First appearance: S4E5 — Toxicity — Toocher the Toxic v Sho Nin · watch it on YouTube
The Grandmaster’s Amulet is the summoning key that the Grandmaster bled into week after week during the Shadow King’s reign over the Void. Every champion who came to the arena in that dark stretch of Season 4 arrived through a portal paid for in her blood. She still held the title of Grandmaster, but in that season it was a title in name only, and the amulet was one of the clearest signs of what her captivity cost her.
Description
The amulet is a portal key that draws blood. It does not simply open a doorway. It takes its toll from the person using it, and the portals it summons open with the Grandmaster’s blood.
The price was not small. The amulet scarred her. At times she cut her own fingers to summon the portals. It was not a ceremonial trinket. It was a working tool that made her bleed to keep the show going.
History
The amulet was in use throughout Season 4. In that season the Shadow King held the Void, and the Grandmaster wore gold rune bracelets as his captive. She still ran the Deathmatches inside the Dread Fortress, but she ran them for him. The champions came through her blood-amulet portal.
In S4E5 — Toxicity — Toocher the Toxic v Sho Nin, the amulet worked as a blood-drawing portal key, bringing in Toocher the Toxic and Sho Nin. It was the same story in S4E7 — Wings — Misery v Daisy Bloom: the portals for Misery and Daisy Bloom opened with her blood. It worked the same way again in S4E8 — Blood Rain — Fatale v Claudia, the match between Fatale and Claudia.
In S4E9 — Shootout — Stanley Second Life Gibbs v Gideon Regalis Electus Gregorius the 537th (Greg), the amulet was crushed and a portal opened. That episode’s fighters were Stanley Second Life Gibbs and Gideon Regalis Electus Gregorius the 537th.
The blood-portals kept coming afterwards. In S4E11 — Beatdown — Sprinkles v Nigel, the Grandmaster again opened portals with her blood for Sprinkles and Nigel. In S4E13 — Swole — Storm on the Horizon v Grug the Wizard, she cut her fingers to summon the portals that brought Storm on the Horizon and Grug the Wizard to the arena.
Appearances
- S4E5 — Toxicity — Toocher the Toxic v Sho Nin
- S4E7 — Wings — Misery v Daisy Bloom
- S4E8 — Blood Rain — Fatale v Claudia
- S4E9 — Shootout — Stanley Second Life Gibbs v Gideon Regalis Electus Gregorius the 537th (Greg)
- S4E11 — Beatdown — Sprinkles v Nigel
- S4E13 — Swole — Storm on the Horizon v Grug the Wizard