Lands of Tyranny
Day 1 of The Philosopher, Year 414
Festum
Festivia/Luxa
Symbol: Gilded Goblet, Grapevine, the Red Apple.
The Goddess of Abundance, Excess, Waste, Debauchery, Feasts, Jealousy and Envy
Festum is a Goddess of excess and abundance in everything, of fully throwing oneself in anything they experience always to the extreme, and of envy for those that have access to these privileges and riches one can not have for themselves.
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She is depicted as akin to a tall forested-like woman bearing gifts of bountiful treasure, said to be a devious trickster lulling mortals to her will through rich gifts, then corrupting them into ways of gluttony and excess under her mask of a ‘forever bliss’.
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On the other hand, some more shady types in some dark, smelly alley would whisper and promise that the Goddesses blessing would bring them no end to nourishment and wealth.
With the intention of pleasing this Goddess, halls should be filled with laughter, joy, but even more so euphoria and abundance to the point of waste and pointless excess.
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Her rituals often accompany wild free dance, expressing unrequited desire and abandonment in a mixing of drugs, fat, tasty food, sweet drinks, and any sort of pleasures.
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During veneration, many gather from far and wide in a feast of the ages where plenty of drugs of all kinds are consumed. During such activities those that are present often would report feeling like having lost track of the passing of time, or of having lost themselves entirely due to the abundance of alcohol or other mind-numbing consumables or practices, often swearing to be feeling a miracle of ever-lasting nights and experiences, allowing spirits to fester into life with no tiring.
Those of the true Festum faith generally practice this popular style of faith nearer the outer reaches of the Imperial lands, close to the borders of forest in attempts to protect them from unwanted reach. Due to the massive popularity amongst people, Festivals were created to ensure the contented nature of the masses; however as a means to restrict such festivities away from the appeal of The Three, taxation falls heavily on those caught in such acts as they would with any of the ‘Old Gods’ in an attempt to limit its movement.
To those that simply can not access such levels of excesses, Festum is something completely different: a malicious deity towards which to forward that frustration, envy, or even anger towards those that instead do have or can have something that is otherwise unavailable or unreachable. Be it food, due to a famine, water, due to a drought, or more mundane things such as power, riches, a happy life, or even the attention of another.
Author: Rashan