Feast of Eleven Days
The Feast of Eleven Days is thought to have been a celebration of victory - the coming together of many different races to stave off impending annihilation. Each of the Eleven Days supposedly signified momentous triumphs and acts of defiance in the face of overwhelming adversity. When many peoples were united under one cause.
The sentiment of the Feast resonates to this day, with the contemporary festival partially being a tribute to the victories of Astralshaper, bringing order to a dying world and standing defiant against the Evening Star, as well as a memorial to the valor of those that came before.
Sintasia, an isolated protectorate of the Meridian of Stars' Eternal, celebrates a variant of the Feast of Eleven Days that is not observed anywhere else. Scholars are not entirely sure why they deviate from the original ritual.
History
Great House Thirteen believes that the Feast of Eleven Days was first conceived by a nation of Elves, Humans, Kobolds, and Orcs - far ancient and lost to time, even as the Meridian first came into being.
A passage in the Saga of Night details that the Feast of Eleven Days was suppressed before the building of the Meridian, and not widely observed. However, Astralshaper believed that the spirit of the celebration echoed within Her empire - the unification of the world, under one banner, to shield against chaos and war. As such, it was decreed that the Feast of Eleven Days would begin at the fall of every Evening to the Darkness. A memorial of defiance against the Evening Star.
After the @Stenum Period - one of the most brutal and horrific moments in the Meridian's history - the Great House Melide, who rose from the ashes of a ruinous era, took it upon themselves to bring the Feast of Eleven Days to the far reaches of the Equatorial Rise, forever transforming it into a grand and elaborate continent-wide jubilee at the end of every Evening.
It is debated whether the name of the festival should have been changed to the Feast of Eleven Nights, but the Regent Vicarvoyancy Assembly spoke on this topic on 287.15R stating, "While we are perpetually shrouded in the cover of Her darkness, to rename the Feast of Eleven Days would be to tamper with the essence of the event."
Execution
Each of the Eleven Days has a special meaning, but they are all moments of celebration against impossible odds:
"Day" One - The Triumphs of the Ancients
On this night, adherents will revere the supremacy of the Ancients over their overpowering foe.
"Day" Two - The Dominance of the Dragons
On this night, adherents will revere the dragons who sought to safeguard the realm.
"Day" Three - The Revolution against Decadence
On this night, adherents will revere the societies who fought against crumbling, oppressive empires.
"Day" Four - The Rise of the Builder
On this night, adherents will revere Astralshaper, for ascending beyond mortal limits.
"Day" Five - The Fall of the Sutheoss
On this night, adherents will revere Astralshaper, for overthrowing a decaying system.
"Day" Six - The Unification of Three Realms
On this night, adherents will revere the ultimate union of once disparate, dying worlds.
"Day" Seven - The Shattering of the Dreamers
On this night, adherents will revere the impossible victory against a dream of destruction.
"Day" Eight - The Shaping of a New Star
On this night, adherents will revere the builders of a new, wondrous world.
"Day" Nine - The Meridian of a New Star
On this night, adherents will revere the founding of the Meridian of Stars' Eternal.
"Day" Ten - The Most Brilliant Night
On this night, adherents will revere the Meridian for enduring and prospering following an age of despair.
"Day" Eleven - The Defiance of the Evening
On this night, adherents will celebrate defiance against the Evening Star, and pay tribute to the vision of a world that will shine brighter than the celestial darkness.
On this night, adherents will revere the supremacy of the Ancients over their overpowering foe.
"Day" Two - The Dominance of the Dragons
On this night, adherents will revere the dragons who sought to safeguard the realm.
"Day" Three - The Revolution against Decadence
On this night, adherents will revere the societies who fought against crumbling, oppressive empires.
"Day" Four - The Rise of the Builder
On this night, adherents will revere Astralshaper, for ascending beyond mortal limits.
"Day" Five - The Fall of the Sutheoss
On this night, adherents will revere Astralshaper, for overthrowing a decaying system.
"Day" Six - The Unification of Three Realms
On this night, adherents will revere the ultimate union of once disparate, dying worlds.
"Day" Seven - The Shattering of the Dreamers
On this night, adherents will revere the impossible victory against a dream of destruction.
"Day" Eight - The Shaping of a New Star
On this night, adherents will revere the builders of a new, wondrous world.
"Day" Nine - The Meridian of a New Star
On this night, adherents will revere the founding of the Meridian of Stars' Eternal.
"Day" Ten - The Most Brilliant Night
On this night, adherents will revere the Meridian for enduring and prospering following an age of despair.
"Day" Eleven - The Defiance of the Evening
On this night, adherents will celebrate defiance against the Evening Star, and pay tribute to the vision of a world that will shine brighter than the celestial darkness.
Observance
The Feast of Eleven days is always observed at the beginning of the first night, after the retreat of the Evening Star.
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