Festival of Heroes

The Festival of Heroes is an annual week-long festival held the week before each midsummer in Halfdan's Summit. The festival is often considered to be an extension of midsummer festivities, and people flock from far and wide to participate. The festival honors Cayden Cailean, who is regularly in attendance. During the festival, aspiring heroes compete with feats of strength, skill, and bravado to gain the favor of Cailean. The winner is crowned the Hero King or Queen, and regularly returns to defend their title the next year. Events include obstacle courses, mock dungeon crawls, bar crawls, and a two-day gladiatorial arena event in which heroes fight against both each other and terrifying beasts.

The festival was started 119 years ago by the early members of the Cult of Cailean, consisting mostly of Civil War veterans who had fought alongside him.