The Harvest Masquerade
11/22/21 - 1/2/21
this event is over.
11/22/21 - 1/2/21this event is over.
Every year, as the bounties of the growing season are harvested and Ivras prepares for the coming freeze, an unusual celebration brings some joy to the chore of packing away winter stores. What originally began as swapping stories to distract from the toil has evolved into a celebration of folklore, theater, and imagination. During the Harvest Masquerade, stories come to life as Ivras gives thanks for a successful harvest, and wishes for a well-fed winter.
Just before the cold arrives, a great festival is held in the capital city of Faline. Streets and squares become stages and ballrooms as dances, puppets, and parades take over the city. Plays and performances are held sometimes without announcement, blending in with the crowds, making reality and fantasy difficult to distinguish.
Legend says that winter brings more than mere cold and famine; the spirits that wander the world go hungry in the lean months too. Good sense dictates that when gathering to celebrate a fruitful harvest, one should wear a disguise so that the famished and envious spirits won't know you or your wealth during the wintertime.
Some revelers wear masks to deceive the spirits. Some dress as spirits to honor them, or even leave offerings for hungry wanderers. Some don disguises simply to enjoy a new reality, and borrow a life as something else for a while.
As you gather around the fire to tell tales, watch the pageants, and take in the sights and sounds that will give you comfort for the long freeze, who will you be?
🔸 Mage Story Prompt (Individual): Click here to find a new single story prompt for all Mage characters. Earn double gold and a stat point bonus by completing your prompt before the event end and tagging this profile! Non-mages can complete this prompt for double gold if they choose, but will not receive stat-based rewards. Responses to this prompt must be done individually.
🔸 All-Character Prompt (Individual or Collab): What did your character wear to their local celebration? Did they go all the way to Faline to celebrate? What do they think of the spirits, and the festivities? Answer on your own or collaborate with friends to earn double gold! Submit your response before the event ends and tag this profile!
🔸 Lore Drive/Contest (Individual): What stories do you think are told during the Masquerade? What traditions have cropped up in Ivras, and where do they come from? Tell us a tale from Ivras, its geography, its history, or its culture, and earn double gold for your efforts. Your 'folklore' can be an actual fable, or a description of a practice, place, event, or any other idea you have about the world of Anathema! Entries close 12/30. Read this thread for more info!
Members will then vote for their favorite entries, and the top 3 winners will receive fabulous prizes!
Members will then vote for their favorite entries, and the top 3 winners will receive fabulous prizes!
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2 years, 1 month ago
🔸🎭🔸 Mage Story Prompt:
The celebration in the streets is dazzling. Your character's attention is cast upward to acrobatic figures on stilts moving through chutes of colored sparks, spectacular against the dark night sky. Colored smoke, live music, and hollering actors make the fantastical scene feel vast and inescapable.
As a flurry of dancers whirl past, one of them dips close to your character. The performer lifts their tasseled mask away, revealing a brightly painted face complete with the huge teeth of Fortune's smile. Their lips pucker inside the painted grin. They blow a glittering powder into your character's face, sending your character sputtering and wheeling away.
The festival spins around them like a wheel, becoming a blurry river of light and noise. The colored sparks and smoke are suddenly smothering, and the masked faces around them, once whimsical, blur into something terrifying. Fighting to stay upright, they see a world far stranger than the one they know.
Whether the visions are from poison, chemistry, or honest-to-Grace magic, what does your character see?
Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission, tag this character profile, and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses. Responses to this prompt should be done individually, one character per response.
2 years, 5 months ago Edited 12:45 pm