Grand Combat
Names: Grand Combatthe Gamesthe CombatGrand Combat TruceD-DayHigh Mêléemanifestation of powersupcoming gamesFirst DayMêléethree-day encounterlast CombatGrand TourneyTourneyTruceHigh AffrayAssent Encountershurleyshinty
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 30 (10)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 6The Grand Combat is held on the White Silver Plain with about ten thousand Tanu and human fighters plus Firvulag, lasting three days of battle.
- Ch 7Annual Tanu-Firvulag contest, nearly upon them, with human Contest and High Mêlée where grays fight alongside metapsychic warriors.
- Ch 22The loser of the Creators' manifestation of powers must choose between exile from the Many-Colored Land and voluntary life-offering to the Goddess.
- Ch 30A five-day ritual battle beginning tomorrow, ending with Heroic Encounters; iron may not be used, and Aiken seeks to rally guilds to his banner.
- Ch 32An annual ritual war between Tanu and Firvulag, carried over from Duat; the First Day holds sporting events in which no one dies.
- Ch 39After the Mêlée, the Tanu hold a precarious lead in noble body-count; the Heroic Encounters between champions of each side will decide the final scoring.
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 25The Grand Tourney will be held on the Firvulag Field of Gold in Nionel, then hosting will alternate between the races regardless of the winner.
- Ch 40The Grand Tourney is an upcoming event where Aiken's kingship could be challenged, featuring giant combat kites.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 23The Grand Tourney will go ahead under a Truce, with the Combat abolished: scoring is no longer based on heads taken.
- Ch 35Metapsychic powers are forbidden until the Day Four tug-of-war and the closing hurley game; the second day sees Tanu and Firvulag rivalry sharpen and first fatalities.
- Ch 38The final hurley match is played over ten hours across the Field of Gold; the winner is declared Tourney champion and awarded the Singing Stone.