Pits of Carnage

The Pits of Carnage is a name given to a penal colony on an unnamed world. The Avatar visits them in the course of their adventures in Ultima Underworld II.

Description
The world the pits inhabited had always been warlike, but before making contact with the Guardian, the fighters who peopled it had been bound by the dictates of chivarly and honor. Once the realm fell to the Red Titan, however, such trifling considerations were quickly abandoned as warlords vied for a place in the Guardian's armies of conquest. As the general populace of the planet grew increasingly bloodthirsty and barbaric, so did its criminals. In time, an underground complex known as the Pits of Carnage was developed as a prison to hold the worst elements of the new society. The Guardian placed a magical seal upon the only entrance to this dark abyss, preventing anyone cast into it from ever returning to the surface.

Within the caverns of the pits, the prisoners developed a crude culture centered around martial prowess, in which warriors were esteemed according to their ability to cow others with force of arms. Four arenas themed around the classic elements were fashioned for ritual dueling, and virtually all conflicts within the colony were decided by formal combat. Etiquette dictated that the choice of arena always went to the challenged party, leading many to attempt to bait their opponents into issuing a challenge first.

Inhabitants

 * Blog: rock-collecting troll
 * Dorstag: reigning champion of the pits
 * Jospur: oddsmaker
 * Krilner: cowardly fighter
 * Zaria: sorceress contending for Dorstag's position
 * Zogith: magician
 * Zoranthus: reclusive magician and staunch opponent of the Guardian

Trivia

 * Zogith mentions that Zoranthus graduated from Scintillus Academy at the age of sixteen, implying that either the Pits of Carnage and Scintillus Academy may both be found on the same world or that the two worlds housing them have had contact across the planes.