The Wonders of Evernight Symposium
"How great it would be to have all the scholars and sages of the world to gather together to share their findings? With no politics and other petty nuisances involved, just a meeting where everyone would be allowed to participate and speak about their research. How much it would advance our society as a whole?"
Alidar Strongtooth
History
The Wonders of Evernight Symposium is a yearly event aranged most often in city-state of Merian. The Symposium was first planned by three scholars, Alidar Stongtooth, Avarnath Cloudstone and Hekiliah Averus. They decided to try to broaden a communication within scholarsly world by inviting their collegues to share their findings with each other. There were about twenty participants in the first Wonders of Evernight Symposium, and after that the event has been held yearly. Each year has brought more scholars to the Symposium, and nowadays a gathering is planned usually for couple of thousand of sages and learned.
Execution
The Symposium consists of about a tenday of lectures and get-togethers. Many kind of side activities are also organized for participants to attend to. Usually the largest lecture rooms of Shadowfall Academy are reserved for the ocassion, as well as most of the antechambers and visitors rooms.
Participants
The invitation to the Symposium is sent to all members of the Seekers of Understanding, and all the members are allowed to bring with them whom ever they wish. An open invitation is also sent to all citizens of Merian. Nowadays the Symposium is hosted by staff of the Shadowflare Academy with the help of some key members of the Seekers of Understanding. The original founders of the Symposium have stepped aside in the reings of the event.
Observance
The Wonders of Evernight Symposium is usually arranged in the end of Midness and beginning of Fadeness. This is due to most of the students of Shadowflare Academy being on holidays for Reaping during that time of the year, so they cannot disturb the Symposium.
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