Arena 13

[etcircenses]

Code Name: Ice Age
Size: 16 square miles
Special Areas: Glacial Lake, The Forests, The Caves, The Meadows, The Mountains, The River, The Bog
Opening Date: January 23rd

If this Arena seems a little old school, that’s because it is. This arena seems massive and expanding, with lots of open space to run and hide and disappear into. Tributes will emerge from their tubes into a lush green meadow of waist-high grasses. The Cornucopia is situated at the center of the meadow, with backpacks hidden in the grasses and within the horn itself. In the backpacks there will be various foodstuffs, first aid supplies, all-weather gear, and weapons. The larger weapon-prizes will be waiting at the center of the Cornucopia.

Beyond the meadow is the treeline of thick pine trees which surrounds the meadow on all sides. These trees are not so great for climbing, but they'll provide cover if you need to run and their boughs are good for shelter. Some parts of the forest seem to extend further than others. Indeed, if one heads east from the meadow, one will soon find a wide river. The water there is potable, but extremely cold, and there are fish swimming in it. On the other side of the river, the trees give way to rocky hills of shale which jut up into impressive, impassable mountains. The south of the mountains consists of shale hills, which then lead to a series of dark, deep, explorable caves. To the north of the mountains, along the path of the river is a cold, crisp glacial lake. The glacier itself has receded a bit, but is still visible from the shores of the lake, which is surrounded on three sides by mountains.

If one heads south from the Cornucopia meadow, one will encounter trees upon unending trees, until eventually reaching a small pond which turns to marshland. The water in this area is not so good, and the marsh itself will upon closer inspection, reveal itself to be a peat bog. It's a quiet area, devoid of animal life save the aggressive geese which populate the pond and tons of bloodthirsty insects. The marsh itself has a frightening, deathlike quality. If one dares to explore, one might even find long lost corpses within it.

Just north of the marshland is a grassland area, where small game seem to congregate to graze. It's surrounded on all sides by tree, but this is a birch forest, which is easier to climb. If one wanders the birch forest, eventually the wildflower field will come into view. This picturesque scene is home of lush wildflowers of every hue, but be careful! These genetically engineered plants could "potentially" be toxic!

North of the cornucopia, through the pine forest, is situated the largest field in the Arena. This massive plain is home to great migrating herds of animals. If one has the skill and the supplies, picking off a beast or two for meat shouldn't be a problem, but be cautious: these herd animals are dangerous in large numbers.

Immediate Hazards:

The Weather

The theme of this arena is the ice age. Week one will begin with moderate, if somewhat chilly weather, and slowly over the course of the arena, the weather will shift into a frozen wasteland. Death by exposure is a real and possible danger in this arena, and by the finale, you can expect that the entire arena will have transformed into an icy wasteland. Shelter is a necessity in this arena. Without shelter, you won’t last long.

The Animals

The wildlife in the arena seems harmless at first. There are typical animals, such as rabbits, geese, buffalo, deer, birds, and fish, many of which can be easily caught and consumed. However, about two-three weeks in, the animals will take on strange and frightening appearances. Gone are the adorable little deers. In their place are mammoths, giant sloths, and sabertooth cats. Not only are these animals massive, but some of them will hunt and try to eat the Tributes.

The Plantlife

Much of the plant life in the arena is highly poisonous, including the wildflowers and many of the berries which can be found throughout. Of course, there will be edible plants mixed in, just to mess with you. There’s also poison ivy, poison oak, and other icky plants throughout.

Attire:

All Tributes will wear identical uniforms consisting of long underwear, thick athletic socks, Ugg boots, a lightweight one-piece outfit, and a windbreaker. The windbreakers will have their District insignia embroidered on it. All Tributes will be allowed to wear their token into the arena.

Cornucopia Prizes:

There are 25 watertight backpacks of supplies throughout the cornucopia. If you choose to run for the cornucopia, you will be rolled to either live or die. There is a 20% chance of death, however if you choose to run for the cornucopia, your name is excluded from the deathroll until it is your week to be rolled. Those who do not run for the cornucopia will be included in every death roll.

Those who live will be assigned one of the 25 backpacks with contents unknown. There is also a stash of random supplies at the Cornucopia. The Cornucopia of this arena may very well be your best and only source of food that won't poison you or fight back, but we've definitely tried to make it worth your while:

Winter boots
Winter hat, scarf, and gloves (in a set)
Extra socks
Parka
First aid kit
Pocket Knife
Fire starting kit
One person tent
Two person tent
Four person tent
Blanket
Rubbing alcohol
Flashlight
Bug repellent
Rope
Ice pick
Shovel
Various fishhooks
Empty metal water tight containers; holds 1 liter
Dried fruit
Canned meat
Canned fish
Instant coffee
Instant oatmeal
Teriyaki sauce
Saltine crackers
Canned cheese
Bottles of gin
Cases of beer
Pickled vegetables
Net traps
Bear traps
7-inch serrated hunting knives
Bow & quiver of arrows
Spear
Sword
Axe

Sponsor Gifts:

1 Two-day supply of food
1 Two-day supply of fresh water
1 Single Person Tent
1 Sleeping Bag
1 First Aid Kit
1 Small Folding Knife
1 Fire Starting Kit
1 Pair of Winter boots
1 Parka
1 Blanket
1 7-inch serrated hunting knife

Map:




Important Notes:
Characters may be bought out of death this arena! All those credits you accumulated since August? Feel free to spend them! This Arena will be a full length Arena with opportunities to give gifts and save your friends (or foes) from death!

Powers are not allowed in this Arena and have been disabled for the duration.

Tributes will be reaped immediately following the Signless' Crowning Ceremony. They will be taken directly from the Crowning to their launch tubes. More information on the Crowning itself will be coming this week, along with the Crowning log.

OOC Links:
Cornucopia Sign-Ups ((* you must sign up for the Cornucopia by Tuesday 1/20 at 11:59pm EST *))
General Plotting
Mod Questions

Comments

General Plotting

[etcircenses]

Initiate

[carnagecarnival]

I have three main things I want this arena:

-A progression of "thing needs to happen; take extremist option." i.e. hacking off his own limbs tier, thus highlighting his also being a version of Kurloz Makara by doing something totally nuts.

-Some twilight bullshit "we need body heat- oh, you're actually cold as fuck". I am so completely serious about this.

-Initiate eventually falls to zombies and becomes a daywalker (troll zombie that gets up only during the day, the lazy zombie fuck). Zombie clown goes hunting and gets some victims????

And then whatever other stuff I figure out as things go. Also this will be his last arena...

EDIT: oh and he's going to try and adopt a goose. Angry honkbeasts.

bilbo!!

[somethingprecious]

Bilbo's still shaky from the last arena so he'll be especially nervous this go around.

I'm super open for anything and pretty much everything. I don't have any plans set out yet, but i'm def ready and willing lmfahjdhskj

Molotov

[molotov]

Molotov is obscenely well-prepared for this Arena. She grew up in the wilderness of Siberia before becoming a pro athlete, so it's just basically like going home.

AND SHE IS EXCITED AS FUCK ABOUT IT

She is willing to trade survival help for your supplies. She is also super keen on killing you, so she might feed you poisonous shit on purpose.

I don't have any defined wishes for the Arena, so hit me with ideas.

Ruffnut Thorston District 7

[ruffntumblenut]

This arena has Ruffnut all over it. The place is basically Berk but without the dragons!

She'll try and make camp in the caves to the south but as per usual she'll be exploring the arena when she can seeking out supplies and allies. Who wants to hang with this gangly girl?

Garak

[carsassian]

This guy needs to die pretty early on! He can't take the coldat all, so he'll either go from exposure or general climate-related sloppiness pretty early on.

I'd like to get this planned sooner rather than later, so if anyone has any ideas or like... Cool deaths they want to inflict on someone, I'd be glad to hear them. Maybe around week 3, or so? That should be enough time to make him good and miserable.

Jason Todd

[hashtagyolt]

I want Jason to make snowmen and get chased by the geese.



Seriously those are my only plans. Geese, okay.

Sandy Marko District 12

[justoutrunyou]

Oh good, because Sandy didn't get enough of the cold in her first arena!

Actually this arena should be alot of fun. Sandy's studied alot of plants in the training hall so she could be useful to some tribute who's about to eat something poisonous, or she might lie if she thinks the tribute is the kind who probably should die.

But I am positive of this...Sandy's gonna get chased by the angry Geese. Because an angry goose is hilariously scary. But several angry geese chasing Sandy around the edge of a lake? Even better!

Clearly I am in this to amuse myself.

With Pruna dying at the start of the arena she's going to be tense and doing her best to stay on her A game so if you want to meet up, attack her or be attacked anything goes this arena \o/

Aragorn

[elfstone]

Yeah okay so this is right up his alley. I am hella excited.

Aragorn will be looking to help weaker characters, CR and people he gets a good vibe from. He'll be hunting the animals and will not be running out of food no matter what, and will absolutely share it and tell campfire stories and generally be incredibly comfortable running around the woods in dirty clothes.

Who wants him as an ally? And does anyone want to get in a fight with him? He doesn't want to kill other Tributes and will generally fight to dissuade/injure, but he'll kill in self defense if pressed.

Roland Deschain

[ka_sera_sera]

Roland will absolutely settle somewhere, once it starts to get colder, and spend a couple days (because when he did it in the books that's how long it took) skinning animals and making coats and gloves and whatever else from their hides. Since he'll have to be in one place for this, and has exactly zero allies close enough to stick around and keep watch, the best way to avoid other tributes fucking it all up is to offer to share. He will also be making things like spears, and if your character wants to learn how to make a bow and arrows he can show them, although he can't use one himself.

He'll be exploring a lot but probably stick close to the river most of the time. He's up for fighting if someone else starts it, because he's aware he has to be interesting for the audience, but he'd rather make allies. I, however, am very up for either.

He may potentially try to round up allies to kill a mammoth. How awesome would that be. Someone team up and kill a mammoth with him. He'll probably be wary of eating anything (see every single arena he's been in for the reasons for this) but he knows very well how to hunt and trap - someone could very well come across one of his traps or find him hunting and want to steal food/join in.

Once it really starts getting cold he may start exploring the caves - very possible to meet someone there who's already claimed a place.

Also. Um. Would it be a ice age arena without BUT WE MUST SHARE BODY HEAT shenanigans. No it would not. (I totally didn't take this idea from Initiate's post, shhh...)

[silberfuchs]

This is Albert's last Arena before being pulled to 13. I would love for him to team up with anyone and everyone he's got CR with, or anyone that wants CR and would like to take the opportunity! I plan to try and keep him in the Arena until the last couple weeks so there should be some time, other than that I don't have specific ideas but I can answer questions about what we might be able to make happen if you're interested!

Hit me up~

Courfeyrac ; D11

[libertin]

So this guy is from the south of France. They don't get winters like this back home, not even in Paris. So yeah, he'll be a bit out of his element. Assuming he survives the Cornucopia, my main wish is for him to build a snow fort once the weather turns. A snow barricade, if you will. He could use help!

Ragnar Lothbrok (District 10)

[hersir]

This kind of environment is prime for Ragnar considering the time period/homelands he hails from! It will be his first full arena and he'll be keen on proving himself. I would love to have the opportunity to plot with new and previous acquaintances alike. He is the traditional Viking and does not fear death so in that he's a bit reckless but since he knows this type of land he'll tracking, and keeping to the more densely covered areas to shield himself. Hunting and gathering is something he can do well having lived off the land before so he will be willing to share supplies likely depending on the situation.

Other than that he's pretty brutal and with what happened at the last arena his strategy will be more trying to pick off targets and not approach them as willingly this time. Still, under the right circumstances he always has a good story to tell, knows how to work off the land and can be a helpful/compassionate guy.

I would be willing for him to team up with others as well as provide some conflict as well. Trading protection for supplies, keeping an eye on those he's bonded with thus far. He'll be EXTREMELY more confident in a place like this than the previous experience so please hit me up if you would like to plot something.

Thor, Dave and Nick

[worldsaway]

So Thor will be returning from his punishment and he'll be a little different. He's going to look worse for wear and tired but his demeanor is going to be cold. He'll pretty much attack anyone who approaches him, especially Avengers or particularly close CR. If anyone wants to try hug him and get punched, I'm down.

Dave no plans so far other than convening with allies. As ever, I'm down for scuffles or for him to help your character out if they need it.

Nick this is Nick's first Arena and I am SUPER up for him to get into fights or embarrassing situations. He might also find some people to latch onto because he knows better than to stalk off into the wilderness alone, so enjoy having a whiny mobster trying to make good with you.

Dandy

[affluenza]

Dandy is going to be COLD he's not used to this weather in Florida. But he'll deal. I'm open for pretty much anything here! I really want him to go all-out violent killer in this one for a bit at least, seeing as he mostly played it safe during the last one. He's all confident and hyped up on being a celebrity so he'll be in total 'I am a god' mode.

However, he would be willing to team up (especially with other like-minded folks set on murder) for the sake of convenience. Anyone want to hang out with him/fight him/meet up with the weird god complex psychopath and nope out?

Jet

[metalicarus]

Since he nearly died from going for the cornucopia last time, Jet's probably not going for it this time. This means tree-shelter. Tree not!houses etc. He's good at climbing trees and knows how to make cover from trees either up in them or on the ground near the base.

I'm going to be trying to give Jet the best go at winning he's got this time around and he's actually a little more 'in it' to try which means potentially killing people. He won't hunt anyone down, but he also won't be avoiding conflict like he'd been doing in the past.

I'm mostly just looking for CR shenanigans in this arena and anything else that comes up! No particular plans this time around. :|a

Darcy Lewis

[tasermaiden]

So, if Darcy survives the Cornucopia, I'd love for her to link up with any potential allies before making any other terrible life choices and finding out that Thor's still alive.

Also something involving geese because, oh man, angry assholes with wings.

Cassian

[nineofwands]

He's making a run for the cornucopia because, honestly, if he doesn't get anything he might not be lasting a long time. He's a city kid and has never needed to learn these kinds of survival skills before.

He'll probably bite it some time in the middle, but since he's definitely in the game to win it, him taking some people out before he goes would be great too.

Phillip Gray | District 6

[voiceinthephone]

Since it's first ever Arena, I want to break Phil for this one. It's also gonna be the first time he kills period so he's gonna carry that trauma with him. I'm open for anything! He's subject to the Cornucopia's death roll

Megan Gwynn ; D1

[soultospare]

So Megan's gonna be worried about freezing her wings off. Without powers, she's kind of at a disadvantage, so she'll need to make some friends and fast! Her best bet for staying alive is in finding kind allies, so if anyone wants a pink sparkly sidekick, come at her, bro!

Samwise Gamgee

[lasttosail]

Sam is not the hardiest; but he'd been half a year in the wilderness right before he got dropped in Panem, and he is going to be aggressively competent at this shit D8<

POSSIBILITIES:
-hobbit helps clumsy goddamn Big People survive!
-hobbits vs. geese!
-hobbits vs. GIANT SLOTH???
-hobbit holes! in the SNOW??
-clumsy goddamn Big People turn out to be really useful when the snow is taller than you! (I am so serious about this)
-idk man what do you want this hobbit to do CAN YOU USE A HOBBIT FOR SOMETHING, THIS SAD LONELY HOBBIT IS HERE FOR YOU

Firo Prochainezo

[foundafamily]

If Firo makes it out of the cornucopia, he is not going to do very well. He's had to suffer through cold and hunger before, but nothing as bad as this and he's still very much a city boy.

He won't be trying to kill anyone unless it's defense, but he will be very jumpy, so there's an opportunity for a fight there! Alternatively, he'd be open for teaming up with someone, but all he can offer is brawn and a good pair of eyes. I'm open to any other ideas, too.

Dorian Pavus

[tevintage]

SO I HAVE PRETTY MUCH NO PLANS YET

he'll be hanging out with the DA cast I assume but i also want cross-canon cr and people punching him in the face

he will be without his magic so he's a lot less capable this time around than he was last time and he FUCKING HATES THE COLD

Sam Wilson

[sizeofyourbaggage]

aw yeah an arena where his survival skills will actually be useful

Sam is probably going set up some kind of home base again, likely with the Avengers because his caution about seeming too close with them goes out the window in the arena. He's also going to be looking for close CR and trying to keep an eye on them.

Other than those basic things Iiii have no real plans for him? He's available for rescues and team ups and fights and I'd also be down with having him rescued a time or two if someone wants their character in on that!

He's got fantastic training in being able to survive in super shitty conditions with not a lot, so if anyone wants/needs survival tips or something?

Felicity Worthington ; D2

[iphigeneia]

Fee actually does have a clue about the basics of outdoor survival, though her experience was in a fantasy realm and not in a freezing landscape. She's an experienced hunter too, the protege of Artemis, so taking down animals is pretty easy for her. She doesn't even actually need a weapon to subdue smaller hoofed game like deer, so luckily she'll have food to share and/or trade if it comes to it.

Mostly, I'd like for her to stray into survival goddess mode a bit and let lose away from civilization. Maybe form an alliance with others of the ranger-y type persuasion. That'd do her some good, I think!