Kuja

While last year offworlders were still a bit too new to do much more than celebrate with fireworks and fanfare for the new year, this year there's certainly much more opportunity for revelry. Despite the hardships and uncertainty of the latter part of last year, people appear optimistic and ready to have a bit of fun.

Now that Town is a regular place on the map with more trade routes running through it, it means a lot more cultural diversity and exchange. Around this time of year especially, alcohol and luxury items will be a bit easier to acquire. It's the time for good will and new opportunity, after all, and so merchants are happy to share. For a reasonable cost, anyway!

People from all over the continent of Kamurkia have brought the ways that they ring in the new year. One of the most popular - and perhaps most relevant the Dragonbonded - is the tradition of a "Name Day." Since Town is a newer settlement, the people who have helped build it up deserve to be honored for generations to come. It is a way for offworlders and natives who have since settled here to leave their mark.

Around the outer edge of Town, a short brick wall is being erected. Each brick has a name written on it. Construction of it will stop once everyone's names who live in Town are written, but each new person that arrives will be encouraged to add their name, a brick, and grow the wall through the ages. Even should offworlders leave, their presence and importance will now be memorialized.

This is not mandatory but it is certainly encouraged! It's understandable that some Dragonbonded might feel conflicted, considering their circumstances, and be unsure about if they should contribute. Regardless of if someone's plan is to stay or not though, this is just a way to leave your name to be remembered someday.

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