Lore

Holidays Celebrated Across Imarel - by T.A. Saunders ©2010 v1.2

The following is a list of holidays celebrated across Imarel; some are only celebrated in certain nations, others are celebrated across the world. Notations for such will be marked with each holiday and holidays will be separated by the Terran and Imarelian month they take place on. Since the Asyndi were the first to make many of these holidays, they are noted in their language. Some are Elvish holidays Humans have adopted and still others are exclusively holidays celebrated by certain races.

Irasi (September)

Irasi 10, The Festival of the Huntress (Tallis-Kah Territories, Windsong Republic, Kingdom of Vyss, Kingdom of Moonfall)

This day is the closest Ishaela comes to Imarel; the night sky is quite literally filled by the blue moon Ishaela as it crests across the Ring of Falling. This is a solemn occasion where druids across Imarel dress in white robes and gather the faithful to bonfires held out in open fields where Ishaela can be seen most clearly. This festival is traditionally a time where druids tell tales of the ancient Sivanoshei and of the Old Gods, especially Zorah whom the Elves revere.

A ritual hunt is also held on this day, where hunters are tasked for finding a Dimrah, a mythical horned and tusked boar thought to symbolize all the evils in the world. As dimrahs are rare (and insanely ferocious) these ritual hunts do not always meet with success. To succeed means evil has been cleansed from the land for a year and the dimrah's meat is consumed in a great feast held afterward. Failure means evil endures another year and the feasting is replaced with a vigil to Zorah.

Irasi 21, Miro Jirune (Imarel-Wide)

This day is the celebration of the coming of the season of Miro. Much like other celebrations of the season, Miro Jirune is filled with outdoor celebration and games of skill, the most popular of which is the Gajir. This event involves teams of five, that must push a heavy log up a slotted track of mud for one hundred feet. The first team to accomplish this feat wins the event. Winning the event gives the winning team bragging rights for the next year and free mulled apple wine throughout the course of the festival. The colors for this celebration are yellow, orange and red.