The Day of Plenty

Sacred Day

The year consists of 12 months, each of 30 days. This leaves 5 days which at the founding of civilisation were deemed to be 'Sacred Days', days of worship and/or remembrance. In Aldenia, the founding continent, the Sacred Days are: Bloomtime, The Light Festival, The Day of Plenty, Night of the Passed and Year's End. Since almost all cultures in the world stemmed from Aldenia, the observance of Sacred Days is instilled throughout the world. The names may vary and other gods prominent in their societies may be absorbed into the festivities - particularly for variants of the Light Festival - but the base of each day remains the same worldwide. The Day of Plenty, in particular, is one whose core is the same wherever it is celebrated.

The Day of Plenty

The Day of Plenty is the Sacred Day that falls between the 9th and 10th months of the year in Northern Axora and between the 3rd and 4th months in Southern Axora. The months may be called different names in different cultures, but the Sacred Day is always located between those months. The reason for this difference is due to the inverted seasons, so Bloomtime, which celebrates the start of Spring, and The Day of Plenty swap places in the calendar. The Day of Plenty celebrates the end of harvest season and marks the coming of Autumn when the trees begin to lose their leaves.
Most towns will hold a fair where most of the festivities will revolve, in part, around food. There will be eating contests and apple bobbing, for instance, along with general fairground games as well. Often there will be performances from travelling bards and in recent years, Brinewatch has held a Dancing Lights show, but last year that exclusivity ended as other towns across Aldenia acquired Dancing Lights for their own fairs.

The Dia

In Bloomtime at the start of Spring, people will generally pray to Cephione, the goddess of nature, and Armon, god of the earth and farming, for a fruitful year. Similarly, during the Day of Plenty, the same people will instead be thankful to the same gods for the year's harvest.