There are 2 two-week celebrations that we know of so far, for what it's worth, and they are vastly different. I would assume the races (especially ones not morally aligned) will have different holiday schedules.
The first is from the Dark Myr, known as "The Day of Testimonies", which 'celebrates' their transfiguration by the goddess Syronai into creatures who could survive on Terminus. It runs a week before and a week after the demarcated day. Honestly it's a lot of reading of testimonies of how much it sucked to come to Terminus (hence the name), so I bet the Dark Myr parties will be super fun.
The other is from Elven tradition, and is the chief holiday of their calendar. It celebrates the survival of their Mother tree, Heartseed, despite it being burned severely by the Ravaging Lord. It too runs "a week before and after" the particular day. Seeing as this particular event spawned two factions of Elves, I assume it will become a particularly important part of their holiday traditions.
edit: I bet you dollars to donuts the schedule for holidays is not finalized. It seems like something that, while important to the lore of each race, is also something whose actual celebration in game will not manifest till later art passes. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
Well, I could see the gnomes celebrating their transformation and escape, the dwarves celebrating their creation, the ogres marking (not really celebrating) the day their leader disappeared with the tomes, the halflings celebrating the day/time the curse was broken, etc. Would be nifty if, during each race's celebration period, if they got maybe a small xp boost or little tidbits to unlock more of their history.
Kilsin said:Retsof said:Where's Randolf?
Dead. He was great with BBQ sauce and a beer :)
What isn't great with BBQ sauce and beer? :D
Percipiens said:Well, I could see the gnomes celebrating their transformation and escape, the dwarves celebrating their creation, the ogres marking (not really celebrating) the day their leader disappeared with the tomes, the halflings celebrating the day/time the curse was broken, etc. Would be nifty if, during each race's celebration period, if they got maybe a small xp boost or little tidbits to unlock more of their history.
And the Archai celebrating their liberation from slavery.
Hello. On topics of holidays, Pantheon and real world, will there be special events Panteon Holidays in game that coinside with said real world holiday? Be it seasonal holiday, or a gm running an event on halloween (example)...well maybe gm at first then later just something scripted.
Having to celebrate two holidays, one in game and one outside of game, while playing the game would be nice lol. Or if you visited said city theres a holiday in that city, but elsewhere its business as normal, orcs and goblins attacking village.
((Dead. He was great with BBQ sauce and a beer :)))
Perfect answer - I loved it.
Doom, death and destruction to holidays blatantly taken from Earth holidays. Terminus is not Earth and celebrating Earth holidays on Terminus would be really annoying.
Obviously similarities are to be expected. Harvest festivals and sowing festivals and other festivals related to the natural rhythms of a world are entirely appropriate. But let us not have a fat old man on a reindeer named Santa. For that matter let us not have a fat old man on a reindeer with any other name. Put that in and I will root loudly for long park - well cooked - to go with reindeer ribs.
Ravenwolf - do not get me wrong - I agree that having some correlation with real world holidays is good in terms of *timing*. I just don't want to see an Earth holiday in late December I want to see a Terminus holiday in late December.
There should definitely be one for the death of Amensol and the loss of Havensong, but that also celebrates the slaying of Ossari and the end of their isolation in The Silent Sanctum. In one of my stories, i called it the Thronefast Memorial in Part Three of "In the Shadow of the Sun".
benonal wrote:It was only about two moons ago when the Thronefast memorial was held. Some pilgrimaged all the way to the Silent Sanctum where Avendyr had made memorial stones to remember the lives lost in battle. Others participated in the memorial with a day of fasting, followed by a festival which started the following morning that symbolized the time of desolation before the eventual victory over Ossari and the feast that followed. People would recite pieces of speeches given by Amensol over the years, and older folks would tell stories of the war and the king.