[center][b]Hawke – 15th Floor[/b]
[i]Monday the 24th of June 2021[/i][/center]

Hawke stood on the edge of a Cliffside on the tropical 31st floor. Below him was a semi-circular shaped clearing surrounded by thick jungle flora. He knew from experience that players could not travel too far into this jungle without being lost forever. There would seem to be little point to exploring this area either, considering that it was on the very far edges of the floor. There was one thing of interest here though: the infinite waves of swarm mobs that would attack anyone who would dare jump down from the cliff. 

“Thank you for joining me here today!” Hawke begun as he turned to face the recruits, “I have brought you here because this is where you will go through your initiation!” Standing there were all the people that had told him that they wished to join the Braziers. Some of them were front-liners, some from other guilds, and some seemed to be solo-players. All in all there were 14, and Hawke already knew that a few of them were not cut out for the guild. Still, they would all get their chance to prove themselves. 

“Below us is a small clearing! It is a big drop, and if you do not climb down carefully you will perish!” Hawke warned, already able to see that some recruits were becoming apprehensive. “When you reach the bottom you will be attacked by waves of Vipera, weak humanoid enemies with snake heads! They may be weak, but they will outnumber you… for you will be alone! You will fight off as many waves as you can before you are forced to teleport out! If you do not teleport out, you will die! No help will be provided for this! This is a test of [i][b]your[/b][/i] strength!”

“So if we get pinned down and can’t teleport you’ll just stand there? You’ll just watch us die?” the woman’s voice was a mixture of shock and anger, but her face was hidden behind a wooden mask. Hawke looked to the woman with cold eyes and gave a single small nod. “[i]Pfft![/i] Fuck this then!” she scoffed before storming away. Hawke was surprised more didn’t do the same; he knew he probably would in their situation. 

“Right then! Who will go first?” he asked, curious to see who among them had the biggest stones.