Sky Sight
History
A holiday that started as an observance of the changing of seasons, when the four Dwarven Clans would rest in the nape of the Valley of Mjona. They convened to discuss their travels, before each of the Kings would speak of their journeys, they would look to the sky and watch the clouds break over the mountain peaks that ringed the valley. To them, the breaking of these clouds was a symbol that no matter what obstacles the Dwarves came across, they would find a way around.
Over time this simple moment of solace, this quiet contemplation, turned into something more. The Kings commanders joined in before speaking as well, settling their thoughts. It taught them that the trials of the world would always be something temporary, that they should find peace in the victories over adversity. But, to be faced with challenge after challenge, they would always find a way around like the clouds over the mountains.
Eventually every Dwarf would do this, a mindfulness, a sense of place, tightened the bonds between them. That each of them would grow stronger together than as a lone wolf. It lead to their cultural motif that every Dwarf is the same in the end, that there is nothing intrinsically different between them. The common Dwarf was the same as the Kings. There was no cloud too small, too wispy, no thunderstorm too great to pass over the mountains.
This tradition led to a holiday where all Dwarves would spend sometime on this day to reflect at their actions. To learn the lessons they were taught, and truly learn them and the values behind them. Whether it be a new tactic in war, a new factor learned of husbandry to better tame the War Boar.
When Halgier The Second King of Dwarves, had moved his clan Krijic to assist Gjorn Fourth king of Dwarves and his clan Rhojic with the rebuilding of the Goblins of the Skullbrood Clan. Halgier was already interested in Ilgor, a vested (despite selfish) interest in her specifically. Slowly as they began a relationship with each other, they learned more about their cultures.
Ilgor had taken an interest in this holiday, thinking it similar to their Ibering meditation. Halgier broke their tradition and requested the Clans hold their holiday within the walls of the Goblins, to his surprised they agreed. The other Kings knew of Halgier and his romantic interest in the Priestess and were touched by it. This marked the mixing of the two practices, the Rhojic taking a particular interest in the meditation.
This new tradition became a deeper version, a more reflective rendition. Where before they would speak of their journeys, they would now listen to the wind that blew the clouds over those mountains. For to them, not even the clouds could move on their own, they needed the wind. They needed to listen to the song, for no one note could play the whole piece. To the Dwarves, that was what they were missing.
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I've been super busy, but I have Ilgor on my reading list to learn more; I love your interactions between the goblins and dwarves, and this holiday sounds so peaceful. So far Gjorn is probably my favorite character, but I still have plenty of reading to do on others :D Nicely done!
I'm glad you like it! Ilgor is an adventure! The actual books follow her story primarily, if you wanted to look into that more once you've read her article anyway. Gjorn is a big favorite of mine too, he's a... unique piece to the story lol