Month |
Holiday |
Lumen |
Low
Sun Friday (3rd Friday of the month): Celebrating the beginning
of the lengthening of days, that the winter is on the way out. |
Aethir |
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Terra |
Nymph's
Return(26th): Traditionally, the Woodland |
Dietra |
Pauper's
Festival (14th): A fast day where the food that was to be eaten
is given to the poor. This is done in remembrance of those that
are needy and to foster gratitude to god. |
Shel |
Day
of the Ascended(2nd): Solemn occasion to remember the dead, especially
those that have died in battle. Paper hot air balloons with tiny
candles are launched into the air, symbolic of the spirits rising
to meet their God. Also a nasty forest fire season. |
Aura |
Unity
Day(8th): A celebration of the uniting of Grunburg, Geyon, and
Alexander into a single kingdom. This is a day of feasting and
fireworks, singing and drunkenness. Traditional food is roast Goblin,
which in more enlightened times was replaced with a peacock-like
bird called a Phirka. |
Aquara |
- Sprite's
Homecoming (Brin only, 10th): Celebrates the return of the
Sprites following the great war. Unknown to the common man,
the sprites entered a sort of stasis to sleep out the horrible
conditions following the war, having faith that the elves would
return someday.
- Post
Day (5th): Originally celebrating the creation of the pony
mail system, but now just an excuse to attend the horse races.
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Phierae |
- Scinton
Fest (Alexander only, 30th): Celebrates the accomplishments
of Scinton the Wondrous, the wizard that made the land great
through improvements to cattle production and agriculture through
beneficial spells. This is the season of harvest. An attitude
of thanksgiving prevails. Scinton is remembered by the giving
of excess harvest to those in need and allowing the needy to
glean the fields. Scinton was one that believed in helping
the less fortunate.
- Drake
Dercach Day (Grunburg only, 28th): Celebrating the alliance
of Grunburg with the ancient dragon Dercach, which saved them
in a past troll war, for which Grunburg gives tribute of several
cows a month.
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Tousrak |
Angel's
Eve(3rd): Women dress in white and do good deeds in disguise, do
acts of kindness for others, and give gifts to those in need. This
is in remembrance of God's continued involvement in mankind's matters
and the need for us to help Him. |
Phoss |
Ice
Festival (Grunburg only, 25th - 26th ): Grand ice sculptures are
carved and parties and festivities of all kinds rage in the streets.
Children dress up as yeti, the scarier the better. Grand parades
wind their way through the city streets and bonfires are lit, around
which the folk sing and dance. |
Tilynn |
Spud
Fest (Alexander only, 18th): Citizens gather in the snow-covered
parks and do dutch oven cookery (cooking in a pit full of coals
in a cast iron pan with a lid), usually stew with potatoes being
a chief ingredient as well as frost grouse, common in the winter
grasslands. A large bonfire is built and families get together. |
There are
11 months in the Jeran year of 31 days. Every third year there are
a bonus 2 days at the end of Aura, one of the summer months. During
these two days named Fool's Highday and Fool's Penance, one has an
obligation to drink until one is sick the first day and to recover
and rest the next, usually in the company of one of the opposite sex.
During these days, the church will forgive any sins that one commits
that do not physically harm another. Not surprisingly, there are usually
a large number of children born in Shel (9 months later). This holiday
is to remind one of the fallen state of man and of God's (whichever
you choose) purity.
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