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The '''Beggars' Feast''' was an [[Alethi]] tradition.
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The '''Beggars' Feast''' is an [[Alethi]] tradition.
 
   
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At each occasion, the host duplicates the feast and invite the poorest of people to share in their revelry.
 
   
 
At each occasion, the host would duplicate the feast and invite the poorest of people to share in their revelry.
In [[Alethkar]], it is tradition at any banquet of the king to also feed the less fortunate. The Feast is held in a separate room in which any poor people may attend and eat the same as a the king and his guests.
 
   
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In [[Alethkar]], it was tradition at any banquet of the king to also feed the less fortunate.
[[Szeth]] walked through the Beggar's Feast on his way to assassinate [[Gavilar]].{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} While there, he witnesses a seemingly drunken old beggar speaking gibberish. The old beggar is the [[Herald]] [[Jezrien]] whom [[Dalinar]] visits when he needs alcohol.{{book ref|sa3|88}} This Beggars' Feast was double the standard size.{{book ref|sa4|prologue}}
 
 
The Feast was held in a separate room in which any poor people may attend and eat the same as a the king and his guests.
   
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[[Szeth]] walked through the Beggar's Feast on his way to assassinate [[Gavilar]].
The Beggars' Feast is cancelled by [[Aesudan Kholin|Queen Aesudan]] during the [[War of Reckoning]].{{book ref|sa2|i|12}}
 
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While there, he witnessed a seemingly drunken old beggar speaking gibberish.
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This could possibly have been [[Hoid]].
   
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After being stripped of his title by Queen [[Jasnah Kholin]], former Highprince [[Ruthar]] is given the chance to take the Queen's charity from Beggars' Feasts, or to join the military as a new recruit.{{book ref|sa4|50}}
 
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