Harvesttide festival
The Harvesttide festival is a week long event on Innistrad and a celebration of living another year.[1][2] It is an ancient custom, that hasn't been performed for centuries.
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.[3]
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.[4]
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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).
- ↑ 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