Waking Bear

Season:  Waking Bear
9 Durnem / 63 days

Lunar Cycles: 
Delinira: Full Moon: 1,28,55  New Moon: 15,42

Calendar Events
Day 2: Miner's Rest
    An unusual holiday which originated a few years ago and is picking up mixed popularity is that of Miner's Rest.  Miner's Rest is considered the historical day that Kronos laid down his forge hammer for a day, rested, and drank fine dwarven ale until he got tanked and made halflings.  While sages and scholars continue to research and debate the actual day of the creation of halflings, which are popularly believed to have been created from the essence of dwarf, most traditional dwarven elders speculate that a human minstrel made up the day, in order to get free drinks at a dwarven ale house.

Today some dwarves celebrate the day by laying down their hammers, picks, and tools, going down to the alehouses, and drinking to excess.

Day 40: Tears of Aslynn's Fall
    This day memorializes the elven calendar day Aslynn was said to have been slain.   No countries, or races officially mark this as a holiday, however some individuals and groups hold memorials to the fallen goddess in respect.

Day 60: Dance of the Snow Imps
    An unusual tradition of the gnomes of Nos is the Dance of the Snow Imps.  On this day, the gnomes of the village gather together in song, dance, and magic in the village center, and celebrate life, love, and achievements.  Origins of this day lead back to the days of Tharl Bumplefoot, who tricked a pair of  imps into dancing in the snow, while he ran away, from their evil master.  Later, the imps caught up with Tharl Bumplefoot in the newly formed village and tricked him into dancing with the ugliest gnomish woman in the entire village, which he later married to their surprise.

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