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|type=Historical Event
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|when=After the <br>[[Night of the Mothertoad]]
|when=After the <br>[[Night of the Mothertoad]]
|summary=Due to insights and theories formed from the Night of the Mothertoad the Council announced a trial they called GodGrinder. This would be a death match tournament, and the victor would be made a [[Citygod]], alongside [[Illa Phasmere]] and [[The Mothertoad]].
|summary=The GodGrinder was a tournament of death matches hosted by the [[The Council|Council]]. It was designed by the Council as a method of testing their own theories on magic, with the end goal being the creation of another [[Citygod|citygod]]. Many mages entered, and hundreds of lives were lost during the tournament itself until there were only two contestants remaining - [[Filo Rooke]] and [[Mercian Vetch]].


Mages trained and scrambled to empower themselves in various ways before the event.  
The two fought, but eventually Mercian stood, her face mutilated by one of Filo's attacks. As a [[lehlt]] such an injury was a severe one for her - cosmetic magics are famously resisted by lehlts, who require the envy of others to remain out of their wretched form. However, she was given the reward promised and became a citygod.


The trial lasted many sleeps, and hundreds of lives were lost. Finally, only two remained.
And yet to her horror the Council also resurrected and similarly empowered Filo, who had been left intact enough for the primitive resurrection magic of the time to function. With two more of Nodd's most powerful mages now in the Council's grasp, two more houses were founded - Mercian founding the house of [[Flesh Aspect|flesh]], [[House Vorn|Vorn]], while Filo founded the house of [[Mind Aspect|mind]], [[House Psilysium|Psilysium]].


[[Filo Rooke]] and [[Mercian Vetch]] fought, and Mercian won - at the cost of her face, mutilated in an arcane explosion. Such injuries are unusually crippling for [[lehlts]], who rely on the envy of others to remain beautiful - and are resistant to cosmetic magics as a result.
The Council has never hosted another GodGrinder proper, but once per turn there is a large tournament that shares its name, albeit lacking the prize of becoming a citygod. It's popularity has led to the creation of smaller tournaments known as [[MageGrinder|MageGrinders]].
 
The Council then made Mercian a Citygod. To her horror, they then resurrected Filo - whose body was mostly intact and thus possible to revive in this era - and made him a Citygod as well.
 
With two more of Nodd's most powerful mages in the Council's grasp, the city grew unfettered.
 
The Council has yet to hold another trial of the same caliber, much less select new members through it. [[MageGrinder]] began to fill the void in the hearts of citizens who were thrilled by GodGrinder and the excitement it provided. Numerous mages actively participate in hopes of being noticed in some form or another to gain prestige and power.
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The GodGrinder was a tournament of death matches hosted by the Council. It was designed by the Council as a method of testing their own theories on magic, with the end goal being the creation of another citygod. Many mages entered, and hundreds of lives were lost during the tournament itself until there were only two contestants remaining - Filo Rooke and Mercian Vetch.

The two fought, but eventually Mercian stood, her face mutilated by one of Filo's attacks. As a lehlt such an injury was a severe one for her - cosmetic magics are famously resisted by lehlts, who require the envy of others to remain out of their wretched form. However, she was given the reward promised and became a citygod.

And yet to her horror the Council also resurrected and similarly empowered Filo, who had been left intact enough for the primitive resurrection magic of the time to function. With two more of Nodd's most powerful mages now in the Council's grasp, two more houses were founded - Mercian founding the house of flesh, Vorn, while Filo founded the house of mind, Psilysium.

The Council has never hosted another GodGrinder proper, but once per turn there is a large tournament that shares its name, albeit lacking the prize of becoming a citygod. It's popularity has led to the creation of smaller tournaments known as MageGrinders.