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Mordecais Special Brew

Mordecai's Special Brew · the Special Brew potion · Gold-Standard potion

Mordecai's emergency potion granting thirty seconds of near-invulnerable hyper-healing — usable only once every ten hours.

Story so far

Mordecai's Special Brew is Mordecai's alchemical trump card, and Carl's last resort against the war god Grull in trainyard E. Drinking it triggers 'Gold-Standard' super-accelerated healing for thirty seconds — effectively near-invulnerability — but locks out any other potion for a punishing ten hours. Under its effect Carl is stomped flat by Grull's flaming horseshoe, has his back and pelvis shattered, and is bowled over by a rolling train car, healing from each catastrophic wound in real time until the timer runs out.

The potion Mordecai told him to keep for the worst possible moment, spent to outlast a god.

Appearance

An emergency alchemical potion; its effect is a golden 'Gold-Standard' hyper-healing aura.

Role

Mordecai's emergency near-invulnerability potion, the difference between Carl living and dying against Grull.

Relationships

Carl — Who drinks it to survive Grull's onslaught.
Mordecai — Its brewer, who told Carl to save it for the worst moment.
grull — The god whose crushing blows it lets Carl endure.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 21
  • A potion brewed by Mordecai granting roughly thirty seconds of near-invulnerability — at the cost of a ten-hour potion lockout.
Chapter 33
  • Mordecai's emergency potion granting thirty seconds of near-invulnerable hyper-healing — usable only once every ten hours.
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