Strength and Honour

At the heart of the grim militaristic Junker empire is the Senate of Ironglass, and here power is the only currency of value. In Junker politics, as in the rest of their society, those without power are of no consequence.

The gladiatorial arenas in every Junker city provide the ruling classes a means of keeping the mass of the downtrodden populace quiet, if not precisely happy. The gladiators that provide this brutal and bloody entertainment are usually convicted criminals or the property of privately owned stables. Distinct as they are from the rest of society, gladiators respect only their fellows, holding to their own code of ‘Strength and Honour’.