I am not so certain why you would assume that would be the outcome, [@Tsukai]. All the same, I believe we should continue in the open with the discussion in the hopes that it might garner more interest and comment from potential members.

For myself, the fact that they are sentient is enough as well. I am not so certain something as closed as a gladiatorial setting would work well, I suspect it would narrow matters down far too much. I would say to pose something on a larger scale. Since there is magic realism involved and the goal is to play actual felines, mayhap it would be wise to try and define just what that is like.

For example, is it just these felids? Is it all felines? All carnivores? All mammals? So on and so forth. I believe it would make more sense if it were just a setting where the various, greater and lesser alike, were intelligent so as to keep the focus on them and the human element.