Grand Roll

The is the highest decision-making body of the Clock Tower of the Mage's Association.
==Characteristics==
Grand Rolls are meetings between Clock Tower Lords and their representatives, their numbers fluctuating depending on the severity of the discussed issue,Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 2 Part 1 five out of the twelve families being the average level of attendance.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 5 Part 2 These meetings assess matters across department and faction lines.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 8: case. Grand Roll (Upper) - Chapter 1 Part 1
Though it might have fallen to that level in recent years, the Grand Roll is no simple meeting about the mundane operation of the Clock Tower: it is an elaborate ritual held in the deepest part of part of the Spiritual Tomb of Albion, the Ancient Heart, a section of the Spiritual Tomb of Albion infinitely close the inner sea of the planet.Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 9: case. Grand Roll (Middle) - Chapter 3 Part 3 While it is being held, a special dam that can only be opened for the Grand RollLord El-Melloi II Case Files Volume 10: case. Grand Roll (Lower) - Chapter 2 Part 1 is unsealed, flooding the Ancient Heart with Magical Energy that cannot be found anywhere else.Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 9: case. Grand Roll (Middle) - Chapter 3 Part 4 Designed to be impervious to outside interference, no one can leave or enter during the day of, and to get to the Ancient Heart, participants need to use a portal that opens from the Mining City Magisfair, avoiding the tedium of going through the entire Spiritual Tomb of Albion every time it is held.
The Barthomeloi family avoid most Grand Rolls, as it operates on the belief that, regardless of what the people beneath them fight about, the Barthomelois still dominate the Clock Tower.Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Volume 9: case. Grand Roll (Middle) - Chapter 2 Part 3
==Known decisions==
*El-Melloi loses control over the Department of Mineralogy.
*El-Melloi gains control over the Department of Modern Magecraft Theory.
==References==
Category:Lords
Category:Clock Tower
Category:Magecraft terminology
Category:Terminology in Lord El-Melloi II
Category:Events