Hammering continued right up until the last hour, as scaffold supports were driven into place around the planned site of the duel. What had been a much simpler practice area for local cultivators only a week ago now resembled an impromptu arena, with rough wooden stands rising in tiers around the cleared space. Leaving an area about a hundred meters in diameter with two rings of scaffolds around it.
Every available willing volunteer had contributed in some way, including merchants who made extra trips to secure lumber knowing they would make up the expense and time on tourism. Each rectangular section arrayed around the training field turned dueling site was designed to hold about a hundred people… and while a few voices had claimed they might be going overboard with the second layer that rose vertically behind the first, the sigilists that had shown up and reinforced everything the construction guilds were aiding with made it all possible.
