Dragon Festival

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Missions and quests

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

There are also 7 missions that occur during each Dragon Festival. Each mission has three or four scheduled beginnings. Captain Rujiyo called heroes to arms for the missions on a daily basis at the scheduled times. The missions were active for 30 minutes after the call first went out. In the subsequent Dragon Festivals, all mini-missions are re-enactments of the first Dragon Festival's events. As such, the original monsters were replaced with actors and the rifts with pinwheels.

[edit] Finale

[edit] See also

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