Trisate

The trisate are gladiators from the days before the empire – fubarnii selected from an early age and forced to fight their siblings, with only the most brutal and effective allowed to survive. Precise figures are of course hard to verify, but it seems that barely one in fifty would survive to adulthood. The survivors were trained to fight closely with their kin in small groups named trisates. The trisates would be pitched against each other in ritual battles in the shadows of the Devanu towers. On occasion, young Devanu would be given the honour of fighting a trisate to prove their position within the pack.

Contrary to the current popular belief, it appears that the youngsters were treated with great respect; living luxuriously, eating well and being furnished with finely crafted weapons.