Tar der Fora

Fora’s Days in the halfling language.

Fora is a goddess that Hill-folk (Halflings and Dwarves) farmers worship. She is a goddess of fertility, crops, and harvest.

The festival is a celebration of Fora and the gifts, or crops, she has allowed the farmers to grow and harvest, as well as a way of asking her for bountiful harvests to come in the following years. In southern Folenlund and Lonsalin, winter never gets too cold. The people who live in these areas have likely never seen snow, even the Omrildaegnor mountains don’t see snowfall. Heavy mists and fog, or thick humid rains are the worst of Folenlund and Lonsalin’s winter weather.

Fere Fora
Translation, Feast for Fora.

The last day of Tar der Fora is always the first official day of winter in the Hill-race's calendar. The night of the last day of autumn (the last night of Tar der Fora) is when the largest feast – Fere Fora – is held.

Fere Fora in Dahl Ferry
In Dahl Ferry’s large town square, a wide ring of tables and no chairs are haphazardly set with food. People pile what they can on their plate then move aside for others to do the same. The food served is never truly organised ahead of time, but is instead whatever is brought out at sundown by the townsfolk. Though you can rely on a hefty amount of juicy roasts and warm salads consisting mostly of root vegetables. Inside this ring of tables is often tens of barrels of ale and spirit – rum or potato vodka. To reach these townsfolk, and tourists, climb under the tables of food and help themselves. Though it is not unlikely for some, likely drunk, person to appoint them self bar-keeper, and keep everyone's drinks topped.