Double Eclipse

There is a celebration of the night of the Eclipse when the sun is hidden behind the two moons of Gateway Empire. This happens once every two years. The day becomes night and this 24-hour night is a time of celebration that marks the power of the Keeper. It is the one time that all citizens can witness the power of the currents as the light of the shadows of the moons make the currents appear to the eye of those who watch. A Keeper can even be talked into showing a display of his power over the Currents on this night.

This is the celebration most parents dread, as the young flow through the streets wearing masks and disguises. It is not unheard of for there to be a run on the Alchemy shop for herbs and potions to prevent pregnancy (mostly by the wise parents of young men and women) and the local alchemist spends three months before this celebration blending and making the required herbs and potions. Behind the masks and disguises, the young feel free to celebrate all the earthly delights and many a young woman loses her virginity on this day.

NOTE: This page is still a work in progress.

Here will go a collection of noteworthy events that have occurred on a Double Eclipse

June 8, 501 (?) - Needs to be verified.

May 28, 503

• A noteworthy Double Eclipse as it was the only Double Eclipse that was delayed.

• Due to the carelessness of some drugged-up revelers on the night of the double eclipse celebration, the row of townhouses which were residences of many notable peerage was swiftly consumed by a raging fire that swept through the area. This incident leads to the remodeling of the second floor of the castle, turning the Hall of Providence into four separate areas which would later become the baronial suites attached to each ducal tower.

• Baroness Destine gives births to twins, a boy and a girl named Demetrius and Persephone.

September 15, 505

• The Hedge Maze in the open courtyard of Gateway Castle is opened to the public.

September 12, 507

• Early the morning of the Double Eclipse, Baron Joseph Starling and Mistress Lazuli Montaigu are married by Empress Philomena Caprios in the Baronial Gardens of Moonshadow in Gryphon's Reach.

October 24, 509

• It was announced by Imperial Proclamation that on the Double Eclipse the Currents would be paused for the duration of the day.

• Shortly before midnight on the day of the Double Eclipse a bright and fiery light illuminated the waters between Gateway and the other four isles. Along with the four lights racing towards each isle and one south past Guardian to the Barrier, a sixth is witnessed, leading north past Draught in what appears to be the fulfillment of Baron Miller's Isle's Unity Coin request.

September 1, 511

September 6, 513