#ghost fest

Events Costumes To protect festival-goers from the mischief of wandering and hungry spirits, they are urged to wear a mask or costumes  to confuse spirits.  The  wearing of  a chrysanthemum, the flower of purity, may also ward against spirits.

Wandering Ghosts & Tricks or Treats Wandering Spirits will be out and about approaching festival goers with tricks or treats!  They may ask you a riddle or seek a trade or just bestow upon you what they will!  Keep an eye out for them!  (Wandering Spirits will be dressed as Ghosts in Blue with a Looking to Meld sign over their head) Vendors will also be providing tricks and treats at their stalls among other festive wares, so be sure to indulge in their offerings as well! Ghost Theater - Starting at 6:35 PM EST To entertain the spirits and our guests we will offer them a performance by the talents of Rhyan, Aloyv, Lexy Clarke, and Lucky Sparrow!  Each performance will be done with flash and flair to delight and amaze even the most restless of spirits. Kyudo Tournament - Starting at 7:30 PM EST Opening ceremony by Sunsgerel Monsaran, Othardian Shaman. Shi-Zen-Bi.  Truth-goodness-beauty. “When an archer fires his bow truthfully, with a virtuous attitude towards all persons and all things which relate to kyudo (goodness), beautiful shooting is realized naturally.” Many kyudo practitioners believe that competition and any opportunity is important to fostering this growth.

Competitors will use sacred birch longbows provided by Khokanchin Mercantile. It is said the plucking of the sacred bow’s strings alone will help dispel evil, but it is also said that the sound of the arrow hitting its target transmits the courage of the archer to the audience, protecting them. The archer that shoots their target the truest will be awarded the title of High Priest or Priestess of the Festival and given a crown dyed in the auspicious colors of red and gold to mark their achievement.

Second place and third place will respectively get a decorative wall lantern with Odder Otter motifs done in the Eastern style and a replica kotetsu of fine craftsmanship.

Ghost Parade & Closing Ceremony - Starting at 9:00 PM EST Join us after closing remarks and a entrancing performance by Palazzo Aldendard for a moving spectacle to guide the spirits back and bring our event near its close with performances and chocobos festooned in finery.  Bring glow sticks and fireworks to add to the closing performance to guide the spirits back.  After the parade, guests are free to linger as shops may continue to stay open past and a few ghosts may still yet linger behind. . . Vendors & Priests Buy a Jack-o-Lantern, Feed a Child Charity Stall, sponsored by Silvergrace Leadership Academy - OOCly we will be connecting this event to Extra Life, a charity that donates to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.  ICly, we will be hosting a stall where folks can buy a jack-o-lantern (or some acorn cookies) to help feed orphans in need.  Details for how to participate in this charity event are, again, found here.  We hope to spread the word and get many folks involved! White Tree Beauty and Catering - White Tree Beauty will sell Fizzy bath “potions” with fall scents in festive and spooky jar.  Come test your perfect concoction in her witch’s cauldron!  Catering will provide spiced ciders and fresh hand pies Kagami Miyamoto, Spiritual Medium - Cleansings and Conversing with Spirits Sumiko Farcloud - Portable eats and treats, tsukemono, various lucky charms, and weapons-grade sake that’ll cure any imbalance (Raen-tested, Kami approved) Golden Fox Emporium - Far Eastern luxury goods and more, take home with you a souvenir to remember the festival and the mysteries of the East Chocobo Dreams - Selling the latest issue of WARK! Magazine, photo booth, mini interviews and chocobo treats Shroudrose Teahouse - Festive teas and sweets served warm and fresh from the very best in quality teas and pastries of Gridania Rhel Lyehga - Priestess of Menphina, offers rituals for Menphina and any of the Twelve as well as tarot and rune readings Still Seeking Volunteers for the Wandering Ghosts are still appreciated, contact Llinos#2108 or Wemrys#7268 for details.

OOC Info - Kyudo Rules

Before the competition we will ask people (via /yell) to sign up by contacting us via /tell.  We will take fifteen participants. Competitors will compete in three groups of five, each with three rounds, until we have a winner from each group. One group will compete after the other. In each group, the DM will call out a number and the competitors will roll a number that either meets or exceeds the number called out to gain a point. In the event ALL competitors fail to meet or exceed the number, the highest roll of the bunch wins the point. There will be three rounds (or more if a tie breaker is needed, but only the tying parties will be directed ICly to fire again and re-roll against one another), after which the winner is the one with the most points.