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[fateality]

Well, I gotta say, despite all of the little disasters peppering around here, it ain't all bad.

If I got my timing right, 'bout this time of year, I'd have just missed the Harrowing. Don't reckon any of you really know what it is, but it's a little year time tradition where I'm from -- and I'm all too happy to miss out on it.

[He chuckles to himself:] Shame about Snow Day, though, I suppose.

In any case. Thinkin' about it, I was a little curious if any of you were missin' out on some... festivities back home? Or did you dodge a bullet?

Since we have such a colorful bunch here, didn't figure it hurt to ask.

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[pummelling]

You've lost me with both of those.

[He doesn't celebrate Christmas too much, and hasn't done Halloween properly since he was a kid, anyway.]

I'm down for some cultural education, though, so lay it on me. What happens on the Harrowing?

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[fateality]

Not real surprising. They're Runeterra events, and I'm the only one from there.

The Harrowing's easygoing in most of the world. People dress up in spooky costumes, celebrate their harvests, have festivals. Real nice time.

Now, in Bigewater, where I'm from, it means that the black mists reach out from the Shadow Isles. The undead come from there, slaughterin' the living in Bilgewater for a week straight. It's a fight for survival. Somethin' I'm real glad to have missed out on.

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[pummelling]

Sounds like what a lot of Earthrealm calls 'Halloween'. Or 'All Hallows Eve'.

...Not the undead part. Don't tell me they crawl out of the depths every year?

[fateality]

Once a year for a week straight. Hell of a time.

[pummelling]

Yikes.

Let me guess: Bilgewater Snow Day involves killer snowmen?

[fateality]

Thankfully, no. On the other hand, most folks in Bilgewater don't really celebrate Snow Day all that much, since it's a holiday about goodwill and gifting.

An' seein' as how Bilgewater is the home of most pirates, well... those intents are a little lost on 'em.

[pummelling]

Tidings of thieved comfort and the joy of the five-finger discount, huh. That's at least better than the snowmen.

Earthrealm's version of Snow Day is a religious festival, by the way: it began as one sect a long, long time ago, got adopted by a new one, and so on and so forth. The sentiment, at least, is the same as your world's.

[fateality]

Not enough snow. Usually just slush, at best. It's too wet there.

Most things either start in religion or in tragedy; that's not real surprising.