Hammer 30

On This Day

 * In 450 DR, Strohm I of Tethyr began his battle against the city of Shoonach.
 * Worshipers of Deep Duerra call Midwinter's Eve the Rallying, observed by recounting the triumphs of the previous year and working up a dark anger by passing around a newly severed head of their next conquest.
 * On Midwinter's Eve, worshipers of Ibrandul celebrate the Deliverance Unto Darkness.
 * The Crones of Thanatos and other clergy venerate Kiaransalee with the ritual Graverending, raising many undead "Vengeance Hunters" who seek revenge on their killers for 24 hours.
 * Worshipers of the orc deity Yurtrus celebrate the Putrescent Death on Midwinter's Eve by infecting sentient creatures with a deadly disease.
 * In 1485 DR, the Battle of Midwinter in the Cold Vale took place between the goblinkin of Many-Arrows and the dwarves of Citadel Felbarr.