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This being a compendium of all holidays, both cannon and player created
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Longer description Holidays can also be found there.

Holidays by Date

Season of Air

Spirit's Rebirth or Fate's Day - 28th Ascending Air

Counterpoint to the Spirit's Death holiday, this is believed to be the day when Spirit's blossom back to life. This day is a lot of celebrating in the North, so much so that work is halted on this day. No northern town will work on this day, that has been an age old traditon unbroken by the realm, the fiar folk, or the deathlords. In the cities of the Hislanti League this day is also known as Fate's Day. While they respect dreams, dreams on this day are said to be most potent and truest of all. It is believed that adults dream their future on this night and those who remeber their dreams have an edge on the future. (though not always long-reaching future.)

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Second Spark - 1st-12th Resplendent Air

This is a time in the South when, despite the season, things warm to simular temperatures on would fins in Respendant Fire. It is believed that long ago the Fire and Air dragon's fought and after 12 days, the fire dragon won. His prize would be that he would hold 12 days in the other dragon's tenure. He chose Respendant when the Air Dragon would normally be at his stongest. (the arrogant prick.) For these tweleve days all of the south enjoy a 12 day leasuely holiday, and even relax with their duties. Members of the realm like to call this time "Slaker's holiday" even though many escape their work loads to travel south and enjoy the pleasant weather. When this holiday ends, the air dragon repays his borther well. On the sunset of the last night, harsh cold winds whip up and the next day is filled with storms, and chilled wind. The fourteenth still has chilly winds but storms stop, after the frouteenth weather resumes to normal. It is rumored that this effects happen elsewhere, but such effects are slight if at all.

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Season of Water

Swell or Mare Festival on 17th of Resplendent Water.

A water festival celebrated on the coast of the south, they celebrate good fishing and the Water Dragon's birthday (14th) Also celebrated further inland, the oases swell to one and half again their normal height, and the water in them stays cool until drunk. Its a good omen to start travel through the desert on this day. Even warring barbarians will cease hostilities in this day, so not to disrupt the spirits.

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Season of Earth

Festival of Declaration - 4th Ascending Earth

This "Dark Day" as it's called in some places, is celebrated virtually everywhere. This is the day of all the men declaring their love for their sweethearts. The custom is to give a earthen toned gift of affection (chocolates, dark meat, dark clothes, ect.) There are various tradition based around this holiday, such as in the south, they give the gift before dawn and don't declare their love until the sun has set. Among other ideas.

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Festival of Requittal - 4th Resplendent Earth

"White Day" is the opposite of "Dark Day", and partner to the Festival of Decliration. On this day it is the woman's turn to answer and return her affections for the men or man who declared their love for her in the month previous. Gifts on this day are typically white or silver to show the purity of her love. Like the "dark day" there are reigonal traditions such as in the West women leading their men to the shore and giving their gifts among the while foam of the surf. ect.

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Season of Wood

Blossom Viewing Festival - 22th-24th Resplendent Wood

A day when all the trees blossom in the East, and everyone stops to witness their splender and beauty on these days. It's common to fly kites, have picknics and all asortment of outside activities on these days. While this holiday is mostly celebrated in the East it's not uncommon for Dynastic nobles to have trees imprted to their private garden to celebrate this beautiful holiday too.

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Sailor's Holiday - 12th-16th Descending Wood

A good day for sea traveling. The oceans seem to be supernaturally calm these days, and travel is super easy these days. This isn't really considered a holday, but it's a good time for folk all through creation.

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Hunter's Day - 20 Descending Wood

The day in the West when the hunting season for big sea game begins. The creatures are most common between the 20th and calibration, and it's strict taboo to hunt these creatures before this day.

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

/SextesJylisDay - Celebrated 14th day of Resplendent Wood - Practiced by The Immaculate Order - Contrubuted by BrilliantRain

Season of Fire

Rain of Stars - 15th-21st Descending Fire

This is a holiday once trasured in the first age, primarily among Sidereals. This week Stars rain down from the sky, and are even visible on most nights. This is a great time for Starmetal gathering. Even though the holiday has been demonized by the Order, Sidereals all over creation still celebrate it in secret. On the last day, for those who watch, they will get the gift of seeing stars as they seem to retreat back up to heaven...

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Spirit's Death - 28th Descending Fire

This northern holiday is believed to be the last day when Spirits are alive and active. While this isn't really true, they believe this day is a bad day to start projects or begin travel as the spirits are most active this day, and are sure to curse bad luck on anything of the sort.

- ScrambledValkyrie, origin unknown

Calibration

Holidays by Location

The Realm

The Immaculate Order

North

East

South

West

Scavenger Lands

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Comments

First of all if a page like this already exists, feel free to switch this into a link back to that page or whatever.

Anyway I just found out that we have a CreationCalendar page, a TimeinCreation page (it looks at dating systems, i.e. types of calanders), and a CreationTimeline page. This seems to handle all the dates well, but this gave rise to a thought: what about a holiday page? So I created one.
--BrilliantRain

Formatting suggestions: I suggest that each holiday be put on its own sub page with the notation on this page given as:
/HolidayName - (number) day of (month) - Practiced in (Location)
and a note of who created it if it is non-cannon or a note of where it can be found if cannon. The format for the sub pages can be found at /HolidayName.
--BrilliantRain