Grand Magic Games (Zico)

"Welcome one and all to the first Grand Magic Games of the new millennium, to the gathering of the strongest across the continent of Ishgar!"

- Announcer Buck Daniels during the X1000 games.

The Grand Magic Games (大魔闘演武 Dai Matō Enbu) is an annual competition held to determine the strongest guild on the continent. It is the greatest sporting event in the land and pulls in spectators from far beyond Fiore's borders, the tournament's patron nation. Considered the crowning achievement in the world of magic by any guild that wins it, victors enjoy a level of celebrity like none other and leave legends in their wake. This is the Grand Magic Games!

As far back as X792, the competition was open only to guilds located in the Kingdom of Fiore until the decision to expand.