*A celebration of Soul's Harvest*

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*Fliers appear in every inn reachable via standard teleportation, posted by young men and women with uniforms consisting of red pants, white shirts, and black shoes and ties, all trimmed in gold. Each poster bears the symbol of Alizarin Academy, a red dragon playing a black harp*

Let it be known that upon the tenth of the coming month, a celebration of Soul's Harvest shall be held at the Leering Lecher in Marsember. Planned events include the telling of tales of horror and the strange, a costume contest, and general revelry, among other activities.

Arriving in costume is highly recommended, though not required


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Planning the event for noon pacific time, lasting for as long as people are there to party. Tried to find the post that explained Soul's Harvest, but couldn't track it down. Hope to see you all there.

[EDM Neo]

Sept 28, 2011 20:38:10 GMT -5 catmage said:

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Tried to find the post that explained Soul's Harvest, but couldn't track it down. Hope to see you all there.

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Souls' Harvest

Souls' Harvest was originally a holy day observed by followers of Myrkul in which his clergy conjured large numbers of incorporeal undead after dusk. These undead were sent into towns and villages to terrorize common folk. The goal of this was to frighten locals and ensure that death was respected and feared. Rarely did anyone actually come to any real harm at the hands of the clerics' controlled undead, though it wasn’t completely unheard of. Sometimes a malicious spirit would break free of the clerics' control and cause harm or even death.

The holy day's closeness to High Harvesttide also influenced various traditions that eventually became observed. In rural communities clerics of Myrkul would send their incorporeal undead against those who did not show reverence of the Reaper by placing jack o' lanterns in their windows. The significance of the jack o' lantern is derived from their pumpkin form (which represented the harvest, or to Myrkuls's followers, the 'Reaping'), and their carved faces (which where somewhat akin to a skull and represented Myrkul's holy symbol).

After Myrkul's death during the Time of Troubles, the holy day fell into a folk tradition, often referred to as 'Spirits' Eve' or 'Dark Harvest'. It is observed in varying ways throughout Faerun, though consistently involves people placing jack o’ lanterns in their windows and folk dressing in costumes. During the first years after Myrkul’s demise the costumes were limited to ‘ghosts, spooks, and specters’, representing the incorporeal undead that were once unleashed by Myrkul's clerics, but in recent years people have been removing their old costumes in favor of new and interesting ones that don’t always revolve around death. In certain parts of Faerun jack o’ lanterns signify a house in which a person in costume can expect to be given candies and sweetbreads, a tradition that represented giving gifts to the 'dead'.

While folk have since made light of a dark holiday, Souls' Harvest's aura of gloom and menace still lives on, not only in the ghoulish costumes of many of the holiday’s observers, but also in the eerie hauntings that still occur during these times. Many of the large amounts of incorporeal undead that were called by priests of Myrkul still linger and haunt the countryside on Souls' Harvest and many folk still show a superstitious uneasiness towards this holiday.

Souls' Harvest is celebrated on different days in different parts of Faerun, though it is always within the last tenday of Marpenoth/Leaffall (the tenth month on the Calender of Harptos).

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Sept 28, 2011 20:38:10 GMT -5 catmage said:

*Fliers appear in every inn reachable via standard teleportation, posted by young men and women with uniforms consisting of red pants, white shirts, and black shoes and ties, all trimmed in gold. Each poster bears the symbol of Alizarin Academy, a red dragon playing a black harp*

Let it be known that upon the tenth of the coming month, a celebration of Soul's Harvest shall be held at the Leering Lecher in Marsember. Planned events include the telling of tales of horror and the strange, a costume contest, and general revelry, among other activities.

Arriving in costume is highly recommended, though not required


-OOC

Planning the event for noon pacific time, lasting for as long as people are there to party. Tried to find the post that explained Soul's Harvest, but couldn't track it down. Hope to see you all there.

Moving the date to Sunday the 23rd. Weekdays and Saturdays are currently problematic for me.