Rumor spreads about the La Noapte de Pugilistica, the fist fighting competition held by the Vardo in the ransacked Gaping wound tavern. They say the event started and ended with blood. In the beginning a caliban was executed on the spot by the city guards, and in the end the champion of the night, Zev the forfarian giant who travels with the Cirque de la Fin du Nuit was beaten senseless and dead by a late entry guard man.
Witnesses claim this guardman killing the champion was acting strange from the beginning, growling and shouting curses, how he will teach a lessons. The docile giant did not even stand a chance against him, it seems all his slams and fists with which he won the competition bounced off the late entry guard's skin. The maddened guard barely held himself back to continue to pummel Zev after he was knocked out, but already by that time it was too late.
What happened after this can be described most as a chaos, contestants and audience jumping into the cage with weapon, not even able to scratch the skin of the Mad murderous guard.
Some say the mad guard is either a 'neuri' or was cheating with 'vraja', no man could have left the cage without a bruise form the champion of the night, not to mention the weapon that were applied later.
Most of the guard who were present was shocked by the event, and claimed that the Mad man will be hanged, even the Vardo offered the starter bounty on his head.
Horns were constantly blow on that night in the Citadel, none were sleeping peacefully in Vallaki.