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|subevents    = [[Sacred Days]], [[Giving Day]], [[Guild days]], [[Midsummer Night]], [[Summer Soltice]]
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'''Richfest''' is the third of the [[Greyhawk calendar]]'s four festival weeks. [[Celene (Kule)|Celene]] is full once again and high summer officially begins.  
'''Richfest''' is the third of the [[Greyhawk calendar]]'s four festival weeks. [[Celene (Kule)|Celene]] is full once again and high summer officially begins. Richfest follows [[Wealsun]] before becoming [[Reaping]].
 
[[Midsummer Day]], (Richfest 4) marks the beginning of [[high summer]] on the [[Greyhawk calendar]]. This is the longest day of the year, and the sun, Liga, appears furthest north among the stars on this date.


[[Midsummer Night]] (Richfest 4) is the one night of the year when both moons, Celene and [[Luna]], are full; and Celene eclipses Luna at midnight.{{csb|TAB|45}}  All lycanthropes are active during this time, and things of great portent are likely to occur (depending on the positions of the wandering stars in the lairs of the [[Greyhawk astronomy|Zodiac]]).  
[[Midsummer Night]] (Richfest 4) is the one night of the year when both moons, Celene and [[Luna]], are full; and Celene eclipses Luna at midnight.{{csb|TAB|45}}  All lycanthropes are active during this time, and things of great portent are likely to occur (depending on the positions of the wandering stars in the lairs of the [[Greyhawk astronomy|Zodiac]]).  
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Latest revision as of 09:34, 20 February 2025

Greyhawk Holiday
Richfest
Richfest, as depicted in The Adventure Begins (1998). Art by David Roach.
Type: Civic; festival week
Detiy: Pelor, Sotillion
Location: Free City of Greyhawk
Frequency: Annual
Date(s): Richfest 1-7
Duration: Seven days
Observed by: Flanaess-wide
Activities: Great feast, county-fair type food competitions
Sub-event(s): Sacred Days, Giving Day, Guild days, Midsummer Night, Summer Soltice
Significance: Midsummer week

Richfest is the third of the Greyhawk calendar's four festival weeks. Celene is full once again and high summer officially begins. Richfest follows Wealsun before becoming Reaping.

Midsummer Day, (Richfest 4) marks the beginning of high summer on the Greyhawk calendar. This is the longest day of the year, and the sun, Liga, appears furthest north among the stars on this date.

Midsummer Night (Richfest 4) is the one night of the year when both moons, Celene and Luna, are full; and Celene eclipses Luna at midnight.[1] All lycanthropes are active during this time, and things of great portent are likely to occur (depending on the positions of the wandering stars in the lairs of the Zodiac).

Richfest is a weeklong holiday among the halflings of Elmshire. Followers of the Old Faith and Sotillion consider Richfest an important time of year.

Holidays and celebrations

Holidays celebrated during Richfest include the Sacred Days of Sotillion, the Summer solstice (Richfest 4), Giving Day, Enlighteningtide, Brilliance Celebration, Guild Days, Foundation Day, and the elven celebration of Agelong (Richfest 4).

Calendar

The following holidays and celebrations take place during Richfest:

Starday Sunday Moonday Godsday Waterday Earthday Freeday
1 2 3 4

Midsummer's Day
Midsummer Night
Holy Day of Pelor
Agelong 		5 6 7
Greyhawk calendar
Days Starday • Sunday • Moonday • Godsday • Waterday • Earthday • Freeday
Months Fireseek • Readying • Coldeven • Planting • Flocktime • Wealsun • Reaping • Goodmonth • Harvester • Patchwall • Ready'reat • Sunsebb
Festivals Needfest • Growfest • Richfest • Brewfest
Seasons Winter • Spring • Low summer • High summer • (Summer) • Autumn
Solar events Spring equinox, Summer solstice, Autumnal equinox, Winter solstice
Holidays Agelong • Blood Moon Festival • Breadgiving Day • Council Day • Council of Mayors and Manorial Lords • Crowning Day • Dark Night • Day of the Legion Will • Day of Treachery • Declaration Day • Election Day • Faerieluck • Fallrite • Feast of Edoira • Feast of Fools • Feast of Wenta • Freedom Day • Frost Days • Great Moon's Glory • Guild Days • Holy Day of Serenity • Midsummer's Day • Midwinter Night • Remembrance Day • Rollo's Day • Saint Cuthbert's Day • Spring Feast • Springrite • Thrommel's Day • Yeartide •

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ↑ The Adventure Begins (1998), p.45.

Bibliography

———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983 (ISBN 0-88038-344-5).

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Artifact of Evil 122
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Bastion of Faith 44
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions 37
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Dragon magazine #068 44
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Dragon magazine #241 78
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Dragon magazine #262 42
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Dragon magazine #351 63
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Dragon magazine #AN4 19, 21
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, From the Ashes: References Card #1
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Greyhawk Adventures 100
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Greyhawk Wars: Adventurer's Book 21
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Ivid the Undying 20, 48
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 14, 16, 17
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 2, 78, 82
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Living Greyhawk Journal #1 29
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Living Greyhawk Journal #4 4
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Night Arrant 231, 233, 234
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Oerth Journal #07 27,30
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Oerth Journal #10 23,26
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Oerth Journal #15 13
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Oerth Journal #17 14
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Oerth Journal #22 42
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Oerth Journal #25 47
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Oerth Journal #30 13,14,15
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Player's Guide to Greyhawk 13, 14
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, Saga of Old City 74
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, The Adventure Begins 25, 31, 39, 44-46, 52, 92, 120
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) 4
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, WGR5 Iuz the Evil 53
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) 5
Richfest Calendar Common-Month, World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) 19, 20
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