Dragon Festival



The Dragon Festival is an annual Canthan celebration that takes place at the beginning of summer.

History
The Dragon Festival is an ancient Canthan tradition. After the assassination of Emperor Angsiyan at the hands of Shiro Tagachi and the catastrophe of the Jade Wind which threatened to wipe out and destroy the empire of Cantha, newly crowned emperor, Emperor Hanjai, the son of Angsiyan, turned this ancient tradition into a large scale celebration in order to unite the empire in its reconstruction.

The festival marks the anniversary of establishing the settlement on Shing Jea Island as well as the expansion of Kaineng City to accommodate the refugees from the areas hit hardest by the Jade Wind. The Dragon Festival has come to symbolize the survival of the Empire of the Dragon (Cantha) in the face of that calamity.

Quests
There are four quests given by Imperial Guard Hanso during each Dragon Festival, which now celebrate the defeat of the demon invasion during the first of these Festivals. Since 2007, all quests are re-enactments of the earlier events and the Lesser Grasps are replaced with actors. Each quest is a pre-requisite for the next:


 * 1) The Rampaging Yetis
 * 2) The Shrine of Maat
 * 3) A Strange Request
 * 4) Darkness at Kaitan

Missions
There are also seven missions that occur during each Dragon Festival. Each mission has 3–4 scheduled start times each day, when Captain Rujiyo calls heroes to arms for the missions.. The missions are only available for 30 minutes after the initial request. As noted above, there was an actual demon invasion during the original 2006 festival; subsequent Dragon Festivals celebrate victory by re-enacting the events, replacing the original monsters with actors and the rifts with pinwheels. The seven missions are:
 * 1) Haiju Lagoon
 * 2) Jaya Bluffs
 * 3) Tsumei Village
 * 4) Seitung Harbor
 * 5) Tsumei Village (2)
 * 6) Seitung Harbor (2)
 * 7) Shing Jea Monastery

Finale
Emperor Kisu will appear in Shing Jea Monastery every two hours and give the year's new mask to each player in exchange for 250 Victory Tokens (tokens are taken automatically from the player's inventory). Shortly after the distribution of the festival hats, Celestial Charges will start to spawn around Shing Jea Monastery. Players are required to deliver the Celestial Charges to the Imperial Sorcerers before being caught by a Grasp of Insanity: At the conclusion of the fifteen minutes, the highest scoring side "wins". A win for the Canthans will result in a celebration complete with fireworks and Festival Gifts. A win for the Grasps will result in them killing everyone they touch. A player will receive one Victory Token for each Celestial Charge they deliver to an Imperial Sorcerer.
 * One point is awarded to the Canthans for each charge delivered.
 * The Grasps received a point for each charge destroyed.
 * Being caught while holding a Celestial Charge will kill your character for a short amount of time.

Imperial Supply Master Kagno will appear after the festival has concluded to allow players that missed the finale to receive a mask, in exchange for Victory Tokens.

Other festivities
Each Dragon Festival will make the Shing Jea Boardwalk, Dragon Arena, and Rollerbeetle Racing available for use as well. Victory Tokens will also become a PvE drop for the duration of the event.

NPCs
These Dragon Festival NPCs appear with Shing Jea Boardwalk event NPCs: Only during finales: For one week after the festival:
 * Shing Jea Monastery
 * Acolyte Norge
 * Captain Rujiyo
 * Imperial Guard Hanso
 * Master of Ceremonies
 * Emperor Kisu
 * Imperial Sorcerer
 * Lesser Grasps
 * The Fury
 * Imperial Supply Master Kagno