diff --git a/backend/app/services/narrative/god_mode.py b/backend/app/services/narrative/god_mode.py
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+"""God Mode intervention handlers.
+
+All handlers mutate on-disk JSON under narrative/ and return the result.
+Each intervention is logged to world_state.event_log for auditability.
+"""
+from typing import Optional
+
+from app.services.narrative.story_store import StoryStore
+from app.services.narrative.world_state import WorldStateStore
+
+
+def _current_round(sim_dir: str) -> int:
+    """Return the 'current' round: last translated beat's round + 1, or 1."""
+    beats = StoryStore(sim_dir).get_all_beats()
+    if not beats:
+        return 1
+    return beats[-1].get("round", 0) + 1
+
+
+def inject_event(sim_dir: str, description: str, round_num: Optional[int] = None) -> dict:
+    """Append a user-described event to the world event log."""
+    world = WorldStateStore(sim_dir)
+    round_val = round_num if round_num is not None else _current_round(sim_dir)
+    return world.append_event({
+        "type": "god_mode_injection",
+        "description": description,
+        "round": round_val,
+    })
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_god_mode.py b/backend/tests/test_god_mode.py
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+import os
+import tempfile
+import pytest
+from app.services.narrative.god_mode import inject_event
+from app.services.narrative.story_store import StoryStore
+from app.services.narrative.world_state import WorldStateStore
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def temp_sim_dir():
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d:
+        sim_dir = os.path.join(d, "sim_test")
+        os.makedirs(sim_dir)
+        yield sim_dir
+
+
+def test_inject_event_appends_to_log(temp_sim_dir):
+    evt = inject_event(temp_sim_dir, description="A storm arrives.", round_num=5)
+    assert evt["description"] == "A storm arrives."
+    assert evt["round"] == 5
+    assert evt["id"] == "evt_1"
+    assert evt["type"] == "god_mode_injection"
+
+    log = WorldStateStore(temp_sim_dir).load()["event_log"]
+    assert len(log) == 1
+
+
+def test_inject_event_defaults_round_to_beats_plus_one(temp_sim_dir):
+    store = StoryStore(temp_sim_dir)
+    store.append_beat({"round": 3, "prose": "beat 3"})
+
+    evt = inject_event(temp_sim_dir, description="auto round")
+    assert evt["round"] == 4
+
+
+def test_inject_event_defaults_round_to_one_when_no_beats(temp_sim_dir):
+    evt = inject_event(temp_sim_dir, description="first event")
+    assert evt["round"] == 1