Parietes

Parietes is a cold tundra planet in the Third Sector, inhabited by Ursalings, the most notable of which being Bearbushka. It is where the Rolling Pin Tool is introduced, and serves as a mid-game refresher after long, adventurous segments of the game where cooking skills and Tools have been underutilized.

## History

The planet closely orbited the red dwarf star Newlyt, in its infancy an inhospitable and dangerous planetoid with nothing but hot lava on its surface. However, the intense gravitational field of the enormous gas giant Moriarty pulled Parietes far away from its existing orbit; letting it cool down from the intense heat of Newlyt.

### Intelligent life

Known by humans as the Similarity Factor, life that evolves on other planets tends to be very similar to life that already exists on Earth, and Parietes is no exception. The primary species that inhabited Parietes were the Ursalings, upright bear-like aliens that fed mainly on berries. As their brains grew over time, the Ursalings developed their skills of agriculture, growing plants, cultivating livestock, and constructing villages. Soon, the Ursalings created a complex society. Power, business, money, trade, government; soon Parieties became the most advanced planet in its part of the Milky Way.

### Cultural divide

The first great conflict on Parietian soil was long before any major advancements in their technology(or record-keeping either), in fact, most historians believed it was fought with sticks and stones. This conflict was between the Grizzly clan and the Polar clan, the two most powerful races on Parietes. The Grizzly clan was accustomed to the warmer southern regions, dense with trees and blessed with abundant resources. The Polar clan, on the other hand, was not so lucky. The center of their society was in the high mountains and the snowy tundra, where they hunted and gathered the meat of equally unlucky creatures that crossed their path.

The battle between these two clans was fought over the greatest Parietan delicacy: Pie. The Grizzly clan believed that everyone on Parietes should make "the best type of pie: Blueberry", but the Polar clan was having none of it. They believed that Blueberries tasted horrendous. The Grizzly clan took this as a major offense, and thus their much more powerful numbers easily overcame them in war, banishing them to the northern ice cap of the planet for eternity.

As time went on, most Parietans forgot about the Polar clan, only remembering them once the Atomic War concluded. This becomes a major story point during Act I of A Cook's Tale.

### The Atomic War

Parietes was a very advanced civilization, technologically and societally. Hallmarks of modernity such as abundance of food, public transit, and other amenities proved them to be a powerful and intelligent race. However, with the advent of innovation came conflict. Warring nations all called for an advance in military technology; and thus nuclear power was popularized. Soon, every country faced the threat of mutually assured destruction, and in what came to be known as the Atomic War, irreversible damage was done to Parietan society. Only rural villages remained.

### Alternate UHA

Barren grassless plains on Parietes became a common sight after nuclear war ravaged what was left of the once-prominent cities. When the Alternate UHA accessed the Shatterverse and arrived in the A Cook's Tale universe, they took advantage of Parietes' small population and treated the barren plains as a clean slate for construction of its facilities. When Chef arrives in Parietes during Act II, he finds Bearbushka at the head of a planned escape from the clutches of the AUHA.

## Culture

The Similarity Factor does not affect the culture of an extraterrestrial planet, but some scientists theorize that the basic building blocks of a cohesive culture/society are shared between all forms of life across the galaxy. People were blanketed and generalized, and this worked well: most men of the time were all hard-working everymen; and most women stayed at home, cooked, cleaned, and cared for the kids. The eldest child would take care of his younger siblings, and so on.

But this all changed following the Atomic War; the scattered population remaining in small woodland villages realized that individuality was their only hope. Now, it was every man for himself. Defense of your own property became the top priority.

### Religion

Pre-Atomic War Parietes was an advanced society that revolved heavily around science and innovation, and as such very little of its population was rooted in religion. However, following the Atomic War, most survivors were rural inhabitants and therefore were not as aware or knowledgeable of central Parietes' scientific achievements. Therefore, most people living in rural Parietes are religious.

### Cuisine

The aftermath of the Atomic War forced survivors to become more in-touch with nature, and thus its abundancies were revealed. A wide variety of ingredients in Parietan cuisine is one of its many staples; Food there is healthy, easy to make, and easy to afford. One of the Parietan specialties, especially in the southern regions, is the great Blueberry pie. The Blueberry pie Item in A Cook's Tale is the second most nutritious source of Biofuel, and is the focal point of the A Walk Into A Run mission.

### Etymology

When speaking to other Parietan natives, they speak the language Ursine, but even the rural folk are the educated type, so they are aware of many other languages, even those from other planets, such as English and the Karmenian Kang. Ursine is not a complex language, and, similar to some human languages, lacks definite and indefinite articles.

## Notable locations

The capital of Parietes' top superpower was St. Pattersbearg, which has now been reduced to ruins. Since the planet now lacks a central government, there is no official capital.

### Igloo

Igloo is the capital of the struggling Polar clan's territory. During Act I of A Cook's Tale, it is in a dilapidated state, with the remaining members of the clan barely scraping by as a result of overhunting the native seal population. The city is an unorganized array of pits in the ground, connected by hallways that dip part of the way through. This allows the hot air to stay in the pits. In the center of every pit is a small fire, most of which extinguished as lots of the population has either died or left for warmer areas. Igloo is the only area on Parietes not affected by Atomic War radiation.

### Sibearia

Sibearia is the area directly bordering Igloo. It is the only remaining municipal city following the Atomic War, due to it declaring its neutrality before the bombs were dropped. It is a historical and religious landmark, and where Bearbushka's children and grandchildren are reportedly spending their summer.