Yearend Stew
The yearend stew is a stew that is very specual to the feniar, who live at Coral's Edge. It is a stew that is only served once every three years, as the moon stays the longest on the sky, the Long Night. It serves as a symbol of another year's passing, as the cycle of the moons above and beneath merge, and the feniar dedicate the festivities to their pantheon of deities, dragons, ancestors, and nature.
It's also a time for those that have reached adulthood to be gifted amulets for their success, crafted out of the bones from the beasts caught to include in the stew. The youths select a piece of bone from the altar the feast's start, gift it to those that will craft their amulet, usually their closest friends and family, who will, during the Long Night, create something special out of the bone and other items that will be given back to the youth at the feast. Occasionally, there are youths that are unable to be gifted their amulet, and if that happens, the amulet is offered to the great serpets below.
The youths that are to be gifted their amulats take part in the great hunt, set during the week prior to the Long Night and the feast. During it, the adults and the soon-to-be-adults hunt for aquatic creatures which they will put in the stew. This is a sort of rite in itself, seen as very important to complete to reach adulthood. The hunt starts with the first blush of the sunrise, a week exactly before the Long Night starts. The hunt is a way for the youths to prove themselves capable of taking care of themselves and those they care for, and they are required to at least be part of catching something large and filling.
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