An idea I thought was connected to Boxing Day, but apparently not...
27: The Lord Of Misrule
“Then Mister Oogie Boogie Man
Will take the whole thing over then”
A Christmas tradition relating to the Feast of Fools, the Lord of Misrule is in charge of the more anarchic revelry of the season, either actually organising some of it or as a symbolic king-for-a-day situation.
While the real historical Lord of Misrule could only disrupt the social order to a certain extent, a real king-for-a-day situation could make a real mess of a fantasy setting.
And it’s also the kind of mess a player character might get himself into, even without the sometime addition of killing them at the end of their temporary reign.
It also gave its name to Lords Of Misrule, a British folk horror comic about horrible faeries and other folkloric oddities, as well as a Nigel Tranter novel starting a trilogy about the Stewart dynasty.
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