Editing Diners of Amber (section)

==='''Gutsedvem'''===

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The sixth card is the magnificent pleasure realm of Gutsedvem. For a more intensive description of this shadow look for Bleys' Book of Gutsedvem, available throughout Amber. I love this place. This Black Zone world is one of the most friendly and peaceful worlds close to chaos. It is a pleasure world where nearly anything is available. Even cheesecake.

It is also originally, the closest world to the Courts of Chaos in the deck and those traveling that far frequently trump here first. The question is having done so what might be important enough that they can't stay just a few days here. Maybe a week. Heck, Amberites are immortal and whatever problems you were fleeing to Chaos to solve, settle or provoke aren't really that important. Have a drink.

You see the danger?

The Baths of Bali are orgasmic. Warm, thick, like swimming in photosensitive, psychoactive, empathic, and aphrodisiac Jell-O. 

The Halls of All have nearly every form of game, challenge, contest of skill or feat of daring. 

The Hall of Magic has many styles of magical initiations.  It has a Master's [[Mal at Riess]]. Its has the best known [[Woven Logrus]], a 88% knotted construct.

The Feast Hall has a table that is thousands of mile long heaped high with every kind of substance one might be inspired to ingest, from the most potent smoking herbs to the most luscious ice creams. Egad...

<span style=color:darkgreen>I ought to snicker. Really.

<span style=color:darkgreen>Imagine putting this card in the deck? Its an instigation to get lost in shadow and never return. I only mentioned a few places I liked before but don't just look them up. This is a world. It has cities, realms, wildlife, forests, oceans, islands, and tens of millions of people that fled other realms to live here with the hundreds of millions of natives. It has an incredibly diverse ex-pat community with refugees from Amber to Chaos.  However, Amber and Chaos, as well as most Golden Circle and Black Zone worlds, have vibrant Embassies here and they are postings greatly sought after.

<span style=color:darkgreen>Everyone here seems to have found their 'niche'. Unlike most worlds this place somehow subtly directs people onto the correct path to achieve whatever it is that is their heart's desire. It means that if you wanted to be an architect you become one, if you want to be in the circus you do it. If you love sex you end up a sex worker in one of thousands of establishments in this world where such work is respected. If you want to do nothing all day, you win one of the million lotteries, win big at poker, get a huge settlement, or otherwise get your hands on big money.

<span style=color:darkgreen>This is a black zone world though. There is a fair turnover in roles here and death occurs. There are gladiatorial games, wizards duels, and drag races.

<span style=color:darkgreen>There is an elaborate gladiatorial combat system that is an obsession on this world. It also spills out into Chaos. It is in its full fruition on the world of [[Gesheka]] but is extremely well represented here.  The difference of course is that on [[Gesheka]] the Lords of the Games are mostly natives.   

<span style=color:darkgreen>Topping this is a group of 150 Lords of the Games who gain their seats by a bloody death. A complex ranking system leads one from the lowest levels of Warriors fighting in clubs all over the world to Gladiators, fighting in regional arenas to Lord Gladiators fighting in the Main arena in Guro, Gutsedvem.

<span style=color:darkgreen>I hold the rank of Lord Gladiator and they all know who I am. They also know that one day I will decide which of the 150 Lords of the Games I want to kill. After that, well, this is a BZTP world after all.

<span style=color:darkgreen>For more on the Gladiatorial League see the world of [[Gesheka]]and the [[Warrior Core and Lord Gladiators Association]], or of the thrilling novel the [[Harness of Blood]].

<span style=color:darkgreen>Be careful. 

<span style=color:darkred>((GM-Note: This place is full of lots of the things to distract PCS from their duties.  And that is what I meant it to do.  Distract PCs.  As such it was going to be a place on a PC's hellride toward Chaos.  Or a walk down the Jeweled Road.   Additionally, the Gladiatorial League was intended to help school PCs in combat.  Even non-warriors need to learn the ADRPG form of spoken combat and to get the hang of it in a way that does not necessarily include bloodshed.))

*<span style=color:purple>The Kingdom of Amber created an embassy here in 5254.  The term of service for Elites, staff, and Ambassador was set firmly at 10 years of 380 days local time, at 20 to 1 in Amber, being 6 months & 10 days in Amber.  the reason for this was the tendecy of visitors to this realm "going native".  Its been determined that 10 years local time is enough for a visitor to recover from over indulgence in the realm.  However, the elites are tasked with making a judgment call if they think someone is in danger of going "TOO NATIVE".  Prince Caine  </span>

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