The Week of Loss

The Week of Loss is an annual celebration of the cities of Gilthanon. They surround the calendar's end of winter and the beginning of the spring solstice. The celebration lasts nine days long, two days before the five days of loss, and two after, for both preparation and recuperation.

The celebration consists of the following:

The Loss of memory (A large celebration including a large amount of alcohol),

the Loss of Conscious (a nearly city wide crime spree),

the loss of Wealth (A day of charity and monetary sacrifice),

the Loss of Life (a gladiatorial game), and finally,

the Loss of Sleep (a 24 hour period of repentance and meditation.)

Those devout in the worship of the Five gods (one god for each day) partake in them with both vigor and fastidious care. Those who walk outside of the religions see it as either days of opportunity or days of terror.