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The '''Harvesttide festival''' is | The '''Harvesttide festival''' is an ancient harvest festival on [[Innistrad (plane)|Innistrad]]. It is an ancient custom, that hasn't been performed for centuries.<ref>{{YouTubeRef|DPrq5jk5J04|Magic Showcase 2021 (live)|channel=Magic: The Gathering|date=August 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{YouTubeRef|fCqxB_WV_rE|Prepare for the Harvesttide Festival – Innistrad: Midnight Hunt|channel=[[Magic: The Gathering]]|date=September 2, 2021}}</ref> It used to be an annual celebration of life and community in the years before the [[Church of Avacyn]]. On a world where survival is never a guarantee, life is to be celebrated. Villagers commemorated the yearly Harvesttide with week long feasting, dancing, songs, chants, mask-wearing, bonfires, and wicker effigies.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/planeswalkers-guide-innistrad-midnight-hunt-2021-09-09|Planeswalker's Guide to Innistrad: Midnight Hunt|[[Doug Beyer]] and [[Ari Zirulnik]]|September 9, 2021}}</ref> | ||
When the sun began rising later and setting sooner each day because of the [[Emrakul|Eldrazi in the moon]], the [[werewolves]] went mad and tried to take control of the plane. Fearing the [[eternal night]], the citizens turned to the [[warlock]]s of the [[Dawnhart Coven]] for help. The leader of the coven, [[Katilda]], proposed to revive the festival. By gathering together as many people as possible, the coven could draw on their collective strength beneath the [[Celestus]] and restore the balance through a ritual. According to Katilda the dawn couldn't be brought back without bringing back the hope that the people had lost.<ref name="Witch Woods">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-1-witch-woods-2021-09-02|Episode 1: The Witch in the Woods|[[K. Arsenault Rivera]]|September 2, 2021}}</ref> | When the sun began rising later and setting sooner each day because of the [[Emrakul|Eldrazi in the moon]], the [[werewolves]] went mad and tried to take control of the plane. Fearing the [[eternal night]], the citizens turned to the [[warlock]]s of the [[Dawnhart Coven]] for help. The leader of the coven, [[Katilda]], proposed to revive the festival. By gathering together as many people as possible, the coven could draw on their collective strength beneath the [[Celestus]] and restore the balance through a ritual. According to Katilda the dawn couldn't be brought back without bringing back the hope that the people had lost.<ref name="Witch Woods">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-1-witch-woods-2021-09-02|Episode 1: The Witch in the Woods|[[K. Arsenault Rivera]]|September 2, 2021}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:49, 9 September 2021
The Harvesttide festival is an ancient harvest festival on Innistrad. It is an ancient custom, that hasn't been performed for centuries.[1][2] It used to be an annual celebration of life and community in the years before the Church of Avacyn. On a world where survival is never a guarantee, life is to be celebrated. Villagers commemorated the yearly Harvesttide with week long feasting, dancing, songs, chants, mask-wearing, bonfires, and wicker effigies.[3]
When the sun began rising later and setting sooner each day because of the Eldrazi in the moon, the werewolves went mad and tried to take control of the plane. Fearing the eternal night, the citizens turned to the warlocks of the Dawnhart Coven for help. The leader of the coven, Katilda, proposed to revive the festival. By gathering together as many people as possible, the coven could draw on their collective strength beneath the Celestus and restore the balance through a ritual. According to Katilda the dawn couldn't be brought back without bringing back the hope that the people had lost.[4]
The elected autumn queen of the festival was Leinore.
However, Tovolar's howlpack disturbed the festival. Brimming with power from their disrupted ritual, the Dawnhart witches lashed out at the werewolf intruders.[5]
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References
- ↑ Magic Showcase 2021 (live) (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (August 24, 2021).
- ↑ Prepare for the Harvesttide Festival – Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (September 2, 2021).
- ↑ Doug Beyer and Ari Zirulnik (September 9, 2021). "Planeswalker's Guide to Innistrad: Midnight Hunt". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ K. Arsenault Rivera (September 2, 2021). "Episode 1: The Witch in the Woods". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Flavor text for Might of the Old Ways