This started as a side project to do when I took breaks from Immersive Interiors. It's turned into a fully fleshed mod so I might as well announce it.

There's an arena in Skyrim, the Windhelm Pit. It was unfinished and cut from the game, but there are remains left in the data files. I felt the lack of an Arena was a loss to the game so I set upon myself to start from scratch and re-build it.

While there is an Arena worldspace and mesh, the mesh is horribly unfinished, textures are broken, and there are a lot of markers that tie themselves to a certain Dark Brotherhood quest. It seems like the arena was going to be a major part of a DB quest, but that idea was scrapped, and the arena with it.

The vision is somewhere between a dirty "fight pit" style place and Imperial City's grand arena. It's in the middle. It's not as grand, but then it does have some kind of structure to it. You can pay gold to get a ticket to watch a match. Whilst in there, you can bet on one like in Oblivion, but with a lot of twists to make it more interesting. You can also choose to become a combatant, if you wish. Similar to the arena from Oblivion, but a lot longer, more interesting and varied. Think being able to choose your fights, animals and people, challenging people to a brawl in the pit, that sort of thing.

he spectator part of the arena (viewing and betting) is almost finished, it's mainly just cosmetics now. So here's the plan:

• In depth, fully voiced dialogue.
  
• A major faction quest line with numerous small tie-in side quests.
  
• Making other quest lines have a role in your enemies and combatants.
  
• Make it feel like it's part of the original game, like it's always been there.

There's loads more but that's the main parts of it. So, some WIP screenshots:

http://www.somewelshguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/01.jpg - WIP, the Arena tunnels.
http://www.somewelshguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/02.jpg - Becoming a combatant.
http://www.somewelshguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/03.jpg - Gate to the Noble's Arena entrance.
http://www.somewelshguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/04.jpg - The Pit, from the common entrance.
http://www.somewelshguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/05.jpg - View of the Noble's stand.
http://www.somewelshguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/06.jpg - Commoner's area and the Noble's stand from a combatant's perspective.
http://www.somewelshguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/07.jpg - View from the Noble's stand.

Any suggestions, feedback or comments are appreciated

omg there was suposed to be a arena but bethesda cut it? this troubling news has made me lose faith in bethesda just that little bit... but i thank you so much for making a arena mod. I saw a Dwemer one but i don't really like dwemer construction... can't wait to build a PC to play this!!