Purge Night

"Over the course of a year, a lot of trash builds up in the city. Useless pieces of garbage that doesn't help anyone or contribute to society. Tonight is the night we cut loose and are free to drag this trash out into the open and hack it to pieces in the street." -Ashed cobbler cheerfully describing the festival
Purge Night is a common holiday throughout the Ashed Cities where once a year the Ashed gather all of the miscellaneous pieces of junk that they own but no longer need and throw them into the streets. "Purgers" put on often small costumes made out of random debris and gather the junk trinkets, often in the form of furniture or clothing, and simply break, burn, or recycle everything they can find. Candy is given out, drinks are had, smoke is smoked, and everyone generally has a good time. Injuries sometimes happen but are considered a minor inconvenience.
* The purge boosts the cleaning, carpentry, and medical guilds.
* It's considered a cleansing of one's spirit.
* The festival often scares off foreigners who witness it.
== Purgers, Barricades, Scavs and candy ==
"If I didn't know this was an innocent festival I would swear that the city was tearing itself apart." -Shaken unclaimed bar patron coming in from the street 
* Purgers are the people that roam the streets looking for purged materials to destroy so that the refuse can be made into recyclable materials later.
* Barricades are made by people outside of their own homes with garbage and purgers are invited to symbolically free them by tearing down the barricades.
* Scavs often roam the streets looking for hidden treasures that people have discarded, often found in the higher up districts.
* Tearing down a barricade and freeing the people inside is a part of the tradition; the people that are "freed" give out candy.
* Ashed business guilds often send teams of Scavs to gather raw materials after a Purge Night.
== History ==
"The 14th has done what now?!" -Unknown Immortal after being invited to Purge Night 
When Purge Night started, the 14th Council claimed responsibility in orchestrating what would become an annual festival.
It is rumored that several Immortals flocked to the first city state which had Purge Night, who were horrified of the concept; however, this turned out to be an enormous misunderstanding.
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