In a hidden room on the tenth floor of the Coliseum of the Clouds, five middle-aged men were seated around a round table of polished obsidian.
The room was small, windowless, and illuminated only by five floating crystals that emitted cold and constant light.
The walls were reinforced with sound and vision containment formations, no one from outside could hear or see what was happening there.
Each man wore dark gray robes with the official emblem of the Coliseum embroidered on the chest, a cloud pierced by a vertical sword.
They were the main sponsors of the Coliseum, the five who controlled the bets, the internal rules, the prizes, and the flow of spirit stones that circulated in the place. They were the Coliseum.
