Festivals and Games

Luna Pines keeps a year of festivals. Each one is an in-world holiday week with games run by Helper-Events in town. This is a chance for adventurers to unwind and have some fun with some lighthearted, thematic games.

Information on the festival and what games are available will be on #announcements-general so make sure to watch that space. Additionally, it will point to which RP channel the festival will be taken place.

If you have an idea for a festival or game you would like to play, you can either talk to a Helper-Events or run something yourself in #town-bulletin -board.

Who can join

- New PCs and PCs may join as you do not need the full PC role to jump in on the fun.
- A festival does not use your RP slot except for one there is a festive free-form temporary RP space available.
- Some games are quick (e.g. ring toss, archery, or a riddle) while others can require a short scene. Read the post for how to enter and participate.
- Rewards, are posted by the Helpers at the end of the festival.

How a festival week works

1. The calendar below tells you which week it is. Dates are the same week each year (for example Halloween is always the last week of October / 31 Marpenoth).
2. Helper-Events announce the festival and the games for that year.
3. Show up, play, and leave when you are done.
4. Lore from a festival may stick around on the bulletin board or in Town Lore. The games themselves are usually seasonal.

Calendar

Dates are the festival week. The holy day is usually at the end of that week. Games listed are ones Luna Pines has run before.

Winter

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Week |Faerûn FaerûnFestival | Festival | What it is | Gamesyou may see |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 24–31 Dec |Nightal Nightal | **Winter's Crest**Crest |Most Peakpeople ofsee winter.Winter's FreedomCrest fromas Errevona thesecular Rimelord.holiday, Music,often gifts,celebrated with omnipresent music in public areas, lavish gift-giving to relatives and loves ones, and the cutting and decorating of trees placed indoors. The Teuveamanthaar, or Grandfather Tree dressedTree, in lights.Luna A fey handPines is rumoured.often |decorated Cantrips,with stockinglights designs,and nutother cracking,baubles sledding,for snowballsWinter's |Crest.
| 1–7 Jan |Hammer Hammer | **Feast of Pelor**Pelor | Solar

The first day of the new year.year Midnightis also the holy day of Pelor and the Changebringer, as the old year gives way to a new path.

In the city, Luna Pines celebrates the Feast of Pelor with a grand midnight feast, which commonly features a short play ofcelebrating the yearchanges just gone, fireworks and lanterns that carry wishes. | Fireworks crafting, wishes, lantern messaging |
| 24–31 Jan | Hammer | **Feast of Selûne** | Lunar new year. Clean the house, mint luck-coins, midnight meals, red and goldwitnessed in the streets,past year.

24–31 Jan Hammer Feast of Selûne

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8-15 Feb Alturiak Feast of Sune

An old farmer's tale tells of a young boy, mentored by a druid, who gained the wisdom of the forests by tasting the sap of a hazelnut eaten by a fish after using it in his cooking. Over time, this tale changed and had characters and pieces added on until it became the inspiration for the Feast of Sune. It is a day of joy and wonder where those looking for love attend their local festivities, partake in food and drink, and hopefully find the one (or many) they are destined by the gods to be with.

Spring

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Week |Faerûn FaerûnFestival | Festival | What it is | Gamesyou may see |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16–23 Mar |Ches Ches | **Feast of Mystra / Magefair**Mage |fair SpringAround equinox.this Wintertime, breaks.as Renewalsit is three months into the new year, there also tends to be traditions of vows,metaphorical workrenewals to breathe new life into any resolutions made previously, whether that be new relationships, family members, or business opportunities. Married couples may renew their vows or take a second honeymoon; parents may throw a party in celebration of a child they welcomed and magic;coworkers scholarsmay andhost thea weave-gifted come outfeast to play.celebrate | Announced eachanother year |of employment.
| 1–7 Apr |Tarsakh Tarsakh | **Feast of Leira**Leira | The

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|is a day of pranks and hijinks, carrying on in the absurd spirit of the wild and wacky tales parents would tell their children. Stories of her (or him) mocking Vecna the Lich King until he sealed himself away or turning Moradin's hammer into a plastic squawking chicken inspire feelings of mischief and mayhem in souls all around Wildemount.

8–15 Apr |Tarsakh Tarsakh | **Lathander's Day**Day | New

The new life of spring.Spring is in full force. Eggs, flocks,eggs, and more eggs is the theme. Local shepherds and animal ranchers are celebrating their growing flocks and celebrating the return of warm weather

returning. | Eggdecorations, egg hunt, bunny hop |
| 1–7 May |Mirtul Mirtul | **Wild'WIld's Grandeur**Grandeur | Peak

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wood/stone carving, kite building |

Summer

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Week |Faerûn FaerûnFestival | Festival | What it is | Gamesyou may see |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16–23 Jun |Kythorn Kythorn | **Tournament of Kord (Godsbrawl)** | Summer begins in the middle of Kythorn, officially starting at noon on the 16th (day known as the Zenith).Zenith, Games,and is celebrated with games, feats of strength, and friendly contests.competitions
| Armwrestling, jousting, archery, swimming |
| 8–15 Jul |Flamerule Flamerule | **Feast of Milil**Milil |Milil's holy day is called the Feast of Milil, or Midsummer. Song,It is celebrated on the 8th day of Flamerule, and sometimes an unwise peek atcommemorates the archfey.deities devotion to their operatic punishment for spying on the archfey

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|wild fey with uncharacteristic vigor. 16–23 Aug |Eleasis Eleasis | **Founder's Day**Day |A Thecelebration of the founding of Luna Pines.Pines! Cake, chaos, and a

Autumn

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Luna WeekPines |celebrates Faerûnwith |a Festivalgreat | What it is | Games you may see |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16–23 Sep | Eleint | **Highharvestide** | Autumnal equinox. Bonfiresbonfire in the square of each square,neighborhood, gifts,around fallingwhich leaves,each community dances and gives gifts.

Most people celebrate by gathering to watch the leaves turn and begin to fall, signalling the final harvest before winter. There are grand feasts and the dwarves’dwarves unveil this year's rendition of their famous autumn brews. |

Blanket ofleaves, brewing, pretzel toss |
| 24–31 Oct |Marpenoth MarpenothHalloween |It **Halloween**is |not Onexactly known why but on the 31st day of Marpenoth the rope barrier discolours. Mist takessurrounding the town discolours and the mists that it holds back surge and consume the town transporting all of its inhabitants to a Victorianvictorian gothic era version of Luna Pines. Not everyoneall ispeople unchanged.are |affected Rib/circletthought toss,and bobbinginstead forinhabit applesa twisted or shrunkenmore heads,evil pumpkinversion carving,of facethemselves. painting, corn maze,zombie/werewolf snap, pop the flumph, gnome mercy town, ko-bol or ko-home |
| 24–30 Nov |Uktar Uktar | **Festival of Harmony**Harmony |The FriendshipFesitval of Harmony is for celebrating friendship and storingcamaraderie. It's a time to strengthen the bonds between friends and honor the relationships that bring joy and meaning to our lives. Occuring at the onset of Winter, it's also a time to store up for winter. Bonds, riddles, and aprepare race whenfor the towncold. is in the mood. | Fire starter, hot dog/pie eating, riddles, gathering the geese, rice rush rumble, arm wrestling, the crystal relay, labyrinth of wonder |