A Year on Hemera

13 months × 28 days = 364 days in a year

LUNARIS (2 holidays)

• Warmth Feast (Lunaris 10) – Family soup ritual to mark survival.

• First Stitch Day (Lunaris 27) – Children sew their first item.

BRENEL (3 holidays)

• Three Cups Festival (Brenel 12) – Drink bitter, sweet, and clear to symbolize life phases.

• Rain Games (Brenel 25–26) – Play in artificial rainstorms.

• Empty Chair Day (Brenel 28) – Leave a chair outside for those who never came back.

CENDRIS (2 holidays)

• Glass Hunt (Cendris 7) – Children collect colored glass for luck.

• Melt’s Edge (Cendris 28) – Risky challenges among teens.

RAINEL (3 holidays)

• Petal Run (Rainel 3–5) – Rooftop petal drop for beauty and blessings.

• Riftbone Day (Rainel 18) – Bones buried facing east to prevent ghost.

• Mudlight Eve (Rainel 24) – Lanterns half-buried in mud for love rituals.

VELLIEN (4 holidays)

• Maskshare (Vellien 9) – Trade masks to “walk in someone’s shadow.”

• Black Pin Day (Vellien 15) – Signal you’ve seen something you shouldn’t.

• Dreamletter Night (Vellien 27) – Burn a letter to your future self.

SOLVANE (3 holidays)

• High Flare (Solvane 13) – Sky lanterns lit across rooftops.

• Scream Window (Solvane 20) – People scream their failures to the sky.

• Second Naming Day (Solvane 28) – Citizens publicly adopt alternate names.

DREVARN (3 holidays)

• Half-Candle Day (Drevarn 7) – Blow out candle at halfway point.

• Shade Market (Drevarn 11–13) – Illegal night bazaar; everyone goes.

• Old Hands Night (Drevarn 20) – Anonymous gifts of craftsmanship left in public.

HOWREN (3 holidays)

• Grudge Purge (Howren 7) – Yell grievances at sunrise and burn them.

• Five Music Day (Howren 15) – Only five instruments allowed to be played citywide.

• Bleedstone Day (Howren 22) – Bleed? Feed. Offer a meal to a stranger. (Yellow Zone Tradition)

GAHLREN (2 holidays)

• Cradle Reversal (Gahlren 1) – Ancient/forgotten baby-swapping custom.

• Stoneplate Ritual (Gahlren 9) – Carve names into metal/stone in memory.

• Quiet Parade (Gahlren 22) – Silent march across city centers.

BRUMEL (2 holidays)

• Cold Bell (Brumel 5) – Hourly bell rings. Stop and breathe.

• Found Soup Day (Brumel 19) – Community soup made from anything edible.

FEYMARCH (2 holidays)

• Laughing Vigil (Feymarch 4) – Tell funny stories about the dead.

• Shatterlight Trial (Feymarch 14–16) – Brutal Citadel endurance exam.

IRONEL (3 holidays)

• Ash-moon (Ironel 10–11) – People watch the Ash-moon rise

• Last Letter (Ironel 14) – Write to someone you’ve wronged.

• Lantern Smash (Ironel 28) – Destroy your old lantern and light a new one.

NERENTH (7 days, 3 of which are nightmares)

• Soft Feast (Nerenth 1–3) – Simple food, no spice. A slow breath before the end.

• Black Red Nights (Nerenth 25–27) –

  • Night 1 – The Black Wakes

  • Night 2 – The Sleepless Red

  • Night 3 – The Night Without Names

• Sweep Day (Nerenth 28) – Bury the dead. Say nothing