Celestial Mahrajan of Nature

Ah yes, the Celestial Mahrajan of Nature, the festival honoring Sam'yras Blessing, a star constellation said to be a gift from Mother Earth, granting vegetation and fetility to all of Cathreas nature as well as a magical surge in power to all her followers.

— All knowing Lohrk

The Gathering

The inhabitants of each hamlet, village, town and city gather at a forest and plant trees. A prayer has to be sent out to the god of earth, followed by a gathering of wood. Their collected goods are carried towards a fortress, built of the wood from the previous years. This fortress accommodates multiple shrines and bedrooms.

Expansion

The three days are then spent expanding the treehouse. Food, drinks, and entertainment play a huge role in the festival. Everyone is playing out their strength to show appreciation to mother earth. On the last night, the 3rd of the Third Blessing, the followers will get together at the top of the fortress and pray.

Oh Sam'yra, Mother Earth, god of nature and mistress of fertility, bless us with your powers, as we devote our lives towards thy will.

— A Farmers Prayer

Result

Once finished, a bright green light will shine down from the heavens, illuminating the nights sky and saturating the entire forest. The followers bathing in this dazzling light will experience great progress in their magical endeavors.

History

In search for a higher realm and greater power, the pinnacle experts following Sam'yra, who are now known as the Sprouts of Earth, tried every way imaginable to their genius minds. Ancient alchemical rituals, inscription patterns as profound as nature itself, spells with impacts that could rival an entire kingdom, ascending into demigods through spiritual wisdom, everything failed, when finally, a creature of unheard of glory, stumbled across a celestial body.

What she found, was a star constellation, depicturing faint outlines of a tree.

What... is this? I've never seen such a nature defying arrangement of stars. Could it be, that this is not nature defying, but nature itself? Might this be the guidance of goddess Sam'yra herself? I must investigate this phenomenon further.

— A Demigod Mistress

This mysterious mistress saw her strength rise leaps and bounds that night, as she continued refining her spiritual wisdom. However, the next day, the stars disappeared.

She went looking for the celestial body for a whole year, until 318 days later, when the light of nature graced her body one more time.
From that point onward, the inhabitants of Cathrea following Sam'yra are celebrating the yearly occurence of Sam'yras Blessing.

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