[Outpost] GM Nefreet's Heroes for Highdelve! (Inactive)

Game Master Nefreet

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The Brightbloom Jubilee is a 2-day festival with a distinct structure of events. Days before the jubilee, the town elects two young locals to serve as “Bloomgivers” - an enormous honor for anyone chosen. Early on the celebration’s first day, the Bloomgivers venture with an empty wagon up nearby Dendra’s Slope, where the largest field of brightblooms grows. The jubilee then runs throughout the day, and it includes a full slate of amusements, games, and festive street food, all set up in the town’s main Protectress Square.

By afternoon, the Bloomgivers return to town with the first harvest of brightblooms, and the townspeople fete the youths’ journey by escorting them from the gates back to Protectress Square. There, the Bloomgivers hand out brightblooms to eager townspeople. The rest of the evening is spent as a public dance party known as the Brightbloom Ball. The jubilee’s second day is spent alternately removing winterizing measures from the town’s buildings and breaking into spontaneous rounds of song and dance.

Area A1:

”Raucous Youths” wrote:

Stacked wooden boxes form a makeshift “stadium” overlooking four crates sitting in a diamond formation. Rowdy youths sitting on the boxes cheer on their peers standing atop the crates as they take turns kicking a bean-filled sack back and forth. Each time someone kicks the sack they all shout a word of the following phrase: ”The! Devil! Man! Knocks! Don’t! Let! Him! In!”

Area A2:

”Sack Races” wrote:

The cobblestones here are marked with four lanes drawn in chalk. Two men and two women hop like mad in separate lanes, their legs covered with heavy burlap sacks. The crowd waves scarves and paper flowers in the air as their cheer the competitors toward the finish line. The onlookers offer a respectful berth to a well-dressed dwarven woman standing confidently at the finish, her hands on her hips as if she’s overseeing the race.

Area A3:

”Our Gilded Lady” wrote:

Fully ten feet high and twice as long, the centerpiece of the square is a gilt statue of a gold dragon with outstretched wings. A plaque at the base reads, ”Highdelve dedicates this statue and all of Protectress Square to Aurelliax, Our Gilded Lady. Long may her golden wings envelop us, and may we never fail her when she calls.”

Area A4:

”Barrel-Go-Round” wrote:

Shouts of surprise and delight echo from a strange contraption at the center of the crowd’s attention. Axles of hammered metal connect the bottom halves of several large wooden barrels, each of which holds one or two shrieking occupants. After the next group of riders climbs into the barrels, a burly woman in a black leather apron gives the entire rig a heaving spin.

Area A5:

”Theatre in the Miniature” wrote:

Strange voices and exaggerated accents ring from the front of a small performance stage, which is framed with a drawn-back velvet curtain. On the stage, elaborate puppets enact a melodramatic scene of confusion and betrayal. All the while, a rapt audience sits on rows of stools pulled close to the action.

Area A6:

”Fair Food” wrote:

Buzzing about the multicolored tents here are townspeople eating all manner of fried foods and different spiced meats skewered on thin sticks. Rich, delicious smells permeate the air as a tall, broad-shouldered Tien man works the crowd, telling snappy jokes and offering friendly handshakes.