PREMIUM FEST NEWS: GM Quilic revealed some lore and background information about Premium Fest. It’s roots are in the Iyo festival called Yshollis. Read more about the history of this celebration:
Text of Discord Post follows:
GM Quilic
Premium Fest Background
on 20 May 2023 2:35 PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord Forums
in the Premium/Premium Fest CategoryTo the residents of Mist Harbor:
I would like to take this opportunity to formally invite the residents of Mist Harbor to join the Iyo for this year’s Yshollis. The festival will be held from the 26th of Ivastaen until the 30th, and is held in the Iyo Glade, which all were invited to last year. Mzholl will be held on the evening of the 27th, with Shayer Doss and Peshys following in sequence.
Yshollis is a traditional three-night festival held each Spring, and began as a simple festival of reawakening and gratitude. Historically, this festival has been solely for the Iyo, but the heads of the families have conferred and agreed that we may extend an invitation to those who have stood with the Iyo in recent years.
The first night of the festival is known as Mzholl, which can be very loosely translated as ‘night of cleansing’. The second night is Shayer Doss, which translates to ‘evening of assessment’, and the third night is Peshys, which can be interpreted as ‘treading the correct path’.
Each evening of the festival has its own small rituals and events, but the overall intent of Yshollis is to celebrate the togetherness that binds all Iyo into something far greater than the sum of our individual parts.
In many ways, Yshollis will seem familiar to those who were in attendance last summer, as we have made efforts to invite many of the same merchants from last year to attend as well, and to bring their wares for visitors to purchase. There will be games, raffles, and various services of all kinds. Several of the heads of Families have donated rather unique items which will be made available throughout the festival. As with last year, any and all silvers gathered will be donated directly to the administration of the Harbor, for them to use as they see fit.
I would like to relay my personal hopes that those who attend will do so in the spirit of Yshollis, realizing that those who call the Isle of the Four Winds home are united in all of the most important ways.
We look forward to sharing Yshollis with you.
-Kiyonna, Friend of the Iyo
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