Darkest Night
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Darkest Night is a frightful holiday[1] (though by no means a celebration)[2] and yearly event in Darkon that occurs on the winter solstice. On this day, the moon does not show at all. Darkonian legends speak of Darkest Night as the time when the realm of the dead spills over into the realm of the living and the undead walk the night. Darkonians keep the lights out in order to avoid the dreaded attention of the walking dead.[3] The Gray Realm is said to cling so close to the world of the Living that even candlelight can lead the spirits of the deceased to a living person's door.[1] During the Darkest Night, priests of the Eternal Order traditionally invoke ceremony all night to ward away the undead. Despite the Church's fall from grace with the general Darkonian populace, Darkest Night is still observed in Darkonian society. In particular, it is observed by the Nevuchar Springs Sect of the Church of Ezra.[2]
On the Darkest Night of 750 BC, Azalin Rex launched the Requiem.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gazetteer II p. 10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gaz II p. 29-30
- ↑ Death Triumphant p.59
- ↑ Death Triumphant p.3
