Hey everyone! I probably won't get to update again till Monday or Tuesday, because I'm going on a mini vacation to the beach. I will bring my laptop though, so I'll end up writing the Chariot chapter when I'm bored. Anyway, here are the arena options I promised. Please go to my profile to vote for your favorite.
1. I am Legend New York: I hated the movie I am Legend, but it would make a good arena, wouldn't it? So imagine this, run-down New York, though a smaller version of New York. Dusty and unused for years. Crumbling skyscrapers that can be entered at your own risk. They could fall down on top of your head. Wild animals roam the streets at all times. Central Park has the only pond. Some of the buildings do have some food and water, but you have to be lucky enough to find it. The biggest danger comes in the shadows or dark. Mutations of people thrive in the dark. These people caught some weird disease, and are like vampires I suppose. I'm not good at describing them here, but just check out I am Legend on Youtube real quick, and you'll see what those things are like. Anyway, these creatures can never come into sunlight or light period. Tributes will have to have a source of fire or light to survive the nights. The creatures have extreme strength, and can jump great heights. If the things manage to get a hold of a tribute, they could pass the disease to them, and the tribute would become a mutation themselves and join this pack. There would only be about five in the arena to start with though. Don't want them to kill off all the tributes.
2. An Enchanted Forest: A very large forest. Half beautiful, half shadowy and extremely dark. There would be at least one major source of water in each side. The dark side could have an eerie looking lake, and the beautiful side could have a dangerous waterfall. There would be different dangers in each. The dark side could have like a dragon or something that can breathe fire at tributes. The beautiful side could have poisonous flowers, some that can even shoot poisonous darts or something. Anyway, the whole forest would be filled with creatures that you would find in fairy tales, but all of them wouldn't help you much. Ogres, centaurs, gnomes, dwarfs, a wicked queen/witch, ivy that is alive and will strangle you while you sleep, unicorns, fairies, specters, griffins, a phoenix, and more await to injury and kill the tributes, or force them to battle with other tributes. Food could come from berry bushes and fruit trees (maybe one will have Snow White apples).
3. The Savanna: A scorching "African" desert somewhere in what used to be California. I think near Death Valley, so it's not EXTREMELY hot, but it's HOT. It can get pretty cold at night, but if you build a fire, everyone can see the smoke. Only one body of water, a large lake right next to the cornucopia. This is also the best source of shade. Cornucopia is in a place like where Tumon and Pumba lived in The Lion King. Oasis type place, only, it's pretty small. Any tributes that camped there would have to deal with all the wild beasts that also used it as a watering hole. From wild pigs to lions. The rest of the arena basically has no trees, though a few here and there. Lots of tall grass. Water can come from the cactus, but a tribute has to figure out how to get it. There are plenty of caves scattered around, but most are booby trapped, or are occupied by animals. Food is basically what animals the tribute kills.
4. The Five Seasons: Okay, the arena is a perfect circle in five sections. Imagine cutting a pizza into four triangle slices, but in the middle, you cut out a circle of pizza where it four other slices meet. This is how the arena is shaped. The four triangleish parts each represent the four seasons. All would have their own dangers. I don't want to give much away, but Spring might have a big anthill and a tornado or two, Summer might be extremely hot with a couple of hurricane like storms, Fall could have a giant turkey that is tired of being stuffed at Thanksgiving, and Winter, well, there might be a blizzard. The center has the cornucopia, of course, but will also have a fifth season, with its own dangers and surprises. Who knows what they'll be, cause I haven't figured it out yet. I'll burn that bridge if I have to cross it. If you have any ideas for it, review them in.
Okay, so there are your arena options. If you have any ideas for any of the options, review them in. Make sure you go to my profile page and vote for your favorite. Please don't vote in your review, because I want the arena to be a surprise. Anyway, have a great weekend everyone!