Right before dawn, the selected champions got ready. It was best to be prepared because at the first light of dawn, they would be automatically teleported away from their beds or wherever they happened to be.
So long as their names had been written on the selection scroll, there was no stopping it.
The moment the first light rose, the selected champions disappeared in a flash of light from their rooms and all appeared right outside the barriers protecting their fortresses.
They were automatically dressed in colored robes that signified the continent they represented. For Valaross, it was a yellow robe, and all forty champions from the eight kingdoms were standing beside each other.
Then they heard a voice, as though it resounded through the whole field like a booming announcement.
It said, "This is the All-Father speaking. Day one has officially begun. Good luck out there, champions!"
