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| Yulth | Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:26 am Post #1 |
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Festival of Rebirth This traditional festival surrounds an ancient ceremony that blesses Imythess with protection, prosperity, and good fortune. Each year, one city or village is gifted with the rights to hold the Festival of Rebirth. Visitors from the farthest corners of the land flock to the festival to participate in the glorious events that unfold. All races and creeds are welcome at these events so long as they hold the hope for a better future in their heart. Trouble makers are often never seen because they are removed from the location of the festival though mysterious means. The most recognizable event held during the Festival of Rebirth is the Spring Waltz. Merchants supply exotic flowers from across the realm to aid in preparations for this stunning gala of elegance and style. Each person who enters the waltz must be adorned by at least one flower to symbolize the beauty of life. This night, commoners and nobility stand equal under the shared passion for Imythess’ bountiful future. A newer but accepted practice is to adorn oneself with suits of exotic or perfectly grown flowers as a way of maintaining rank and stature. Even so, every person who steps into the dance hall feels somehow blessed for contributing their hope. The ceremony from which this festival stems is a complicated and seemingly timeless ritual meant to strengthen the magical barriers that separate Imythess from harm. Each season of rebirth, the magic that defines Imythess’ position in the planar-universe and halts the intrusion of malevolent beasts becomes spent and is reseeded in the land. The magic makes itself apparent to the world as uniquely enchanted flowers. Thus, as a new season approaches, those who walk upon Imythess are tasked with finding these sources of magic and bringing them to the festival. The Elder Druids congregate after all of the flowers have arrived and begin a long and strenuous ritual to reseat the magic in the great barrier. This festival depends entirely on the contribution of every inhabitant. Should a flower be lost or destroyed before the ceremony is completed, its magic is forever lost to the realm. Apathy of laziness causes the barrier to weaken and become less resilient to those that would wish Imythess harm. The Elder Druids, seeing the slowly creeping ignorance of their ritual spread among the cities and towns, have rekindled their fervor in spreading the knowledge of what must be done and getting everyone involved in ensuring Imythess’ existence for another year. The complex changes in magical fluxes within Imythess during this time seems to empower protective and holy magics. |
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