Great Panagia Aurora
A phenomenon that occurs on one particular floating island of Panagia.
The Great Aurora is known to occur once every year, but only happens in one area. On this floating island, there are a large number of crystals that refract light. Many other nearby islands have them, but at this specific time of the year the sun is in a position where it causes rainbows to form from those islands towards this particular floating island. It is one of the most spectacular views on the planet. It can look slightly different each year due to floating island drift, but this is very slow and the event will always happen.
It is also well known that the person that discovered the phenomenon became far more lucky afterwards, for the rest of life. As such, it is tradition to hold Panagian elections here, during the event, to enhance the luck of their leader and hopefully the rest of the people. Indeed, the planet of Panagia became quite powerful and many still believe now that these rainbows will grant significant luck. They regard this tradition so important that some elections have been delayed for parts of a year in order to allow it to happen. The planet could run without a leader for a quarter of a year. There was one instance where the rainbow event happened just hours before the election could start, forcing the planet to be leaderless for almost a full year.
For this reason, many people will visit the location as tourists in hopes to gain more luck. Not everyone can physically fit in this location however as it is small, so they restricted it so that only the most prestigious individuals could be selected each year, and one person cannot see it twice. Not every individual enjoys it of course, but it has an overwhelmingly positive reputation.
Many poets and artists have tried to capture its glory, but few have succeeded. The Hyperion Federation has taken pictures of the event many times, and although looking at a picture of the event doesn't make one lucky they are still known to look exceptional. Nowadays, many cultures around the entire HF look at the images and it has become widely known around many HF cultures. It has also been replicated in Virtual Universes so anyone can experience it in person at any time, but this also doesn't make one lucky.
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