Location: Tardide Village
Time: Days 561-563 | Telia: Days 51-53
Realm: Telia (Mission World)
Day One (Day 561 | Telia: Day 51)
The village square transformed overnight into something from a dream.
Long tables stretched in rows, covered with cloth someone had saved for decades waiting for an occasion worthy of its use. Food covered every surface—roasted meats that filled the air with savory smoke, fresh bread still warm from ovens, pastries glazed with honey, fruit piled in mountains, wine flowing from barrels that Elder Ryunzo had been hoarding for twenty years.
"First time in my life I've seen this much food," an old man whispered, tears streaming into his beard. "First time anyone in Tardide has."
Over six hundred people from the village, plus two hundred visitors from surrounding hamlets filled the square. Every seat taken, children sitting on parents' shoulders, elderly given places of honor, veterans grouped together swapping stories, orphans running wild with joy.
