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The Calamity Coven was a group of three women who were once responsible for running the Duel Arena, known today as the Emir's Arena. Secretly followers of Zaros,[1] the Calamity Coven stained the reputation of the once glorious Duel Arena, turning it into an immensely corrupt place where they used their positions to accumulate vast amounts of ill-gotten wealth.[2][3]
Maoma the Corrupt Captain was the captain of the Emir's guard, and was assigned to oversee the fights at the Arena, ensuring that order was upheld. In reality, she abused her authority by taking bribes and rigged fights so that the Coven would get rich at the people's expense.[4][5]
Saika the Puppet Master, who was in charge of the Arena's expense accounts, secretly falsified the costs of operation so that the Coven kept all the profits, and abused the Emir's funding for the Arena by paying destitute citizens to work for a small amount of the funding, whilst keeping the rest for herself.[6][7]
Lastly, Koriff the Crowd Pleaser acted as the Arena's hostess. Using her charming personality, she'd pamper rich visitors and provided them with the best seats and service, all while collaborating with hired thieves to pick their pockets.[8] More so, she'd whip up the excitement of the crowd to coax them into betting bigger amounts for fights,[9] and would often bet against certain competitors and secretly kill them off with her sniping skills.[10]
Eventually, the Emir caught wind of the illicit activity in the Duel Arena, and the Calamity Coven were forced to leave, though their eventual fate remains unknown. The Arena was renovated,[11] and new Arena Guards were assigned to guard the renamed "Emir's Arena",[12] and Mubariz, who owned the land the Arena stands on, now sells the Calamity Coven's old possessions as rewards to those competing in the Arena.
Trivia
The Calamity Coven is likely a reference to the real-world trading activities that were rampant in the Duel Arena prior to its removal.
References
^"The PvP Arena: Poll Blog". RuneScape News. Jagex. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original. "The Calamity Coven sought to emulate their deity and take control of their own fate."
^Arena Guard. Old School RuneScape. "Through their foul arts, they [the Calamity Coven] turned this Arena into a hotbed of corruption."
^"The PvP Arena: Poll Blog". RuneScape News. Jagex. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original. "Once a bustling hive of healthy competition, under their reign of tyranny it [the Duel Arena] quickly became a dark and corrupt place."
^Arena Guard. Old School RuneScape. "Maoma was a captain of the Emir's guard, but she abused her authority to rig fights so that the Coven would get rich at the people's expense."
^"The PvP Arena: Poll Blog". RuneScape News. Jagex. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original. "Her [Maoma] job was to oversee fights at the arena and ensure that order was upheld – but in reality, she was taking bribes to look the other way. Some say she even instigated some of the fights to make the Arena more popular and recruited prisoners to bolster the fighters' ranks!"
^Arena Guard. Old School RuneScape. "Saika was the brains behind their operation, forging the Arena's accounts so that the Coven could keep all the profits, starving the Emir's public works of all funding."
^"The PvP Arena: Poll Blog". RuneScape News. Jagex. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original. "She [Saika] was in charge of the Arena's economy, making sure to profit from the crowds that came to watch the fights. Her greed knew no bounds as she fudged the numbers for years - claiming the cost of running the place was so high that it barely made any profit. These sketchy numbers made their way to the Emir, and he kept shelling out to keep it going. Unfortunately for him, the funding would go straight to Saika's pocket. She would pay destitute citizens a pittance to pretend they were working, just to keep up her ruse."
^"The PvP Arena: Poll Blog". RuneScape News. Jagex. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original. "With a charming personality, she'd make sure the richer visitors had a particularly good time, pampering them with the best seats and service possible. Little did they know of her collaboration with Saika, Maoma, and the thieves they paid to pick the rich guests' pockets."
^Arena Guard. Old School RuneScape. "Koriff used her charms to act as a gracious hostess, whipping up the crowds' excitement so that they'd gamble more and more unwisely, enriching the Coven."
^"The PvP Arena: Poll Blog". RuneScape News. Jagex. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original. "When crowds became tired of certain competitors, you could bet that their bodies would be carried out pierced with barely-visible crossbow bolts – and that Koriff had earned a windfall betting against them."
^Mubariz. Old School RuneScape. "This is the Emir's Arena, recently renovated with his coin."
^Arena Guard. Old School RuneScape. "The Emir of Al-Kharid has decreed that his Arena should be guarded, to stop ruffians like the Calamity Coven from returning."
