After various speculations (Gira...) and repeated rumors about the Age of Rebek being shown there, I think it was Linkin' Imp (frequents the UO forum) who asked Stephane Martiniere about this and got a confirmation on Rebek.(Stephane Martiniere being the artist who worked on this one).
Information about that Age is in Sharper's early journals. ( I think there used to be a few additional tidbits on the old DRC site, not sure about that).
Basically it was a place where high ranking members of the D'ni society hunted slaves as game, for fun. It is unclear if the slaves in question were the Bahro or a different species (just like the question about the Teledahn slaves.) Theory goes that you can identify the high ranking guild members in this (and other scenes) by their demonstrative clothing (the rectangular shape of the figures) with the obvious "circles" on them. Way, way back somebody on the DLF had connected this to infomation found in the books (forgot which one): Depending on their guild rank, guild members had emblematic dots on their garments, the fewer of them, the higher the rank. A "one-dot" would be the Grand Master (I think that's what the highest rank is called.)
As to what looks like a the cage like shape above water... lots of speculation on that, but as far as I know none of the theories could ever be tightened.
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