Timeline: TC1853.01.24 (Morning)
Location: Blackhawk Guild Fortress, Seventh Ring
Training Arena Three wasn't designed for comfort.
The circular space stretched forty meters across, ringed by twenty-foot walls that bore scorch marks and impact craters from decades of testing. Spiritual conductors lined the perimeter—copper rods etched with formations that hummed with latent energy, creating a containment field that could withstand catastrophic power releases without breaching.
Above, the sky had darkened unnaturally. Storm clouds gathered in defiance of the morning's clear weather, responding to the testing formations activating throughout the arena. Thunder rumbled in the distance, a promise of violence held in check by ancient guild protocols.
