God · from book 1
Grull
The god of war: child of Taranis and Apito, a trueborn heir to the Celestial Ascendency with 'an angry streak as long as a horse's cock', worshipped by donkeys and other equine creatures, and by mantaurs, who paint themselves blue. Level 250, sanctum-tier. Carl's gauntlet can summon him by accident; Prince Maestro of the Skull Empire sponsors him, and drove him in the Death Challenge on the fourth floor. His sister and arch-enemy is Pawna, the goddess of peace.
First appears: B1 ch. 25
Family and enemies
| Relation | With | Source |
|---|---|---|
| child-of | Taranis | B3 ch. 33 |
| child-of | Apito | B3 ch. 33 |
| worshipped-by | equine creatures | B3 ch. 33 |
| sponsored-by | Prince Maestro of the Skull Empire | B3 ch. 33 |
| worshipped-by | Gore-Gore the mantaur | B3 ch. 11 |
| sibling-of (reversed) | Pawna | B4 ch. 2 |
| enemy-of (reversed) | Pawna | B4 ch. 2 |
By book
Book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl
A name on a gauntlet — the Enchanted War Gauntlet of the Exalted Grull, with a 1.5% chance to transfigure an adherent into the deity himself — and Mordecai's insistence that Grull is not a real god: 'There are no gods here. Just those who pay for the privilege' (B1 ch. 25).
Book 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Odette's last warning: the gauntlet can summon the war god against any of his celebrants, and King Rust has just bought a deity sponsorship — 'if I was still a gambler, I'd bet on Grull' (B2 ch. 26).
Book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Carl's gauntlet sets off a ten-second summoning over Gore-Gore the mantaur, 'adherents of the war god Grull', and Carl kills him before it ends (B3 ch. 11); the Cookbook and Mordecai give the rules of summoning (B3 ch. 32); in the Death Challenge his card reads 'Sponsored by Prince Maestro of the Skull Empire' and names his parents, and he is ejected by a second summoning into a portal (B3 ch. 33).
Book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
An achievement offers Carl the option to worship him (B4 ch. 2); Mordecai says Maggie's race cannot worship him, which is why the Skull Empire found her Algos (B4 ch. 14); Clay the dromedarian is not 'a face-painting, bull-worshipping bitch' (B4 ch. 1). One of the two gods on Carl's worship tab; Carl clicks the other (B4 ch. 31).
Mentions
| Book | Chapters | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl | 1/48 | B1 ch. 25 |
| 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario | 1/26 | B2 ch. 26 |
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 5/35 | B3 ch. 11, B3 ch. 29, B3 ch. 32, B3 ch. 33, B3 ch. 35 |
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 9/35 | 1–2, 4–5, 12–14, 31–32 |
Part of the pantheon.