The Wild Hunt

They come bearing gifts...

The Shamans of The First Element hold a feast at the end of every year to honor their dead, celebrate the loving, and to bring favor for another successful year. The Wild Hunt is a week long affair, and every member of the cult is involved.
They hunt the spirits surrounding The Flip Side, and forage fruits and vegetables from their massive gardens. This hunt continues until the elders of the cult are convinced it will be enough. Hunters often compete to see who can bring the most to the table.
Once the hunt is concluded, the feast is prepared, and invitations are sent to spirits of great power that live in the metaphysical plane. Gods rub elbows with humans during this strange ritual, listening intently as the cult presents the feast. The cult wishes tonappease these entities, and if successful, these entities will bestowed gifts of their own in kind.

Origins

The Wild Hunt began as a showcase of skill for the elders of the cult. Initially, those who would join the hunt would travel far and wide to hunt the biggest, most terrifying, and most powerful spirits they could find. During this time, few ever returned from their hunt. The Wild Hunt was meant to be a lesson in humility, and those who eyed a spirit far beyond their skill ended up becoming prey, themselves.
This lasted for a century until a spirit of motherhood refused to kill the hunter whi attacked her. The spirit was tall, strong, and simply picked up the hunter, turned him around and gave him a small push, demanding for him to begone, and leave her be. When he persisted, she took his weapons, and explained she was forbidden to kill the offspring of a mother. She explained how killing her in an unfair fight lacked honor, and demanded to know how a human ventured into the metaphysical plane.

The hunter apologized, and asked forgiveness, explaining who he was. He guided the spirit to The Flip Side, where she ragaled the cult with many wild stories and granted many gifts of fetility and prosperity. This act of mercy convinced other spirits to act in kind. The cult never realized how intelligent some of the spirits they hunted could be. The Wild Hunt became a way to connect with their spiritual neighbors, as well as a means of accelerating Ascension

Blessings

Spirits traditionally bring gifts for the cultists when attending the feast. They love the blend of metaphysical food seasoned with physical spices, an expirience they describe as bizarre but delightful. The gifts are given to compensate the efforts of the cult, and can vary from one spirit to another.
These gifts usually involve promises and contracts. A spirit of love may guarantee protection for a cultist's loved ones, or may ensure they find the love of their life in coming year. A spirit of firearms may give the cultists perfect accuracy, even when their not aiming. Their gifts are almost always conceptual in nature.
On a rare occasion, a spirit may give something something more tangible. The gift may be a rare and exotic metaphysical substance or possible the spiritual form of a legendary weapon. Sometimes the gift is physical, as the cult possesses many relics from The Antediluvian Age.