Swords And Sandals Pirates -

Across the flooded sands stood "The Shark" Barca, a massive Carthaginian brute wearing a helmet fashioned from a dried leviathan’s skull.

As the crowd cheered for what they thought was a dramatic finishing move, the two "pirates" turned toward the arena's heavy bronze floodgates. With a coordinated heave, they shattered the locking pin. Swords and Sandals Pirates

The crowd roared as the two men waded toward each other. In this "Swords and Sandals" world, the high seas and the arena floor were one and the same. To the Roman elites, pirates were just gladiators who hadn't been caught yet; to the pirates, the arena was just a ship that wouldn't sink. Across the flooded sands stood "The Shark" Barca,

Barca swung a heavy spiked mace, sending a spray of saltwater into Cassian’s eyes. Cassian ducked, the water dragging at his shins. He didn't fight like a soldier; he fought like a deckhand. He used the momentum of the water, sliding low and hooking Barca’s ankle with the curved tip of his blade. The crowd roared as the two men waded toward each other