Vol's Night

A Night of Festivities and Bonding

A messenger from the west has brought us an invitation. Shall we partake in common revelry with a tribe so sly as them? Or perhaps it would benefit us to walk into the serpent’s pit? Maybe they are venomous only to those who would refuse a gracious invitation? That all is up to you, my friends. Bring your answers and thoughts on the matter to me before next sunrise.
— Vahkou-Pok Idi, Elder of a Rahigi tribe

Vol’s Night is a festival held by the Rahigi on the 9th of Iqtīlapoiteril. The ceremony is dedicated to the smallest of the two moons, Vol, and it’s considered the most important holiday for the Herçaliahists of the Rahigina. The festival brings together dozens of different tribes every year in a hope to heal relations and build connections. While the celebrations and interactions between various groups go well most of the time, a few years have gone down in infamy as tremendous disasters with considerable bloodshed.

Execution

Emissaries from different tribes are sent out weeks, even months, before Vol’s Night. Their task is to organise a meeting spot and to figure out which tribes are willing to cooperate. Once the diplomats have received their answers, they return home and inform their tribe. Sometimes the emissaries must make the journey to the neighbouring tribes multiple times in order to negotiate a suitable location for the festivities.

Evening of Tales

While the people from different tribes gather and wait for the sun to set, venerable storytellers will entertain them all with tales both ancient and new. Tribesmen will be encouraged to socialise with strangers and through such events, news of the world and of their desert will spread. Sometimes new relationships between individuals blossom as a result, strengthening the bonds between tribes.

Lighting the Darkness

Once the sun has set and the sands have been cast in darkness, the revelers shall light a torch made from sapblood to awaken the might of the moon. They believe that such an action will make the metallic reflection of Vol illuminate the night sky even more than it already did, letting them to continue with the festivities. The Rahigi consider an overcast Vol’s Night a sign of trouble.

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