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Being an artificer is always to be underestimated. We are seen by the Barbarians and warriors as fools playing with delicate baubles and trinkets... Lacking the physical might and prowess to carve our names in history through deeds.

While the arcane users watch us with either pity or contempt. Considering us beneath them, for not using the Empyrean directly. Using to power what they call our toys.

So, many would believe that the University metropolis of Ferroburg would lack anything like the Steldorf Coliseum... A place in which the artificers duel each other, either individually or in teams, far from the clinks and clanks of our craft.

A place to demonstrate that we too are warriors, scholars and explorers of the very Æther of the Empyrean. That our might combines the best of both worlds, that both our muscles and brain can make them bend a knee, if they are not careful.

But there is another name for the Coliseum... One that separates us from the mere brutality of other Gladiatorial arenas...

The Clockwork Lane.

We might want to demonstrate our prowess and pluck, but by the end of the day, we are craftsmen... And very proud of it. Including one single rule for our encounters...

The Gladiators may bring any clockwork with them, as long as they invented it and had at least five witnesses of said claim.

Many tend to bring equipment, like the Coil gauntlets of Hermes Faust. A set of gauntlets which managed to charge with kinetic energy the coils to unleash a devastating punch. Other bring small Puppets, each one of them more advanced than the previous model.

Julius Petto is infamous for his last puppet, named Carlo. Equipped with hidden blades and a conceptual Collapsible Spring shield, the small automaton was the best ally for his creator, and the worst enemy for his opponents.

There were some more eccentric examples, like the Copter pack, by Amelia Wright... The blasted contraption let her attack to the nigh indefensible head of her opponents.

To go to the Clockwork Lane is to compete against the rest, while also showing potential employers your worth either in the development of equipment, or as an adventurer for any Exploration enterprise.

Now, it is my turn...

I would ask you to wish me luck. But I won't... My creation will dominate this duel!