Happy Year Turning!

In Illthdar, there are several holidays. Some unique to the planet that logic and reason forgot, some less so. In Guardians of Las, the characters experience Solstice - a three day non stop event. After Solstice comes Year Turning, which is the equivalent of our New Year's Eve and day.

Now, in the city of Las, with the dominant religion being crystal worshippers, most people pilgrimage to the Order of Mana to pay a visit to the giant yellow crystal they protect - called Vvekw.

Why is it called Vvekw and not Mana? Well Mana is the name of the goddess said to have made the planet and everything on it. Vvekw is just one of a few special "children" of the goddess and acts as her representative for the island.

Other things people will do is have their fortunes told by one or more of the many types of fortune tellers who set up shop in the market at this time of the year. One of the most popular is tarot card reading in a format called Arianrhod's Wheel - a spread with three cards for each quarter of the year and a lone card in the centre to represent the querent.

As the year progresses, I'll post information on each of the holidays in the Illthdarian calendar. The next one is Twelve Nights.

Ostara

In Illthdar, there are several holidays. Some unique to the planet that logic and reason forgot, some less so. In Guardians of Las, the characters experience Solstice - a three day non stop event. After Solstice comes Year Turning, which is the equivalent of our New Year's Eve and day. After that comes Hallmarks' wet dream: Twelve Nights. After that we have Ostara, a cross between Easter and Mothers Day.

Faeries, with few exceptions, have difficulty getting pregnant and carrying to their full terms. What's more, magic can only do so much to ease delivery. These factors alone are plenty to be concerned over, but with life as it is on Illthdar - wild and unstable weather, not to mention all the things that could kill a person - when a baby is born, it's a celebration.

Mostly, Ostara is a holiday for the people residing on the lower rungs of society. The affluent more likely to designate specific days of the year to mark the date of motherhood and birth of their first born.

Ostara is celebrated with families and clans coming together to erect long poles in front of the homes of new parents. Long ribbons of any number of colours and patterns are woven around the pole by way of a dance, a wreath of flowers - selected specifically to bless and protect the newborn - is carried down the pole as the ribbon is wrapped.

In addition, animals with young are often gifted to new couples, in the hope some of that fertility is contagious.

Finally, as the day turns to dusk, families will dine together. Two seats are left empty at the table: one for mothers who passed away, and smaller seat for babies that didn't survive.

The next holiday on the Illthdarian calendar is Beltane: the holiday of meetings and unions.

Ostara

In Illthdar, there are several holidays. Some unique to the planet that logic and reason forgot, some less so. In Guardians of Las, the characters experience Solstice - a three day non stop event. After Solstice comes Year Turning, which is the equivalent of our New Year's Eve and day. After that comes Hallmarks' wet dream: Twelve Nights. After that we have Ostara, a cross between Easter and Mothers Day.

Faeries, with few exceptions, have difficulty getting pregnant and carrying to their full terms. What's more, magic can only do so much to ease delivery. These factors alone are plenty to be concerned over, but with life as it is on Illthdar - wild and unstable weather, not to mention all the things that could kill a person - when a baby is born, it's a celebration.

Mostly, Ostara is a holiday for the people residing on the lower rungs of society. The affluent more likely to designate specific days of the year to mark the date of motherhood and birth of their first born.

Ostara is celebrated with families and clans coming together to erect long poles in front of the homes of new parents. Long ribbons of any number of colours and patterns are woven around the pole by way of a dance, a wreath of flowers - selected specifically to bless and protect the newborn - is carried down the pole as the ribbon is wrapped.

In addition, animals with young are often gifted to new couples, in the hope some of that fertility is contagious.

Finally, as the day turns to dusk, families will dine together. Two seats are left empty at the table: one for mothers who passed away, and smaller seat for babies that didn't survive.

The next holiday on the Illthdarian calendar is Beltane: the holiday of meetings and unions.

Happy Year Turning!

In Illthdar, there are several holidays. Some unique to the planet that logic and reason forgot, some less so. In Guardians of Las, the characters experience Solstice - a three day non stop event. After Solstice comes Year Turning, which is the equivalent of our New Year's Eve and day.

Now, in the city of Las, with the dominant religion being crystal worshippers, most people pilgrimage to the Order of Mana to pay a visit to the giant yellow crystal they protect - called Vvekw.

Why is it called Vvekw and not Mana? Well Mana is the name of the goddess said to have made the planet and everything on it. Vvekw is just one of a few special "children" of the goddess and acts as her representative for the island.

Other things people will do is have their fortunes told by one or more of the many types of fortune tellers who set up shop in the market at this time of the year. One of the most popular is tarot card reading in a format called Arianrhod's Wheel - a spread with three cards for each quarter of the year and a lone card in the centre to represent the querent.

As the year progresses, I'll post information on each of the holidays in the Illthdarian calendar. The next one is Twelve Nights.

The first book in the Illthdar series, Guardians of Las, is out now:

https://www.feedaread.com/books/Illthdar-Guardians-of-Las-9781839451508.aspx

The second book, Into The North, is anticipated to be released in 2021

Calling fantasy writers!

My dash is pretty empty of original writing content right now! I’d really love to check out some new fantasy blogs and see where everyone is escaping to.

Could you interact with this post if you write high fantasy so I can check out all your awesome wips?

You can also send me a message (I’m friendly I promise) if you’d prefer.

I’m excited about all fantasy, but especially love new adult, a slow burn romance, shapeshifters, magic, royalty, fancy gowns, steampunk or big adventures and yeah okay many these are in my wip but that’s because I love them!

I’d also really appreciate if you could hit the reblog, so I can reach further afield *grabby hands*

Thanks!

I’m at the start of an urban fantasy series and I also recommend @illthdar high fantasy series and @whimsicallytwisted steampunk wip and @rae-writes-the-thing has the early stages of a visual novel happening 😁

Thanks for the recommendation! Absolutely, all of the above and: @bogbodybitch, @books-of-lunacy, and @lordfenric

A girl I went to high school with asked me if I wanted to buy some essential oils to ““purge the toxins from my body” and I cheekily responded “no thanks, I have a liver for that” and she unfriended me. 

Reblog if you own a liver and at least one kidney

Just drink your water and you’re all set

i own 4

of each

4 of each? Just what sort of demon or faery are you?

x

Ah but to be a waterdrop with googly eyes

But what if those aren't plastic eyes...?

Last line tag!

Tagged by: @farrradays

Rules: share the last line (or few lines, if you’d like) that you wrote for your WIP, then tag as many people as words in the last sentence (if you can).

A piece from “Nightmare Apocalypse” I wrote the other day. :)

Tagging: @silver-wields-a-pen​ , @jaimistoryteller​ , @vanrambling​ , @onemoredayofwriting​ , @elenajohansenauthor​ , @necros-writings​ , @drowsy-quill​ , @juliawrites98​ If anybody got already tagged, just ignore me XD.

Thanks for the tag ^=^ Awesome imagery in that description, I love it ^=^

From Brotherhood: Divinely Volatile (chapter 10)

Tagging: @illthdar @guardians-of-las-vyxen @rae-writes-the-thing @hyba @wildswrites @ghoulei @nemothesurvivor @elliewritesfantasy @gracebriarwoodwrites @lizard-is-writing @mvcreates

Thanks for the tag! Sorry it's taken so long.

From the working WIP in the Illthdar series: The King's Men