Waukeentide

Waukeentide was a festival held in Waterdeep in honor of the goddess Waukeen. It consisted of a number of holidays bundled together into a single event.

Description
The holiday was held in the form of a series of celebrations that also codified common business practices of Waterdeep, such as a review of the policies of the Guilds of Waterdeep, as well as renewal of guild membership. Businesses also typically stayed open until late and offered promotions to customers during this period.

Some of the celebrations held during Waukeentide included:


 * Tarsakh 1: Caravance, a commemoration of the first trade caravans to reach Waterdeep;
 * Tarsakh 5: Goldenight, a night festival celebrating money and gold;
 * Tarsakh 7: Guildsmeet, a gala festival in which guilds announced their new policies;
 * Tarsakh 10: Leiruin, celebrating Waukeen's punishment of an attempt at deception by Leira.

History
The original festival used to be one day long and focused on celebrating Waterdeep's free trade and commerce. It was gradually expanded to include older festivities, to a point where its name was only maintained by force of habit. In the 14 century DR, the tenday-long festival was already several centuries old.