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Highsummer was a special day in the Calendar of Harptos, occurring on the first full moon after Midsummer.[1][2][3][7][note 1]

Events[]

The night of Highsummer was traditionally the time for the Feast of the Moon or the "Festival of Lovers" celebrated in Turmish, Sespech, and across the Vilhon Reach.[1][2][3][7]

A festival was also held in the city of Ankhapur in the Lake of Steam region. Curiously, on the day before Highsummer each year, every tressym in the city mysteriously disappeared in the night, even from within cages. None knew where they went or why. The winged cats only returned three days later, with people simply seeing them again they when they woke up.[4][5]

In the time of ancient Netheril, the Netherese held festivities on Highsummer.[6] Undead Angardt warriors in Redguard Lake were said to look out of the water on Highsummer and look for kobolds to slay.[8]

A legendary time gate was said to appear at Highsummer, shining brightly upon Misken's Peak, north of Novularond in the Great Glacier.[9][10]

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Notes[]

  1. The Vilhon Reach: Dungeon Master's Reference page 34 says "one night after Midsummer" but this seems in error, losing the information of the first full moon of the earlier Polyhedron #101 article. The date from the earlier source is adopted here.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ed Greenwood (November 1994). “Elminster's Everwinking Eye: Turmish Customers and Festivals”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #101 (TSR, Inc.), p. 23.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Jim Butler (1996). The Vilhon Reach (Dungeon Master's Guide). (TSR, Inc), pp. 34, 56. ISBN 0-7869-0400-3.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Jim Butler (1996). The Vilhon Reach (Player's Guide). (TSR, Inc), p. 14. ISBN 0-7869-0400-3.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 149. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 152. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 110. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims (August 2008). Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 184. ISBN 978-0-7869-4924-3.
  8. slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 85. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
  9. slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 14. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
  10. Steven E. Schend and Kevin Melka (1998). Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves. (TSR, Inc), p. 6. ISBN 0-7069-0761-4.
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