| Harvest
Festival |
Sarir 10 |
The Harvest Festival is
celebrated throughout the kingdoms. It is considered the end of
the old year. Typical celebrations include wild parties held in
the streets of the cities and feasts held in the countryside. It
is also called Spirit Night and is the time of year most feared for
summoning up the dead. Those cultures who worship their ancestors
do hold this night most holy. |
| Nox's Turning |
Valir 27 |
Nox's Turning is celebrated as
the defeat of the night goddess Nox. Men are considered unsafe on
this night as women called "Nox's Children" roam the
streets looking for stray men. Men caught by the women are
sexually assaulted then killed. No one knows who these women are
and the authorities have never caught one. Most kingdoms just
advise their men to stay indoors. |
| Freya's
Dawn |
Mandir 4 |
Freya's Dawn is a festival as
old as the goddess herself. It is rarely observed in cities but
the rural citizens still hold it sacred. On this night, all the
single men and women between the ages of 16 and 30 in the surrounding
villages gather at the local lord's house. Everyone wears masks
and don clothes to hide their identity. It is a night filled with
revelry and drinking. At the hour of the Wolf, a great gong is
struck and the females choose a male from the gathering. The
couple retires to the fields around the home and join in making a child.
Children born from this festival are considered lucky. Children
born on this night are considered blessed by the goddess. This
festival has led to many of the half-breeds in the world. |
| Day of
Sorrows |
Granir 15 |
This day marks the remembrance
of the start of the Mage Wars. Spellcasters never use spells in
public and Arcane practice is considered illegal on this day.
Offenders are normally stoned to death by the populace. In old
times, the priests of T'loric would travel throughout the land searching
for Mages and collecting "tribute" from local lords. |
| The Sending |
Erinir 6 |
On this day, the priests of
T'loric would gather together taking the Arcane prisoners from every
kingdom to a secret location. There they would pierce the Veil and
send these prisoners into beyond where they sent the great mages before
them. It was widely believed that on this day, the veil could be
pierced if the priests were not vigilant. Since the decline of the
priesthood, this day has passed without commemoration. Most
peasants will even say a prayer and do signs against evil to try and
keep the evil at bay. Arcane casters don't uses their spells for
fear of activating the Veil and getting taken prisoner by the dead
priesthood. |
| Nerull's
Piety |
Minir 17 |
The priesthood of Nerull use
this day to communicate with their dark god. At midnight, the
populace believes that the dark priests raid graveyards to create more
of their hideous undead. No non-believer of Nerull knows for sure
what the priesthood does on this night. All that is known is that
the priesthood gathers together and goes off into remote areas of the
world. Good priests are mostly afraid to interfere with the dark
activities. The last lord to take action against the group that
night, woke up the next morning next to a ghoul who used to be his wife.
Few commoners venture out on this night if it can be avoided.
Tales abound of travelers who simply disappear from their camps in the
dark of night. |
