Parties for Neglected Alagaesian Cultures

[torylltales]

A while ago, I sporked the Paolini.net "Inheritance themed parties and crafts" pages, which inspired Epistler to actually test them.

However, of all the various cultures on Alagaesia, only 5 of them got to have a Party: elves, dwarves, urgals, werecats, and Broddring humans.

But what about Ra'zac, the Wandering Tribes, or spirits?


Others in various comments have given ideas for ra'zac party, but the Wandering Tribes, or "nomad people" have always been overlooked.

Wandering Tribes-Themed Party

 

Food:

Stereotypical "African" dishes, because duh. Spicy spit-roasted game meats, tapioca and cassava, root vegetable soup, biltong and jerky. Fresh dates and figs for sweets.

Activities/ Games:

Nomadic Lunch:  the Wandering Tribes are so called because they move around often. Every so often during the party, the host shouts "Change Places!" at which point all guests must find a new place to sit.

Drum Dance: Put on some drum music. Dance.

Trial of Long Knives: Take turns cutting your arms. Last one standing is the winner!

Calling of Names: Take turns shouting your name at the top of your voice. If the party is small enough, go around again and shout someone else's name.



Crafts:

Inapashunna Crown: Make a massive fuck-off crown that weighs the same as a small child. Take turns wearing it. The person who can wear it longest without snapping their neck is the new chieftain!

Travelling Village: Draw or make a model of a village that can easily be packed up and moved.


Craftsmanship: The Wandering Tribes were renowned for their craftsmanship. Teach yourself silversmithing and make jewellery for your friends! Google or Youtube instructional videos.


Racist Depiction: Do a Google search for racist African-themed colouring in pages. Print some out, and colour them in with pencils, pens, or watercolour paints.

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In keeping with the official Paolini-licensed Inheritance Parties (TM), this party is both wholly inappropriate for children, poorly thought out, incredibly boring, more than slightly racist, and unoriginal.

Feel free to add your own party ideas in the comments. What would a Helgrind Religion party be like?

 

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Helgrind Religion/Ra'zac party

Food: A quick google search revealed that humans taste like pork so:
Pork roast
Black Pudding (made from blood)
Blodpatter (pork blood pancake)
Czarnina
Boudin Noir
(If actual Ra'zac attend, human will be served)

Activities.
Torture: Ra'zac have a history of torture. Kidnap someone off the street and torture them! (Warning, may result in police being called, and a stay in a maximum security prison)

Mutilation: The priests of Helgrind have a history of self-mutilation. Get drunk and lop of a finger!

Breaking and Entering: Dress up in a black robe and a fake beak. Break into someone's house, run around with a knife, and hiss to get in to that true party spirit. (Warning, local sanitarium may be called.)

Wild gathering: The priests of Helgrind have wild, crazy rituals. Gather with a bunch of your friends, sharp implements, and various adult beverages, and let the carnage ensue!

Crafts:
The priests of Helgrind have an elaborate blade, make one yourself!

Design an evil lair!

-UltimateCheetah

[epistler]

HAHAH!
I've actually eaten blood pudding a couple of times. It's quite tasty.

[(Anonymous)]

Cool! Did you eat it at a restaurant?

P.S. With me searching "what do humans taste like" and "food made with blood" I'm probably on an FBI watch list by now

-UltimateCheetah

[epistler]

Cool! Did you eat it at a restaurant?

At a relative's house in the UK, actually! We went on a family trip over there when I was a kid and I got to try all the classics including real Scottish haggis. Which is delicious, by the way. I've never found any back home that came close; mostly it was just really salty and gave me horrible indigestion.

[(Anonymous)]

That's cool. I would've loved to try scottish haggis. Unfortunately, here in the US, we don't have foods like that, so when I want to try something exotic, I have to search around for it. (I once tried to order sea urchin at Cracker Barrel, a country-style restaurant they have here. I was disappointed.)

-UltimateCheetah

[torylltales]

It's not too common in Australia either, even though we have a big Scottish population. I only got to try it because I was at a Scottish heritage festival.

If you're really interested, there are lots of places that sell it in the US, including Ackroyd's Bakery who ships to all mainland US states.

[torylltales]

I had a chance once, but I had to choose between blood pudding and haggis, so I chose haggis.

[epistler]

The secret ingredient is blood!

[epistler]

This whole thing is depressingly plausible what with how (intentionally) lazy, haphazard and ripped off from other sources it is. And yet I still find it more appealing than the genuine article if only because the food sounds a lot more interesting.

[ttt]

Honestly, that Nomadic lunch sounds like so much fun! I want to try it

[torylltales]

As with all things Paolinian, it was ripped from a far better beloved classical source (in this case, the Mad Hatter's Tea Party)

[ttt]

Oh yeah. I am embarrassed I didn't get that one.

Spirit party?

[cmdrnemo]

"Right" said Fred, "both of us together one each end and steady as we go."

Obviously the spirit party is going to require spirits. Remember to keep the drinking to a medium. It needs to be able to talk to ghosts. Remember not to pick up the spirits yourself. Instead use the phone to perform a liquor summoning ritual. True names are an important part of not angering the delivery staff. So get those right. You don't want sparkling apple juice for this one. Unless you do. That stuff is delicious.

Also, by the time that stuff arrives everyone should be somewhere inside a haunted castle on an ominous mountain. If you haven't inherited one from a unknown relative store bought is fine. Use infrasonic pulses in the 5-20 hertz range to give the guests that unnerving being watched feeling.

Then waste several hours attempting simple arts and crafts projects. Up the difficulty by succumbing to the power of the spirits. For bonus points try paper crafts or other such knife intensive detail oriented projects. Try to carve an eggshell into elegant shapes using a dremel in a dark haunted room while drunk. Nothing can possibly go wrong here.

Once you have enough blood. Use it to draw a pentagram on the floor. Place candles and follow the remaining instructions on page 273 of the necronomicon. If you don't have the necronomicon, evil dead is fine.

... I forgot where I was going with this. Involve some things only children would enjoy just because the age ranges for these parties are always frickin weird.

Re: Spirit party?

[minionnumber2]

Shades are a conglomeration of several spirits, so it is recommended that you bring a deck of cards and a goblet so that the parties can play at least one game of King's Cup.

[torylltales]

How about a Combined Races party? Guests choose or are randomly assigned a race from the books.


Food: a bit of everything. Lots of scrumptious juicy meat, and a 5-gallon drum of tea.

Games:

Insult contest: guests team up in their racial group, and take turns thinking up the most creative insults for the other races.

Anti-fan insult contest: everyone takes turn, in character as their chosen race, to come up with the most creative insults of Eragon.

[epistler]

What about the "wild humans" Ergy saw around his new dragon rider stronghold? Not that there's anything of substance to go on, but - hey, wait a minute. What if Mik'El is one of them?! This changes everything.

[torylltales]

I still want to see a follow-up story of him trying to sell Brisingr for beer money

[epistler]

LOL! Well, I'll write one if you remind me often enough. Promise. 😜

[(Anonymous)]

So something like--

Villager: What did you do with that fancy sword?

Mik'El: I sold it. It was unbalanced mess, I was lucky to get two king's silver for it.

[torylltales]

"Looked like it had been forged by a master wearing the skin of a complete novice. Honestly I'm surprised it hasn't cracked or delaminated by now, especially with the clumsy foolish way its last owner wielded it."

[(Anonymous)]

"And the way it caught on fire when you said a certain word... What kind of idiot thought that was a good idea? I'm glad I was able to get rid of it."

-UltimateCheetah

[epistler]

"I don't know who trained that kid - an old drunk with dementia, perhaps."

[epistler]

Shadow: "I advised against it, but he never listens to me."
Villager: "What the hell was THAT?"
Mik'el: "...Nothing. I have gas."

[torylltales]

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