Create a Holiday! ~*Special!*~

[Shadowcat]

Submitted Holidays

Winter: 3
Spring: 3
Summer: 2
Fall: 2

Who says humans have to have all the fun? Well the animals at Vital Breath want you to know that they have their own holidays too!

My goal with Vital Breath has been to take things beyond other animal role plays to create a truly unique experience. The main theme of the site, animals being in herds with different species, has pretty much achieved that on it's own, but, with the holidays coming up, I thought we should add a little something else to the role plays. Holidays! Now it's your chance as a member to create these special holidays.

There will be four winning holidays, one for each season. Members can submit as many holidays as they want, but, can only win with one holiday. The winning holidays will be official holidays of Amanija and will be celebrated in role play for a week or so around the date of the holiday.

Holidays can be celebrating just about anything, and there can be pretty much any way for the animals to celebrate. There can also be a special board made for the holidays where the celebration takes place (like a celebration of the Guardians first coming to Amanija and it's celebrated at where was the place that they spent the first night.) That means you can also decide on what an area of Amanija looks like. You could just have the holiday celebrated at a place we already have (such as a specific herd territory, a loner land, etc) or it could be one that is celebrated without the animals meeting in a specific place. If you choose to have it celebrated at a place there is no yet a board for, and you win the contest, the board will be put in the important places category.

And that's all there really is to it! To submit a holiday, pm it to me, and be sure to include which season it is celebrated in, for how long it is celebrated, and what day it is. (The animals can't really tell the specific days as they don't have calenders, but this gives us a rough idea of when they would celebrate.)

The four winners will get 100 Gahtas (currency displayed under karma) to spend in the item shop, a custom poem specifically for either the character of their choice or about themselves written by me, and either a drawing of their character, their character in dragon form, or of a custom dragon drawn by me. (I may not do your character unless it is in dragon form, depending on which one you want me to do. I'm not that good at drawing except for dragons. xD)

So, start sending them in, and good luck!

Notes:

This contest has no end date yet. I'll decide on an end date when there are more entries.

Although there will only be four winners who will get the prize, if your holiday is really good but not one of the winners, it may still be used as an official holiday in Amanija. In this way, you can get more than one of your submitted holidays to be used as an official holiday.

[Shadowcat]

First off, I apologize for being late with the winner. I was going to post it on the first, but I forgot. And yesterday, the second, I had a friend over all day and was unable to get on.

Although there were only three winter entries, they were very well done, and it was a hard choice. I want to thank all those who entered, but a winner had to be decided. So, without further delays, I shall post the winner for the winter holiday contest!

Eclipse of the Golden Moon
by Tyto

"This holiday was created to honor the moon, how it directs animals and gives them light during the dark hours of night. It is celebrated in winter during the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice. During this day in Amanja, the suns' yellow light somehow gets reflected onto the moon, causing day become night in an eclipse and the moon to turn into a shocking shade of shimmering gold. Also during this time, a type of white berry is abundant and ripe which all animals in Amanija eat. These berries are craved by all animals, for their sweet and silky taste. Aquatic animals also get to enjoy the berry as millions of berries get blow off their vines and flow to the sea. During the night when the moon is golden, the white berries turn into a mesmerizing golden color. Appearing as if they were made of gold. All animals come out and feast on a glorious feast of these delectable berries, a last feast before the freezing cold of winter. Many a hibernating animal will come out of hibernation just to feast on berries and return to sleep. So to this day, on the winter solstice, millions of animals sing songs and hymns of praise to the Guardians and Spirits, for so kindly giving them a glorious feast of Amanija's most delicious fruit."

In the future, this holiday will be celebrated in role play and possibly some in out of character, even though the holiday is made up, between December 20th and December 31st.

For winning, Tyto will receive 100 gahtas, a poem about one of her characters or herself, and a drawing of either one of her characters, her character in a sort of dragon form, or a custom dragon. Congrats, Tyto!

This also means that Tyto is ineligible to win the contest for the other three seasons.





Right now, we have only one spring and one fall entry. We need some more for each season guys! So start sendin' them in!


The Spring winner will be picked, possibly, around the first of March.

[Shadowcat]

(I just realized I forgot to post the winner in this thread after I sent the mass pm out)

Ah, another hard choice! And yet, another season with only three entries! The entries were very nice and it took me quite some time to pick one. However, I would like to see more entries for the next two seasons. We currently have one submitted holiday for summer and two for fall. I need at least three of each to pick a winner. Remember, you can enter as many holidays as you want, even more than one for each season, but only one of your holidays can win.

I'd like to thank those that entered the contest for Spring and for other other seasons. Every single holiday was very good. But now it is time to announce the winner of the Spring holidays!

The Festival of Life
by Camas

Celebrated at the time of rebirth and regrowth, the Festival of Life brings out the wonderment of life to animals everywhere. No one is quite sure just when it started or how, but it has been going on for so many generations now that it has just become normal. The Festival of Life takes the meaning of Spring and gives a festive spin to it, as it should considering that life has the ability to restart during this season. The Festival of Life allows animals to celebrate bringing new life into the world, the loss of old lives from this world as well as the steady bearing of life for those living in it currently. The celebration lasts about 5 days with many festivities happening on each night from acknowledging new mates, saying farewell to old friends who have passed on, announcing new births and worshiping the Guardians who watch over all of us. Competitions with prizes also happen during these days of celebration with friendliness, not aggression. The Festival of Life starts on the first day of spring and continues for five days, with a prize awarded on the last day to the competitor who won the most during the celebration.

Congratulations, Camas! Very well done! And to those that entered but didn't win, you did a good job as well!

The Festival of Life will be celebrated in role play from March 19th-25th (that's one week.) In the role play, it will be said to be five days, as Camas stated in the quote above, but it will be role played over the course of a week to ensure everyone that wants to post has some time to do so.

Now, as for a prize, Camas wins 100 gahtas to use in our item shop, a poem about one of her characters (yes, I know she only has one but that's for if she makes another) or herself, and either a picture of her character, a picture of her character in dragon form, or a picture of a custom dragon. Or, if she can think of anything else she wants within my power, she can have that instead of these things, but either way she'll get 100 gahtas.

This also means that Camas is ineligible to win the Summer or Fall contest, as is Tyto (because she won the Spring contest.) However, Camas and Tyto are still free to submit holidays that may or may not be made into official Vital Breath holidays. They just can't win the prizes again.

Thanks again to everyone that entered. I hope you had fun and I hope you will continue to submit interesting holidays!

[Shadowcat]

We still only have two entries for summer. I want at least one before the winner is picked. I want to plan on picking the summer winner August 16th, so hurry up and sent your ideas in!

[Shadowcat]

Both the summer and fall winner will be picked on September 1st. This is your LAST chance to enter.