An Invitation to the Festival of Light

[riveit]

As homins have become safer from the kitin menace, and as religious devotion is on the rise, some ancient traditions are being revived. Amongst these traditions, there are certain holy days and festivals, the greatest of which is the yearly Festival of Light. Held every Jena Year by Karavaneer homins, this festival celebrates life and gives thanks to our Mother Jena, Goddess of the Sun, who made our lives possible by saving and sustaining us with light. After the Dragon lead our ancestors to Atys, He endeavored to extinguish the sunlight of Atys and reduce our ancestors to slavery in the cold and the dark. However Jena, Creator of Atys, got wind of the Dragon's plans and filled His body with eternal fire to prevent him from breathing coldness and extinguishing the living light. We celebrate Jena’s saving our ancestors that day and providing us with the living Light every day since.

All homins are invited to attend this joyous celebration of light and homin life! On Sunday, July 30th at 18:00 BST (13:00 EDT), the King and Queen of the Festival, will start leading the Festival procession from Yrkanis’ north gateway. Showering the crowds with gifts, the King and Queen will lead all merry-makers with a line of mektoubs carrying the firewine and stinga rum through the Abyss of Ichor to the festival grounds outside of the Kuilde camp in Nexus. Many competitions with large prizes are planned. There will be a race across Nexus for young homins, free crafting for young homins, ritual men's and women's armorless knifefights, line dances of the elders of Atys, a hunt-the-marauder chase game, and lastly, a team of nine combat competition for a prize of 18 stacks of purple crystals. Finally, any Festival goers who are not too exhausted by the end, may join an expedition into the wilds of Atys to search for the remains of our ancestor's cities.



[Note: this is an IC post placed in this forum for greater visibility]

[grimjim]

IC: Where are you getting the firewine?

[riveit]

IC: Where are you getting the firewine?

Buying it in Yrkanis at grossly inflated prices, as usual! Anyone wishing to bring their packers along and sell food and drink to the Festival goers is, of course, welcome.



Oh!!! If only the Karavan and Kamis would sell teleport tickets for packers!!!

[grimjim]

Buying it in Yrkanis at grossly inflated prices, as usual! Anyone wishing to bring their packers along and sell food and drink to the Festival goers is, of course, welcome.

IC:
Hmm, and the Matis import it at ridiculous mark up from that wholesaler on Dexton street... they must be laying down a stockpile ready for the festival...

Bwahahahaha!

[sx4rlet]

a celebration? oooh nice, i like celebrations!
I love to see the fyros fight at them, they never can handle the firewine!

*crosses fingers and hopes she will make it*

[danolt]

I heard that there is a chance someone will be handing out Super (P)ero
(I)ndent (C)ut and (K)eep tools.

[vladww]

Argh wish there was a Kami festival similar to this..

Sounds great

[riveit]

wish there was a Kami festival similar to this..

Everyone is welcome to attend and compete for prizes.

[d29565]

Oh Goodie, I dont have to come on an alt then

[kuroari]

OOC::

\o/ Celebrations!

*dashes off to find those filmmaker ppl* someone alert the movie-makers! this sounds _AWESOME_ and what better way to advertise ? if we can get a big enough festival going *drools* this is gonna be so much fun

i'll make as much of it as i can, sadly it might not be much of it :/