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[page 1, pic of Samone in a "traditional" outfit/costume] Spirit’s Coming is a tradition started by the northern regions in Seothia. Everything about it stems from their set of beliefs. As a general rule, everyone in Seothia can find some kind of reverence for spirits—but, in the northern regions, it’s not just about human spirits. They also believe in spirit animals, which serve as protectors of a house or bloodline. Temples are dedicated to their worship (said to bring good fortune to the families who do it regularly) on every other day, but it’s said that on Spirit’s Coming, they emerge to dwell with their charges. In order to appease whoever the house’s spirit animal is, they offer various gifts to the spirit while dressed in a way that represents it. Traditionally, these were minor adornments, such as a few feathers or clothes matching in coloration to the animal. Slowly, as it grew more prominent in major cities, they turned into grand feasts; ones with just as extravagant outfits reminiscent of their animals, yet at their nature, still about connecting with the spirits said to descend that day.

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[page 2, pic of Lydia in a much less traditional outfit] Northern Seothia still holds on to its traditional values, though most of the significance became lost when the southern and eastern regions adopted it. To them, it is not about veneration of their guardians—it’s often just a reason to throw another party, to flaunt their wealth with animal-themed outfits. While many mainstream celebrations tend towards the same worn by Northern Seothians, there are some in more recent years who took more… liberties with what could officially be declared a costume. These are the costumes that lack symbolic connection at all for something much more literal and, on occasion, aren’t even related to animals.

Spirit’s Coming is only observed in Seothia. Most children of Fleyw Bresh believe that it places too much of a focus that is not founded in the Commandments and pushes the gods out of their rightful spotlight. The somewhat-acknowledged animosities between Northern Seothians and the children of Fleyw Bresh don’t help the matters much—or at all.