It came from the Clans . . . going into the end of the FCCW and setting up or after FMU, the Clan forum was pretty active. A lot of thread were RP debates and somehow we morphed it into RP'ing a Grand Council session- each Clan had a thread and elected Khan and saKhans, even the Nova Cats and Warden Wolves plus the dead IIRC. Which of course started a debate on our status to attend.
The various Clan khans elected a Loremaster IIRC to over see it. The Crusaders were pushing the election of a ilKhan. The Falcons wanted censure/punishment over the Diamond Sharks selling equipment to the Inner Sphere. I think the Cobras were wanting action over the Babylon Diet. Debates occurred, decisions made . . . and then we slipped into using MM to fight Trials of Refusal. Or Grievance against other Khans, I know I knocked down Khan Tel Hazen and saKhan Phad Vickers as the Warden Wolf Khan. Then I started dueling my way through the Falcon ranks, lol. The Coyotes won the right to defend the Grand Council's decision NOT to censure the Diamond Sharks, which the Falcons declared a Trial of Refusal over . . . Warden Wolves were allowed to participate with the Coyotes in the defense. It went badly for the Falcons.
Then it just grew from there . . .
