i've started on making the smoke for the extinguished flame on some of the torches that can be found all around the arena. this is what i got for my final smoke.
its just a simple particle system with a few options being tweaked here and there like the size, color and velocity over lifetime. i added the velocity over lifetime in the X and Y axis to make it spread out more. if not it would just blow straight up in the Z axis. below are shots of what i did for my settings.