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from his throne. The grand master drew a stout blade from a silver box beside him and, very slowly, progressed down the half dozen steps that separated the gleaming dais from the floor. “Decimus Rex . . . is . . . gone?”
    â€œYes, my lord,” Hrin confirmed, a bead of sweat forming on his brow as he finally dared to raise his head. “If I may remind Your Excellency, Master Mori and I did suggest he be quartered separately but y-y-you did specifically request he should be treated like all the oth—”
    Hrin froze, his eyes wide and his smile a sinister mask.
    For the briefest of seconds, nothing happened.
    Then the trial-master’s gaunt head slipped from his shoulders and rolled across the marble floor. The body collapsed after it.
    Slavious Doom looked down at his handiwork and smiled. When he turned back to face his throne, a dark figure had detached itself from the shadows behind the dais and was standing mere feet away. It moved like a ghost, and was dressed from head to toe in a flowing black cloak.
    â€œDecimus Rex has escaped us, Drin,” Doom growled, every hint of pleasantry draining from his voice. “He is in the company of a fellow slave. Find him, and bring him back—at all costs.” He ascended the dais and replaced his sword inside the silver box. “You may kill the other one,” he muttered.

STOWAWAY SLAVES OUT NOW
    When Decimus Rex and his friend Olu escape the dreaded Arena Primus, overlord Slavious Doom is furious and demands their immediate capture. A frantic and determined search follows. From the wild dogs running riot in the sewers to the soldiers scouring the towns above, it seems only a matter of time before they are caught. Can the pair evade Slavious Doom’s dreaded servant, Drin Hain? Find out now in ...



ARENA COMBAT
    Get ready to challenge your friends! Each Gladiator Boy book will contain a different trial. Collect them all to run your own Arena of Doom—either at home or on the playground.
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    TRIAL 2
    HAMMER AND SHIELD!
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    You will need three players—an attacker, a defender, and a referee. This game is easy to play, but difficult to win! The attacking player decides whether he will strike from the left, the right, or straight ahead, and indicates by raising either his left fist, his right fist, or both fists together (as a straight attack).
    The defending player must close his eyes and announce whether he is blocking left, right, or straight ahead. If he shouts “left” and the strike was to the left, he has blocked it! Otherwise, he takes a “hit.” The attack then passes to the opponent and the game continues.
    Here are the hand signs:
    LEFT OF THE PERSON

    RIGHT OF THE PERSON

    STRAIGHT AHEAD

    The first player to win three of five games is declared the winner!
    You can either play the game as yourself or, when you have collected all the books, you can take on the roles of the slaves and use their special character profiles to fire your imagination!

CHARACTER PROFILE ARGON

WEAPON PROFILE: THE HAMMER
    The hammer has always been used as a tool for making an impact on a difficult surface or for driving in a nail. However, it was once used as a weapon and known variously as a “great-hammer” or “war-hammer.”
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    There are few versions of the weapon as the design was so simple. However, the handles of these hammers made them different from one another. Handles tended to be either long (great-hammer) or short (war-hammer). The hammers used in Gladiator Boy are great-hammers.
    A WAR-HAMMER

    A war-hammer can be used with a shield as it requires only one hand.

    A GREAT-HAMMER (long-handled)

    A great-hammer is swung, usually with both hands.