Calendar of Holidays
This is a description of the holidays/religious dates. The year encompasses a 180-day schedule in combination with 5 full lunar phases. All major cultures follow a similar schedule, though, specific celebration might vary among different cultures. The calendar follows a 9 (main) God group of months with 9-day weeks which are named in honor of that culture's God. If you or your character is interested in placing a unique holiday for some reason, please consult with your DM to accommodate that for storytelling purposes.
| Holiday | Date | Rituals | Deity or Importance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | |||
| Arcane Rebirth Month | 1 | Spring - The Planting | Earth/Plant/Animal |
| Festival of Spring | 2 | Joy/Peace/Earth/Plant | |
| Renewal Month | 20 | Celebration of Plants/Animals | Earth/Plant/Animal |
| Ludi Megalenses | 25 | Priests/Oracles describe future | Knowledge/Magic/Arcane |
| Summer | |||
| Carmentalia | 34 | Sex/flirting/love | Fertility/Love/Women |
| Fervor Month | 37 | Women/Fertility/Passion | |
| Valentines | 52 | Marriage | Fertility/Love/Marriage |
| King's Court Month | 55 | God Kings | |
| Feast of Kings | 62 | Honoring leadership positions | God of Gods or God King |
| Midway Month | 82 | Balance/Fate/Fortune | |
| Fall | |||
| Trade Day | 95 | Final Trading Day | Balance/Fate/Fortune |
| Valor Rising Month | 100 | War/Violence | |
| Lucaria | 103 | Games & Coliseum, gambling | Battle/War/Violence/Fate |
| Feast of Fire | 112 | Celebration of victories/battle | War/Violence |
| Harvest Festival | 117 | Harvesting Festival | Joy/Peace/Healing |
| Reconciliation Month | 118 | Joy/Peace/Healing | |
| Celebration of Unity | 126 | Peace/unity among nations | Joy/Peace/Healing |
| Winter's Embrace | 127 | Ocean Storm Season Rituals | Oceans/Storms |
| The Rut | 128 | Hunting / Mating | Animal |
| The Cleansing | 135 | Absolve sins/wrongs | Joy/Peace/Healing |
| Winter | |||
| Tempest's Rage Month | 136 | Oceans/Storms | |
| Opening of The Portal | 145 | The Wilds Portal Opens | |
| Winter's Vale Month | 154 | Underworld/Death | |
| The Great Mourning | 159 | Remembering/Honoring Dead | Death/Undeath |
| Closing of The Portal | 162 | The Wilds Portal Closes | |
| Dark Summoning | 177 | Banishment of evil, Appeasing Evil with sacrifice | |
| Winter's End Feast | 180 | New Years Feast | |
| Week/Month | Wave (New Wave/Week) - God of Water/Oceans | Earth Day - God of Earth/Plant/Animal | Mystic's Day - Arcane/Magic | Fortitude's Day - War/Violence | Scales Day - God of Fate/Balance | Nirvana Day - God of Underworld/Death | Passion Day - Women/Fertility/Passion | King's Day - God King | Unity Day - Joy/Peace/Heal | Month Name | Deity or Importance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Arcane Rebirth/Spring | 1 - Spring, The Planting | 2 - Festival of Spring | 3 New Moon | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 - Coronation Day | 9 | Arcane Rebirth | Knowledge/Magic/Arcane |
| 2 | 10 | 11 | 12 Last Qtr | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| 3 Renewal | 19 | 20 - Renewal | 21 Full Moon | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 - Ludi Megalenses | 26 | 27 | Renewal | Earth/Plant/Animal |
| 4 | 28 | 29 | 30 First Qtr (1) | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 - Carmentalia | 35 | 36 | ||
| 5 Fervor | 37 | 38 | 39 New Moon | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | Fervor | Women/Fertility/Passion |
| 6 Summer | 46 - Summer | 47 | 48 Last Qtr | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 - Valentines | 53 | 54 | Summer | |
| 7 King's Court | 55 | 56 | 57 Full Moon | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 Feast of Kings | 63 | King's Court | God Kings |
| 8 | 64 | 65 | 66 First Qtr (2) | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | ||
| 9 | 73 | 74 | 75 New Moon | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | ||
| 10 Midway | 82 | 83 | 84 Last Qtr | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | Midway | Balance/Fate/Fortune |
| 11 Fall | 91 - Fall | 92 | 93 Full Moon | 94 | 95 - Trade Day | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | ||
| 12 Valor Rising | 100 | 101 | 102 First Qtr (3) | 103 - Lucaria | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | Valor Rising | War/Violence |
| 13 | 109 | 110 | 111 New Moon/Blood Moon | 112 - Feast of Fire | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 - Harvesting Festival | ||
| 14 Reconciliation | 118 | 119 | 120 Last Qtr | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 - Celebration of Unity | Reconciliation | Joy/Peace/Healing |
| 15 | 127 - Winter's Embrace | 128 - The Rut | 129 Full Moon | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 - The Cleansing | ||
| 16 Tempest's Rage/Winter | 136 - Winter | 137 | 138 First Qtr (4) | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | Tempest's Rage | Oceans/Storms |
| 17 | 145 - Opening of The Portal | 146 | 147 New Moon | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | ||
| 18 Winter's Vale | 154 | 155 | 156 Last Qtr | 157 | 158 | 159 - Great Mourning | 160 | 161 | 162 - Closing of The Portal | Winter's Vale | Underworld/Death |
| 19 | 163 | 164 | 165 Full Moon | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | ||
| 20 | 172 | 173 | 174 First Qtr (5) | 175 | 176 | 177 - Dark Summoning | 178 | 179 | 180 - Winter's End |
Oceanic Spring Holidays
Holidays The Planting - Joy/Peace/Earth/Plant/Magic/Arcana
The Planting is the first day of spring. It is the time when farmers begin their planting of crops. It is not exactly a holiday as much as it represents a new year with a fresh start. There seems to be a literal “smell” of magic in the air as the first buds appear giving life to the world again.
Festival of Spring - Joy/Peace/Healing
The Festival of Spring deals largely with happiness and gestures of kindness. To more nature-oriented cultures it is an extension of the first day of spring. Many minstrels take to the streets playing music. Artisans will also create special collections to sell for the new year.
Coronation Day
For leaders who did not make it through the winter, or who died the previous year, Coronation Day is a celebration of new leadership. While it may not be a major holiday if there is no new King/Emperor/Pharaoh/etc, it is still an important day as many new senators and influential groups recognize their newest members.
Renewal - Earth/Plant/Animal
Typically when the bulk of flowers bloom around the countryside. Door wreaths and flower hats are commonplace during this time. Animals seem to be on the move especially as it falls near a full moon.
Ludi Megalenses - Knowledge/Magic/Arcane
Both citizens and rules will flock to Oracles and Priest halls to hear the predictions of the coming year and what it has to offer for advice.
Oceanic Summer Holidays
Holidays Carmentalia - Fertility/Love/Women
Carmentalia is regarded as a time when couples bring children into the world, or make them. This is generally around the time when most babies are born including animal offspring.
Valentine’s - Fertility/Love
Valentines is similar Carmentalia is a time of courtship, love poems, and especially quests to find love. Many head to Twin Peaks in Drakkadia to find love. Most towns, however, hold local dances for those who do not have the means to travel.
Feast of Kings - God of Gods/God King
Citizens and soldiers alike pay homage to their leaders and rulers. Great gifts are presented in many forms from gold and artisan creations, to plays and other creations. Typically large crowds will gather in the bigger cities on these days to see the gifts bestowed upon their rulers and their rulers will give a speech about the current state of the culture’s affairs (whatever that may be). For many commoners, it might be the only time they see their ruler during the whole year in any official capacity.
Oceanic Fall Holidays
Trade Day - Balance/Fate/Fortune
Trade Day is the last major day of trade before most cultures, especially with long voyages, start to depart on their journeys home. Travelers will not stay long after this time for fear of being caught in a deadly ocean storms. Typically cultures will hang/throw flowers on the final merchant ships/sailors leaving.
Lucaria - Battle/War/Violence
Kegs are brewed to to honor the Lucaria feast remembering glorious battles of the past.
Feast of Fire - War/Violence
The Feast of Fire is a celebration of victories in battle and the courage of the men engaged in those activities. The celebration starts as dusk sets in and houses begin lighting torches outside their homes. Night parades take place in city centers and parties last well into the morning hours until the last torch goes out.
Harvest Festival - Joy/Peace/Healing
A feast is prepared from the last of the harvested crops of the season. This is very similar to Thanksgiving except it's far more work.
Celebration of Unity - Joy/Peace/Healing
With Winter’s Embrace just around the corner, citizens buckle down and celebrate the fact that most military conflicts have typically has subsided for the year. They take joy in each other and the bond of fellowship that has survived the year.
Winter’s Embrace - Oceans/Storms
During the winter months travel becomes treacherously difficult on the seas. Nearly all trade relations stop during that time due to the unpredictable storms that have been known to swallow up entire fleets of boats. Most notably during the winter months comes a period of shadow where the clouds cover the entire expanse of the sky. It has collectively become known to all cultures as Winter’s Shadow.
Citizens pour fresh water into the ocean in small cups asking for a calm/mild winter. Typically there are speeches and songs along the shore. Winter’s Embrace also signifies when a large group of clouds lay thickly overhead creating a gloomy filtered light around the world.
The Rut - Animal/Hunter
The Rut is typically most important to hunters. As the days grow shorter, clouds thicken overhead, and colder weather set in, animals are on the move in mass especially for mating purposes.
The Cleansing - Joy/Peace/Healing
The Cleansing is a time when people come clean with the Gods. Many will make special trips to shrines that honor specific Gods that they fear are angry with them or that they may have crossed over the year(s). It is not a grand holiday, but more of a solitary spiritual journey. Often, however, priests and priestesses will hold a special ceremonial speech on this holiday.
Oceanic Winter Holidays
Opening of The Portal
The Opening of The Portal is the beginning of Winter’s Shadow, a time when great clouds hang lower over each continent in one large mass. This is also the time when The Portal to The Wilds opens.
The Great Mourning - Death/Undeath
The Great Mourning is all about honoring and remembering the dead. It is similar to the Day of The Dead in real life.
Closing of The Portal
The Closing of The Portal is the end of Winter’s Embrace as well as when the portal to The Wilds loses its connection with the world.
Dark Summoning
Cults The Dark Summoning is not practiced in every culture, however, those who fear specific gods or want to appease them will often make mortal sacrifices during this time. More sinister cults especially follow this holiday. Other more benevolent religious sects look at this holiday as more of a summoning or inviting of good spirits.
Winter’s End Feast
A simple feast which empties the last of the winter’s stores. Town halls often hold a candle lighting ceremony in which they put out the candle at the end of the night and light a new one to represent the new year.