General Information/Holidays/Hunter's Moon Festival

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Celebrated in Aeneus and elsewhere, this annual festival occurs at the end of October on the night of the full "Hunter's Moon." A generally disorganized event, men basically gather to hunt under the bright moon all night long, although from the amount they drink this festival may be more an occasion to drink than to sport--and if once it was a religious observance, this aspect has been lost to time.

If the sky is not clear on the night of the full moon, the general population agrees to "Wait it out" in taverns, grumbling into their mugs and handfuls of dice. Hunting instead on the next clear night. (as occurred during the festival of 985.