After the bout with Pitch Blade, it was late afternooon, so the group decided to rest and see who they would face, as they would be right back in the arena the next day.
That evening, when one of the arena wardens posted the next day’s contest, the group was none too surprised to see that they would be facing whatever surprise magical beast the arena held for them, and Auric’s Warband was facing One of Us. Auric’s Warband was upset because as the current reigning Champions, they should have been the ones that the honor of facing the beast were bestowed upon. They stomped off pouting something along the lines that they would take this up with whoever was in charge.
As the group ate dinner they overheard some of the guards discussing the supposed beast we would be facing the next day. They spoke in hushed voices, but were still overheard speaking of a frost salamander. Eligos, being the learned mage he was, knew that these beasts are weak against fire damage. After dinner, the group went to their room to prepare ice defense and fire offense against this beast of ice.