Among our holidays CHAPTER XIV The most important among our holidays is Firdhus ath Nevi (Feast of the Lake), celebrated in the days when the early lotus flowers, sacred to our divine mother Uhilyn, bloom. The lotus flowers are the only flowers in our realm not to bloom twice a year, but only once, for a period of six months: from astgeria to kratèdies. The Feast of the Lake takes place during the early days of astheria. For the occasion white pavilions with complex architecture are placed on the lake shores, similar to gargantuan water lilies and loaded with flags, at the feet of the hill where the city of Lothriel stands. The priests light with the magical flame – perennially burning in the temple of Ghaladar without consuming itself as well as consuming fuel – a thousand small ligh

