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==On This Day==
* It is the Summer Solstice. It is the longest day of the year, with a northern location like Silverymoon seeing nearly 16 hours of daylight.In our world, midsummer celebrations are traditionally held around the summer solstice (the longest day of the year), but the Realms's Calendar of Harptos has Midsummer a full month and a half after, owing to its summer solstice being the traditional start of summer. Despite this, many sources have still presumed Midsummer to be on or near the summer solstice, as evidenced by dates, mentions of the solstice, or it being the longest day of the year. Holding the Calendar of Harptos as standard, this wiki assumes these other Midsummers to be local variations. This article will document general summer solstice lore and Midsummers specifically dated to the summer solstice. Other Midsummers will be documented on their respective pages.
*Worshipers of Amaunator celebrate with a day of prayer, relaxation, and sunbathing.
*Worshipers of Mielikki celebrate the Second Feast and praise the Forest Lady with song.
*Worshipers of the gnomish deity Segojan Earthcaller offer up gems and bury them in holes dug by badgers.
*Worshipers of Thoth perform the Ceremony of Introspection by fasting for 24 hours followed by immersion in icy water.
*Worshipers of Uthgar fast for a day and a night to celebrate the Fullness of summer.
* Waterdhavians celebrate Dragondown in remembrance of all the dragons that were defeated or driven off the city.
* Around this time, people of the Plain of Horses hold the Midsummer Festival, a week-long period of banqueting and celebrating livestock born in the spring.While this is undated and Toril's calendars have different Midsummers, this is presumed to be the one immediately after spring, owing to the animals being born then.
* In 299 DR, High King Gwylloch of the Moonshae Isles and his son, Prince Ketheryll, go mad and slaughter themselves and their court within the Castle of Skulls. Local legends in the following centuries claim that Ketheryll persists in undeath and that his haunted castle reappears once a generation during the waxing of the summer solstice moon.
* In 1358 DR, during the Time of Troubles, Bane defeated Mystra and imprisoned her in the ruins of Castle Kilgrave.
* In 1360 DR, the Tuigan Horde conquered the city of Phsant in Thesk.
* In 1374 DR, the city of Selgaunt in Sembia elected a new Hulorn (Lord Mayor), Thamalon Uskevren II.
==Appendix==
===Notes===
===See Also===
* Feast of the Moon
* Greengrass
* Highharvestide
* Midwinter
* Midsummer
* Shieldmeet
* Spring Equinox
* Autumn Equinox
* Winter Solstice
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