roman Coliseum: There are four chariot racing teams that run the arena – the Red, the Blue, the Green, and the Purple. Those who race the arenas are owned by the coliseum, bought and paid for. The only ways out are death, old age, or, once in a great while, being awarded the brass ring – the ring of freedom. Win enough races, and you too might win that brass ring. ...At least, that's what the overseer says the morning of every race. But nothing in the coliseum is ever so simple.

Green with Envy: The Emperor of Rome has long insisted that his favored team – the Greens – wins every race in every coliseum all across the Empire. However, political troubles have turned the Emperor's eye away from the more distant coliseums, and a few honest races have since been run in distant parts of the Empire. And with honest races, it happened: for the first time in many years at the coliseum of Alexandria, the Greens lost a race. Of course, the Greens did not take the sudden change in their fortunes well, and they have sent to Rome for one of their most famous racers, bringing him in to put these Blues back down in their place.