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High Rock Holiday References Part 1 ? Morning Star to First Seed
The following is part one of a compilation of High Rock holidays which
authors and quest writers may find useful for citing or mentioning in
their written works. It would be most appreciated if anyone could offer
Lore updates, additions or corrections. The sources used to create the
list, along with any relevant links, are given at the end of the
article.
Morning Star
Morning Star 1 ? New Life Festival: Today the people of Tamriel
hold the New Life Festival in celebration of a new year. The New Life
celebration tradition is one of free ale at all the taverns.
Morning Star 1 ? Scour Day: Scour Day is a celebration held in
most High Rock villages on the day after New Life. It was once the day
one cleans up after New Life, but has changed into a party of its own.
Morning Star 15 ? South Wind?s Prayer: The 15th of Morning Star
is a holiday taken very seriously. Called South Wind's Prayer, it is a
plea by all the religions of Tamriel for a good planting season.
Citizens with every affliction known in Tamriel flock to services in
the temples, as the clergy is known to perform free healings on this
day.
Sun?s Dawn
Sun's Dawn 2 - Mad Pelagius: Mad Pelagius is a silly little
tradition in High Rock in a mock memorial to Pelagius Septim II, one of
the maddest emperors in recent history. He died about 350 years ago, so
the Septims since have taken it with good humour.
Sun's Dawn 5 ? Othroktide: The people of Dwynnen have a huge
party to celebrate Othroktide, the day when Baron Othrok took Dwynnen
from the undead forces who claimed it in the Battle of Wightmoor. Lore note:
Since the Warp in the West and Dwynnen's extinction as a territory,
only the knightly Order of the Raven remembers this holiday in modern
times.
Sun's Dawn 8 - Day of Release: The people of Glenumbra Moors may
be the only people to remember or care about the battle between Aiden
Direnni and the Alessian Army in the first era. They celebrate it
vigorously on the Day of Release.
Sun?s Dawn 16 ? Hearts Day: Today is a holiday celebrated all
over Tamriel as Heart's Day. It seems that in every house, the Legend
of the Lovers is being sung for the younger generation. In honor of
these Lovers, Polydor and Eloisa, the inns offer a free room for
visitors. If such kindness had been given the Lovers, it is said, it
would always be springtime in the world.
Sun's Dawn 27 - Perseverance Day: Perserverance Day is quite a
party in Ykalon. It was originally held as a solemn memorial to those
killed in battle, resisting the Camaron Usurper, but has since become a
boisterous festival.
First Seed
First Seed 7 - First Planting: On the 7th of First Seed every
year, the people celebrate First Planting, symbolically sowing the
seeds for the autumn harvest. It is a festival of fresh beginnings,
both for the crops and for the men and women of Tamriel. Neighbors are
reconciled in their disputes, resolutions are formed, bad habits
dropped, the diseased cured. The clerics at the temples run a free
clinic all day long to cure people of poisoning, different diseases,
paralyzation, and the other banes found in the world of Tamriel.
First Seed 25 - Flower Day: Flower Day is another of the
frivolous celebrations of High Rock. Children pick the new flowers of
spring while older Bretons, cooped up all winter, come out to welcome
the season with dancing and singing.
Sources
Daggerfall Chronicles: Pages 69-72,
UESPwiki: Holidays section
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Holidays
The Imperial Library: Holidays of the Iliac Bay
http://til.gamingsource.net/dfbooks/b033_holiday.shtml
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This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by Braggi: 2006.11.06 05:01.
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Hrafnkel
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Originally posted by Braggi
Morning Star
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Morning Star 18 - Waking Day: The people in Yeorth Burrowland
invented Waking Day in prehistoric times to wake the spirits of nature
after a long, cold winter. It has evolved into a sort of orgiastic
celebration of the end of winter.
Sun?s Dawn
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Sun's Dawn 5 ? Othroktide: The people of Dwynnen have a huge
party to celebrate Othroktide, the day when Baron Othrok took Dwynnen
from the undead forces who claimed it in the Battle of Wightmoor.
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I'm not sure how well 'nature spirits' really fit into the current TES universe, for Waking Day. I'd have to look more into it.
Othroktide, I dunno. Dwynnen's dissolved into Daggerfall now, it seems the holiday would have kind of fallen out of practice.
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Braggi
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Thanks for the suggestion on Othroktide.
I've also expunged Waking Day, since it doesn't seem to fit.
Much obliged for the Lore!
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