Editing Guldervale (section)

===Traditions and Festivals===

The events involving the Circle of Nine have led to a series of festivals and remembrances. 

<i>Liberation Day: 14th June</i> - A public holiday to celebrate the liberation of the city by the Celestial Host. A great parade and fair mark the day and it is traditional to exchange gifts. The day is given over to the worship of Raziel and Domiel particularly who each have a procession to their temples. It is a simple (a term denoting "less than minor" crime to wear black on Liberation Day and most people were white robes or togas. 

<i>Cleansing Day: 15th June</i> - The day after Liberation Day is also a holiday to celebrate Pelor's cleansing of the city. The morning starts with a procession to Pelor's cathedral and each person in the procession then ritually cleans the cathedral. It is traditional for everyone in the city to give their homes a really good clean. Yannick often employs extra labourers on Cleansing Day to dredge the river and sweep the streets. 

<i>Day of Mourning: 2nd January</i> - Whilst not a public holiday everybody in the city stops what they are doing for 10 minutes at midday to remember the genocide wrought by the Circle of Nine on Cereneas' people. Most of the citizenry wear black armbands on this day. 

<i>Devil's Night: 24th November</i> - For one night every year a curfew is imposed on the city. It is a minor crime to be outside after dark on this night of the year as it commemorates the night that the devils descended on Guldervale. Recent times have seen a trend in poor-taste for people to hold Devil's Night parties where people attend in fancy dress. Some teenagers have also taken to dressing up as devils and playing tricks on people. 

<i>Reformation Day: 31st July</i> - A public holiday across Erethol this day represents the day that the dark ages ended and the republic of Erethol was formed. Of course it didn't happen in one day and nor did it happen in July but it's a nice time to have a holiday. Parades, parties and fairs spring up on this day. Street entertainers and bards perform and the inns are fit to bursting. The governor of the city traditionally distributes small bags of money to the populace on Reformation Day.