GodGrinder

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Type of Event
Historical Event
When
After the Night of the Mothertoad

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.