Even in Mordor it's time for the holidays! Winter Solstice is approaching, and minions near and far have downed tools and abandoned their posts to start the party early. Consequences? Meh, we'll deal with those later! Who can work at this time of year anyway?? Pubmistress Írimë has closed On the Rocks up for her winter hols at a manor house near Nan Morlith, but she couldn't resist throwing one more bash before swanning off. A pop-up pub has appeared at the mouth of the valley of Udûn, a large and comfortable tent covered in fairy lights, a brazen pool of light and colorful festivity amidst the arid darkness of the Mordorian landscape. Within the floor is carpeted with many rugs, chairs, tables, poufs, and chaises are scattered about, and a large bar with stools has been erected at the far end. Írimë and bartender Frost along with the rest of the regular staff have the night off (though they might fix you a drink if you ask very nicely), and the bar is manned by a variety of snagas in santa hats. Placards stand on the bar and various table showing a new festive drink menu! Snacks have been placed in similarly labeled dishes on the bar and around the pub with stacks of plates and cutlery beside them, and are self-serve.
The pub has been decorated inside with yet more fairy lights, adding a colorful brightness to the moody firelight of candles and braziers within the canvas walls. Mummified heads of the losers of hoppit darts (the hoppits, obviously) hang from the bottom of the braziers, covered in chains of lovingly cut out paper snowflakes that dangle towards the floor. Several fir trees have been spirited away from somewhere and stood up in the corners of the room, and many nine-branched candelabra hold all the candles, rather than their usual haphazard scattering. In pride of place against one wall stands a large acquired table, with a sign hanging above it that says ‘Presents’. If you wish to anonymously (or not) leave a gift for another pub goer, you can do so here! On one corner of the bar is a large glass jar, with a small doll representation of an elf inside, wearing a gag that looks oddly like a mask. A small sign inside the jar says In Quarantine. Is that the chitter of a George coming from the dark upper recesses of the canvas? It’s hard to tell above the festive music coming from the goblin band in the corner.
Come one, come all, and get your festive drink on! ALL are welcome. It’s still Mordor, but a truce has been called and in the spirit of the festivities, murder is off the menu. Who can resist a good party?
DRINKS
Foaming Fairy - Gin, lemon juice, absinthe, and an egg white shaken to create a foam atop the lurid green liquid. Topped with drops of bitters.
Ginger Scald - Ginger oil, pear brandy, radish flavored wine. Mulled with a hot iron and served after a brisk stir.
Ginger Oil Shots - If the Ginger Scald isn't intense enough for you, try pure shots of hot ginger oil. Will your throat survive?
Peppermint Shots - Put a little pep in your step and clear your sinuses with shots of pure peppermint essence
Mulled Wine - A blend of rich red wines, mulled with nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cardamom pods, oranges, cranberries, and honey liqueur
Eggnog - A rich and eggy dairy beverage full of brandy and rum, spices, and citrus zest. Dangerous.
Pumpkin Spice Latte - A new On the Rocks hit, devised swiftly after the introduction of coffee to the premises
Eggnog Latte - Pumpkin Spice can't have all the fun
Absinthe Hot Chocolate - For a sweet and minty kick in the teeth
NIBBLES
Cinder Toffee - Sticky toffees, with a smoky flavor that can only come from the ash of Orodruin
Red Berry Surprise - Bowls of sugared red berries, either to be eaten on their own, as an accompaniment, or to top your drink! Some are tart and delicious. Some are poisonous. Some are hallucinogenic. Some are all of the above. Who knows what you’ll get?
Frosted Elf Ears - Your usual crispy bar snack from On the Rocks, now frosted with festive figures and scenes. There’s even frost-your-own ear stations with plain ears and a variety of frostings and toppings!
Fruitcake - Dense, delicious cake studded with many kinds of candied fruit and peel, glace cherries, soaked and aged with brandy
Saffron Buns - Light, fluffy, sweet buns liberally flavored with saffron
Jelly Donuts - Sweet springy donuts stuffed with raspberry jelly
Lutefisk - A delicacy amongst orcs
Pub will run through January 2 until I feel like ending it! Cut loose, have fun, keep an eye out for pub events!
Feel free to godmode the heck out of the snaga bartenders/servers.
House Rules
-This is a minion pub so bad behavior is expected, but Godmoding is right out (except the snagas).
If you godmode, expect to be godmoded back by Írimë
-All races welcome, but remember, it's the minions' home turf...
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