Chaper One: The Festival of Blossoms
The first month of spring is considered the halbearer of the year. The Festival of Blossoms marks the beginning of Spring proper, where the chill of winter gives way to the first blossoming's of flowers and green growth of the forest. If it remains cold beyond the first month, it means a bitter spring and hotter summer. This year the first month of spring was bitterly cold, drawing some slight fear that the Festival would be delay if not cancelled. Fortune turned swiftly towards the end of the first month, giving way to a warm spring that few expected. The rush to be ready for the Festival caused all manners of confusion, until the elders of Gentlebreeze took matters into their own hand and brought everything into order.
It is on the eve of the Festival of Blossoms, with flowers blooming between each tree, through the meadows of your home. Xialo the Green Mage walks through each grove, calling for the flowers to bloom. The songs of the Loremaster Bareil Sinsaulii echo through the town, illusions playing amongst the boughs of the trees. Shandra Quelsainil keeps the volunteer members of the Watch alternate shifts to keep her recruits fresh, though she never seems to step down to relax her guard. Finally, the High Priest Anaduil Reykalyn and Storemaster Qin Leithianeth work to ensure that the festival is properly blessed by Corellon and to use the older stores in new and interesting ways, to delight the taste buds even if the item was preserved.
As dusk falls, fairy lights play about your homes, each elf with musical talents lends their melodies to the night air. Spontaneous picnics pop up in every clearing, displaying the bounties for anyone to sample. Almost all are engaged in friendly chatter, some more serious than others, awaiting moonrise and the High Priests' call for the Blessing of Corellon upon the people and village of Gentlebreeze.