<?xml version="1.0"?> <Room Num="1976" Version="2.40a" Area="ocean"> <Name>Ivanhouse Sporting Arena - Entrance</Name> <ShortDescription>You are at the Main Entrance to the Ivanhouse Sporting Arena.</ShortDescription> <LongDescription>At this point, you have a number of choices. To the north, you may enter the Beginner's Circle. Up to three gladiators may engage a single opponent. This area is exclusively for lower-level characters who have not quite mastered the art of gladiator fighting. To the northeast is the Gladiator Pit, a small arena where you may challenge a human gladiator in one-on-one combat. To the northwest is the Mul Pit, another small arena where you may challenge a mul gladiator, a human/dwarven half-breed, in hand-to-hand combat. Again, this arena only permits one competitor at a time.</LongDescription> <Established>727141642</Established> <Flags/> <Wander> <RandomMonsters/> </Wander> <Track> <Direction>south</Direction> </Track> <PermMobs/> <PermObjs/> <LastTimes/> <Objects/> <Creatures/> <Exits> <Exit Name="south"> <Keys/> <Room Area="ocean">1975</Room> <Flags/> </Exit> <Exit Name="north"> <Keys/> <Room Area="ocean">1977</Room> <Flags/> </Exit> <Exit Name="northeast"> <Keys/> <Room Area="ocean">1978</Room> <Flags/> </Exit> <Exit Name="northwest"> <Keys/> <Room Area="ocean">1979</Room> <Flags/> </Exit> </Exits> </Room>