Blood Moon Festival
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The Blood Moon Festival is celebrated on Coldeven 11, the night when Luna is full just three weeks before the equinox on Growfest 4.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]On this night, curses are said to be twice as powerful, and the forces of evil are at their strongest. Fiends roam the lands.
Observances
[edit | edit source]This night is held especially sacred by cultists of Nerull[1], but worshipers of Kurell also mark this night as especially auspicious for acts of vengeance, and human sacrifice is common amongst evil folk or religions.[1] Goodly folk superstitiously guard their homes with horseshoes, holy water, bottles of milk, and iron filings.
History
[edit | edit source]Demonic forces sent by Iuz destroyed the leadership of the Horned Society during the Blood Moon Festival of either 582[2][3][4] or 583 CY.[5][6]
That night has been recognized and celebrated annually since 583 CY by the church of Kurell "as the greatest act of revenge in history".[4]
Calendar
[edit | edit source]| Starday | Sunday | Moonday | Godsday | Waterday | Earthday | Freeday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Blood Moon Festival |
11 | 12 | 13 |
| Greyhawk calendar | |
|---|---|
| Days | Starday • Sunday • Moonday • Godsday • Waterday • Earthday • Freeday |
| Months | Fireseek • Readying • Coldeven • Planting • Flocktime • Wealsun • Reaping • Goodmonth • Harvester • Patchwall • Ready'reat • Sunsebb |
| Festivals | Needfest • Growfest • Richfest • Brewfest |
| Seasons | Winter • Spring • Low summer • High summer • (Summer) • Autumn |
| Solar events | Spring equinox, Summer solstice, Autumnal equinox, Winter solstice |
| Holidays | Agelong • Blood Moon Festival • Breadgiving Day • Council Day • Council of Mayors and Manorial Lords • Crowning Day • Dark Night • Day of the Legion Will • Day of Treachery • Declaration Day • Election Day • Faerieluck • Fallrite • Feast of Edoira • Feast of Fools • Freedom Day • Frost Days • Great Moon's Glory • Guild Days • Holy Day of Serenity • Midsummer's Day • Midwinter Night • Remembrance Day • Rollo's Day • Saint Cuthbert's Day • Spring Feast • Springrite • Thrommel's Day • Yeartide • |
References
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[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Miller, Andy. "Campaign Holidays." Dragon Annual #4. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999 (pp. 18-19).
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Moon Festival | Calendar | Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff | 89 | |
| Blood Moon Festival | Calendar | Dragon magazine #263 | 51 | |
| Blood Moon Festival | Calendar | Dragon magazine #AN4 | 18, 19, 20 | |
| Blood Moon Festival | Calendar | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 28 | |
| Blood Moon Festival | Calendar | Greyhawk Wars: Adventurer's Book | 9 | |
| Blood Moon Festival | Calendar | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 156 | |
| Blood Moon Festival | Calendar | WGR5 Iuz the Evil | 4, 39, 58 |