Goblin wedding! I need ideas.

[Storminator]

My players are members of a goblin tribe. They started out as low level shlubs, worked their way up to Brute Squad, and are about to become the 2nd tier of leadership in the tribe. In their last adventure they snuck into an opposing clan's lair, killed all the leadership, and captured the hobgoblin princess. One of the PCs is currently slated to marry this princess and complete the take over of the rival's territory.

So we're running a goblin wedding episode! And I need ideas for the sorts of rituals and traditions that would happen in a goblin wedding.

Any ideas?

PS

 

[Vascant]

The last goblin wedding I went to served baby elven ribs, really wasn't my thing I have to say because the sauce couldn't kill the taste of flowers in the meat. I am hoping the next wedding I go has a nice hill giant thigh on a spit.

As far as traditions go..

No doubt some kind of offering from the hunters in the tribe, perhaps even a a big hunt before the wedding from which come the offerings. Shaman would probably bless the hunt, the offerings and the happy? couple. While the wedding would be brief, the events before and after should be an all day thing. (By events I mean the hunt and the party afterwards). All during this time the couple would maybe seated in the center for all to day, the groom could perhaps even have to fight off others who wish to steal the bride, should this happen the wedding is over/off.

 

[Wycen]

Paizo's Free RPG day module http://paizo.com/store/games/roleplayingGames/p/pathfinderRPG/paizo/pathfinderModules/v5748btpy8j5w is for a party of goblins and it lists Paizo style goblin games, like crawling through a roll of rusty barbed wire.

Of course, if goblins in Eberron take a clue from other races, maybe they are more "civilized" and so you need other ideas. Refresh our memory, what are Eberron goblins like?

 

[innerdude]

A violent argument must, simply must break out at the "wedding reception" over who, and what, should spike the punch.

And whether it's still alive when it's thrown in.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

At the end of the wedding a crate of live chickens is tossed from the rafters, breaking open and releasing two dozen panicked birds. The bride and groom make their escape while the guests try to grab birds - sort of like tossing the bouquet, but with more feathers. Those that get the birds may either eat them or keep them in hopes of increased fertility.

The Auld Grump

 

[Thanael]

Eberron's goblinoids are the descendants of a highly civilized warrior culture, The Empire Of Dhakaan (Think Japanese/Roman/Goblinoid Shogunat, with the goblin clans providing the ninjas). The empire fell though and the goblinoid nation of Darguun has existed only since the end of the Last War. So they are pretty much standard D&D goblins with a bit more civilization in a mixed monstrous culture trying to reclaim the ancient ways, the Heirs of Dhakaan.

Read the Legacy of Dhakaan novels trilogy for a very nice description.

Also:
Dragonshards -- Heirs of Dhakaan
Darguun - Eberron Unlimited
Goblin - Eberron Unlimited
The Empire Of Dhakaan - Eberron Unlimited
Goblins in Eberron

 

[Aberzanzorax]

Not wedding bands for the bride and groom....

wedding brands.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Throw poo at each other.

 

[Gilladian]

The bride is taken off by the other females of her new tribe and is ritually bathed, fed, and dressed by them. The purpose of this is to remove from her person any and all traces of previous clan loyalty.

If Eberron Goblins are into tattoos, she may have to endure a public ceremony removing or disfiguring her old tribal tattoos and replacing them with the new tribe's markings. This process could also be a test of her endurance. The better she presents herself during the painful experience, the higher her respect from the other goblins.

On the other hand, the groom may have to endure attempts before his wedding night to render him exhausted or impotent or possibly overstimulated; drinking contests, dancing girls, etc... Goblins would probably consider it the height of hilarity to ruin the wedding night in this sort of way.

Think of anything a group of drunk fratboys might do to one of their own, and the goblins might attempt it.

 

[Sepulchrave II]

The wedding must take place in a church.

The bride wears a dirty, ill-fitting white dress. She is adorned with cheap baubles. Her face is smeared with rouge.

The groom has a tatty coat and tails, a poorly-tied bow tie, and a battered hat.

Danny Elfman plays the organ.