Grull
Names: GrullGrull the War GodWar God GrullGrull-Maestro
First appears in Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, chapter 25 (25)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl
- Ch 25Grull is a war god worshipped by equine creatures, but Mordecai says there are no real gods in the game, just those who pay.
Book 2: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
- Ch 11Each punch from Carl's gauntlet adds a cumulative 1.5% chance to summon Grull the war god, which he triggers against Gore-Gore.
- Ch 32Mordecai says Grull is a level 250 sanctum-tier deity; summoned via a level 40 mantaur, he would last 290 seconds.
- Ch 32A summoned god grows to fill its chamber, can be resummoned without cooldown, and can be stolen into a new vessel.
- Ch 33Grull, child of Taranis and Apito, is a level 250 centaur-minotaur war god and a trueborn heir to the Celestial Ascendency.
- Ch 33Grull, driven by the Maestro, kills the Mimic Rex with a single axe blow while hunting Carl.
Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 68As soon as Corcunda is reformed, a god's marked-for-death symbol appears over him and a message announces Grull has entered the realm.
- Ch 69Grull, a giant bullheaded centaur god of war, appears in the factory to punish Corcunda for failing in his faith.
- Ch 69When Dong's lance strikes him, Grull calls it 'a good death' and vanishes back to Floor 12.
Connections
- related toEnchanted War Gauntlet of the Exalted Grullnamed for; striking his adherents may summon him
- related toGore-Goreadherent
- related toForkithForkith hopes to slay a god someday
- related toThe Maestrosponsor and driver of the god
- family ofTaranisson
- family ofApitoson
- family ofPawnasister
- enemy ofPawna
- enemy ofCorcundamarked him for death
- enemy ofCarl
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 26Odette's private warnings
Odette privately warns Carl about Grull, a possible Skull Empire deity sponsorship, and Hekla's designs on Donut.
- Book 3 · Ch 11Boss battle with Gore-Gore
Learning they caused the crash, Gore-Gore attacks; Carl's punches trigger a countdown to summon Grull, and Carl drop-kicks the engineer onto the tracks.
- Book 3 · Ch 32Carl questions Mordecai about Grull
Seeing mantaurs guard the employee line, Carl asks Mordecai how long an involuntarily summoned Grull lasts and whether he can be resummoned, then changes the plan.
- Book 3 · Ch 32Mantaur pushed into the portal
The group lures two mantaurs into the tunnel; as Carl's gauntlet triggers Grull's summoning, they shove the dying mantaur into the portal, but it drags Carl in with it.
- Book 3 · Ch 33Death Challenge: Grull versus the Mimic Rex
Carl lands in the trainyard as Grull is summoned; the Maestro-driven god kills the Mimic Rex and hunts Carl, who survives on smoke, invisibility and Mordecai's Special Brew.
- Book 3 · Ch 33Rescue and Grull's banishment
Katia and Elle decoy Grull while Donut, Li Na, Li Jun and Mongo come through the portal; they trigger a second summoning and throw the mantaur torso into the abyss portal, pulling Grull away.
- Book 8 · Ch 68Grull enters the realm
Right after the fusion, a god's marked-for-death symbol appears over Corcunda and a system message says Grull has entered the realm.
- Book 8 · Ch 69Grull attacks in the factory
Grull crashes through the factory wall, wrecks the truck with an axe blow, and Donut ejects the Maestro from his chest with Laundry Day.
- Book 8 · Ch 69Dong and Corcunda's last charge
To make Grull leave, Corcunda and Dong charge the god with a magnetised lance, smashing through the slag elementals; Grull calls it a good death and vanishes.