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Despite the chill of the night and the impending darkness of Cylus, Zi’da is a season filled with celebration and hope. The cool night air brings families together before a warm fire to tell stories. Various traditions have developed over time with emphasis on family including the lighting of special heritage candles, gathering in temples to offer thanks to patron Immortals, great feasts, and the occasional exchange of thoughtful gifts. Periods of time, or a single night, are spent honoring this idea of unity, friendship, and family.

Parents tuck their children into bed the night before these celebrations with promises of sweets and trinkets to play with come morning. It is this hope that has crafted some of the most enchanting stories about one beautiful, generous woman. These stories have multiplied over arcs with little agreement on how she looked and acted. It was the children that helped give her life. Their dreams portrayed an image of a young woman decorated with bright baubles and theatrical jewelry. She had glittering eyes that shined with life, and her face always carried a smile. She was capable of casting magic that appeared as glitter dust from her palms. Ponies, dancers, soldiers, and various other magical things would be made from this glitter dust, dancing around the scenes the young dreamers made.

Jesine, the Mortal Born of Imagination, Dreams, and Sleep, took a particular interest in these dreams each arc. As time progressed, she could not help but desire this woman to walk with her among the dreams. Jesine dreamed that, together, they would be able to encourage togetherness, kindness, and peace across Idalos for a short time each year. With each dream she watched, she began to form a better idea as to what this creature would look like.

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Myths of Saoire’s creation has circulated throughout Idalos. One thing is for certain: She is a humanoid creation of Emea that is capable of entering the physical world for a short time each arc. Sightings of her are spoken of during Zi’da. She is a thin woman with pale skin. Her hair is always neatly tucked up beneath a crown that changes with each appearance. Sometimes, her head is adorned with glistening orbs of varying colors or small parcels that she will take down to give to a small child. Other times, the bristles of the fir tree branches are decorated with red holly berries, vibrant fruits, and pinecones. Her arrival to an area is always accompanied by the smell of warmth, spices, and juniper. She is quick to arrive and quick to disappear, providing gifts and wisdom to those that she visits.

Once the celebrations come to an end, Saoire steals herself back to Emea to watch the mortals of Idalos - her children - with anticipation of her next visit. New stories are generated of her to share the following arc. This season provides a glimmer of light in a world often too overwhelmed with fear, war, and dismay.

Welcome to the second annual Secret Gifter holiday event! The Staff of Standing Trials are overjoyed to bring you this event to celebrate the various traditions around the world.

We invite players to sign up for our Secret Gifter event between December 1st - 8th. The Secret Gifter event involves an In Character "random act of kindness" towards another player. Your name will be placed into a lottery where you will be secretly paired up with another participant. You will receive the name of your Secret Character no later than December 10th, and you will be asked to give a gift to the character that you are matched up with.

This year, we will be dividing players based on their choice of City or Global.
  • For those that are interested in giving their gifts in-thread directly to their Secret Character as a "random act of kindness", we encourage you to sign up for the City Option. These threads are eligible for both skill points and knowledge, as long as the usual review requirements are met. Please note that if there are not enough people who enter your city's lottery, you will be entered directly into the global lottery.
  • For those who would like Saoire to pick-up and deliver the gift as a "random act of kindness", you may select the Global Option where you will be paired up with a character located anywhere in Idalos. These threads are not eligible for skill points, unless someone chooses to extend the thread to meet the review requirements, but knowledge may be awarded.

We ask that you only participate with one character.

Please comment below with the code provided to sign-up for our event!

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Gifts must be one of the following:
  • An item or group of items worth at least 50 nel (discounts may apply)
  • Other (with permission from Nymph or Rumour)
City Option: Players who select the City Option must PM Nymph & Rumour with a description of your gift (and a deduction from your ledger as "Zi'da Holiday Event 717") by December 19th. Participants who do not provide their gift before this date will not be able to receive their own gift. Players are expected to start their thread with their Secret Character match between December 20th - 31st.

Global Option: Players who decide to give and receive their gifts IC through Saoire must PM Nymph & Rumour with a description of your gift (and a deduction from your ledger as "Zi'da Holiday Event 717") by December 19th. Participants who do not provide their gift before this date will not be able to receive their own gift. Gifts will go out via IC mod posts between December 20th - 31st.

There are no IOUs during this event. If you wish to participate, please be reliable and commit yourself to your Secret Person. This is the holiday season! We welcome you to celebrate with one another.

Questions? Ask them on our Saoire Holiday Event: Chat and Q&A thread!

For those who participate, a medal will be awarded to you upon completion of your portion.
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Special Notes: Warren needs armor and weapons. Would be an awesome gift. :D
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