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* '''Midsummer Night:''' ''Sune''. Sunite temples organize all-night revels that feature flirtatious chases through forests and parks. | * '''Midsummer Night:''' ''Sune''. Sunite temples organize all-night revels that feature flirtatious chases through forests and parks. | ||
* '''Luckfeast:''' ''Tymora''. A long night of free-wheeling revelry, filled with mischief and romantic trysts. | * '''Luckfeast:''' ''Tymora''. A long night of free-wheeling revelry, filled with mischief and romantic trysts. | ||
| − | ===Shieldmeet (Once every 4 years) | + | ===Shieldmeet (Once every 4 years)=== |
'''Shieldmeet Years:''' 1348, 1352, 1356, 1360, 1364, 1368, 1372 DR. | '''Shieldmeet Years:''' 1348, 1352, 1356, 1360, 1364, 1368, 1372 DR. | ||
===Eleasias=== | ===Eleasias=== | ||
Revision as of 16:28, 29 January 2014
Contents
- 1 Daily
- 2 Tendaily
- 3 Monthly
- 4 Annual
- 4.1 Hammer
- 4.2 Alturiak
- 4.3 Ches
- 4.4 Tarsakh
- 4.5 Greengrass (Festival)
- 4.6 Mirtul
- 4.7 Kythorn
- 4.8 Flamerule
- 4.9 Midsummer (Festival)
- 4.10 Shieldmeet (Once every 4 years)
- 4.11 Eleasias
- 4.12 Eleint
- 4.13 High Harvesttide (Festival)
- 4.14 Marpenoth
- 4.15 Uktar
- 4.16 Feast of the Moon (Festival)
- 4.17 Nightal
Daily
- Sunrise Service: Lathander. Welcoming rites to Lathander as the day begins.
- Twilight Service: Lathander. Solemn rites asking Lathander to watch over his faithful as the night comes.
- Song of the Sword: Tempus. A rousing holy battle chant performed just after dark in temples, invoking Tempus' strength of arms through the night and unto the following day.
Tendaily
- Feast of Love: Sune. Intimate gatherings of the faithful in which they recline on cushions and couches, eating bitelets and sipping liquers, while enjoying solitary dancers interspersed with readers of poetry and romantic prose. Such gatherings always break up into more private groups afterwards.
Monthly
- Full Moon Revel: Selune. Open-air dances and prayers under the moonlight with sacrifices of milk poured out upon the altar.
- New Moon Revel: Selune. Open-air dances and prayers under the moonlight with sacrifices of wine poured out upon the altar.
- Grand Revel: Sune. A dusk-to-dawn party in which outsiders are invited, dancing and minstrelsry dominate and those of the faith seek converts with fun and an exhibition of the temple's beautiful or art objects.
Annual
Hammer
Alturiak
Ches
- Song of Dawn (Ches 19th; Spring Equinox): Lathander. Praise-song that blends purely vocal harmonies and counter-harmonies of incredible complexity. Can be heard for blocks around echoing through the Spires of Morning.
- First Feast (Ches 19th; Spring Equinox): Mielikki. Holy rituals and revels where the faithful of Mielikki are expected to enjoy the sensual pleasures of life and sing praises to the Lady in the forest.
Tarsakh
Greengrass (Festival)
- The Wild Ride: Mielikki. The Lady causes herds of unicorns to gather in forests and permit the faithful to ride them bareback on wild tears through the forest through the night. The unicorns are empowered to use their teleport powers at unlimited use and triple range, allowing them to travel great distances.
- Sunite Revels: Sune. Sunites celebrate Greengrass with frolicking in the outdoors.
Mirtul
Kythorn
- Second Feast (Kythorn 20th; Summer Solstice): Mielikki. Holy rituals and revels where the faithful of Mielikki are expected to enjoy the sensual pleasures of life and sing praises to the Lady in the forest.
Flamerule
Midsummer (Festival)
- Song of Dawn: Lathander. Praise-song that blends purely vocal harmonies and counter-harmonies of incredible complexity. Can be heard for blocks around echoing through the Spires of Morning.
- The Wild Ride: Mielikki. The Lady causes herds of unicorns to gather in forests and permit the faithful to ride them bareback on wild tears through the forest through the night. The unicorns are empowered to use their teleport powers at unlimited use and triple range, allowing them to travel great distances. On days where Shieldmeet follows Midsummer, the Wild Ride may continue through that day.
- Midsummer Night: Sune. Sunite temples organize all-night revels that feature flirtatious chases through forests and parks.
- Luckfeast: Tymora. A long night of free-wheeling revelry, filled with mischief and romantic trysts.
Shieldmeet (Once every 4 years)
Shieldmeet Years: 1348, 1352, 1356, 1360, 1364, 1368, 1372 DR.
Eleasias
Eleint
- Song of Dawn (Eleint 21st; Autumn Equinox): Lathander. Praise-song that blends purely vocal harmonies and counter-harmonies of incredible complexity. Can be heard for blocks around echoing through the Spires of Morning.
- Third Feast (Eleint 21st; Autumn Equinox): Mielikki. Holy rituals and revels where the faithful of Mielikki are expected to enjoy the sensual pleasures of life and sing praises to the Lady in the forest.
High Harvesttide (Festival)
Marpenoth
- Starfall (Marpenoth 22nd): Tymora. A celebration of new and lucky beginnings, believed to mark the death of the old goddess Tyche, and the birth of Tymora. Clergy who have earned advancements and acclaim receive them this time of year, and all clergy are given new vestments.
Uktar
Feast of the Moon (Festival)
- Praise of the Valorous Dead: Tempus. A great time of solemnity in which the Valorous Dead - a roll of those who have fallen in battle that year - are added to the ever-growing list kept of such by each temple.
Nightal
- Fourth Feast (Nightal 20th; Winter Solstice): Mielikki. Holy rituals and revels where the faithful of Mielikki are expected to enjoy the sensual pleasures of life and sing praises to the Lady in the forest.
