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Shing Jea Monastery decorated for the Dragon Festival.

Kaineng Center decorated for the Dragon Festival.

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After years of struggle, The Dragon Empire rose anew from the ashes of the devastation of the Jade Wind. To commemorate the rebirth of the Empire of the Dragon and the indomitable spirit of the Canthan people, the Dragon Festival is held every summer at Shing Jea Monastery.

— Official website

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.

Missions and quests

There are four quests given by Imperial Guard Hanso during each Dragon Festival. In the subsequent Dragon Festivals after 2006, all quests are re-enactments of the first Dragon Festival's events. As such, the Lesser Grasps are replaced with actors.

The four quests, in order, are:

• The Rampaging Yetis
• The Shrine of Maat
• A Strange Request
• Darkness at Kaitan

There are also seven missions that occur during each Dragon Festival. Each mission has three or four scheduled beginnings. Captain Rujiyo calls heroes to arms for the missions on a daily basis at the scheduled times. The missions are only active for 30 minutes after the call first goes out. In the subsequent Dragon Festivals after 2006, all mini-missions are re-enactments of the first Dragon Festival's events. As such, the original monsters are replaced with actors and the rifts with pinwheels.

The seven missions, in order, are:

• Mission one (Haiju Lagoon)
• Mission two (Jaya Bluffs)
• Mission three (Tsumei Village)
• Mission four (Seitung Harbor)
• Mission five (Tsumei Village)
• Mission six (Seitung Harbor)
• Mission seven (Shing Jea Monastery)

Items

Icon	Item	Icon	Item
	Birthday Cupcake		Flask of Firewater
	Bottle of Rice Wine		Red Bean Cake
	Bottle Rocket		Sparkler
	Champagne Popper		Sugary Blue Drink
	Crème Brûlée		Victory Token
	Festival Prize

Headgear

Year	Mask
2006	Dragon Mask
2007	Demon Mask
2008	Grasping Mask
2009	Imperial Dragon Mask
2010	Sinister Dragon Mask

Finale

Location of Celestial Charges and Imperial Sorcerers.

Main article: Dragon Festival/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:

• 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.

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.

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 global drop for the duration of the event.

See also

• Dragon Festival 2010
• Dragon Festival 2009
• Dragon Festival 2008
• Dragon Festival 2007 Redux
• Dragon Festival 2007
• Dragon Festival 2006