gatherer818
One Thousand Club
Three hours until noon
Sandpoint has pulled out all the stops. Free food and drink and games all around, the new Cathedral towering over the town, and the streets full of merrymaking. The Swallowtail Festival is already in full swing and doesn't even officially open for another hour! Soon, the opening speeches will be given, and at noon, the dedication to Desna from which the festival derives its name. Later in the day, at the festival's end, the Cathedral will be dedicated and consecrated, and Sandpoint will once more have a temple to the divines.
For those of you who live here, today marks the end of the Late Unpleasantness. Memories of murders and rampaging fire, screams, pain, and loss are to be buried with the old chapel and left behind. Only a few scorch marks and defaced wood carvings are left to remind you of the trouble Sandpoint saw in recent years, and the Cathedral built up from the ruins of the chapel is here to dwarf those reminders with a look toward the future.
For those visiting, the festival is a time when the normally-welcoming town stretches its generosity and acceptance to its limit. The Cathedral may be the grandest structure in the whole region, and the inns and taverns have turned out their best food for everyone to try. The speeches will include some very important nobles, too. There is something for everyone in Sandpoint today...
Sandpoint has pulled out all the stops. Free food and drink and games all around, the new Cathedral towering over the town, and the streets full of merrymaking. The Swallowtail Festival is already in full swing and doesn't even officially open for another hour! Soon, the opening speeches will be given, and at noon, the dedication to Desna from which the festival derives its name. Later in the day, at the festival's end, the Cathedral will be dedicated and consecrated, and Sandpoint will once more have a temple to the divines.
For those of you who live here, today marks the end of the Late Unpleasantness. Memories of murders and rampaging fire, screams, pain, and loss are to be buried with the old chapel and left behind. Only a few scorch marks and defaced wood carvings are left to remind you of the trouble Sandpoint saw in recent years, and the Cathedral built up from the ruins of the chapel is here to dwarf those reminders with a look toward the future.
For those visiting, the festival is a time when the normally-welcoming town stretches its generosity and acceptance to its limit. The Cathedral may be the grandest structure in the whole region, and the inns and taverns have turned out their best food for everyone to try. The speeches will include some very important nobles, too. There is something for everyone in Sandpoint today...
I'll populate bits and pieces of what all is going on in Sandpoint, but basically, this is your chance to get to explore the city freely and get to know it. I'll point out key events and move the time along while you get used to the posting format and get a feel for Sandpoint. Just let me know what you're doing - playing in games, sampling the food, chatting up the priests or the butchers or the innkeepers or whomever, or whatever else - and I'll go into more detail that direction.