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Historical Event
When
After the Night of the Mothertoad

The GodGrinder was a tournament of death matches hosted by the Council, with the ultimate prize of being made a 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 City flourished yet further.

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 |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 Council, with the ultimate prize of being made a [[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]]. The City flourished yet further.
-[[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 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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