The equinoxes are special times for celestials.
Now, normally a celestial will recover Essence at
sunrise or sunset, depending on whether they're an
angel or a demon. However, on those two days per year
when day and night are of equal length, this rule is
somewhat changed: instead of at the beginning or the
end of a day, celestials will regenerate at the exact
midpoint - and will regenerate two Essence, instead of
one. This is true for everybody: Outcasts, the
Celestially Discordant, Renegades, Remnants - even
those in Limbo.
Naturally, traditions have sprung up around this
twice-yearly phenomenon. Angels usually try to spend
that 'special Essence' to do someone a favor, or just
give it away to the less fortunate: demons are
permitted by their Prince to use it on anything they
damned well please (even the ones in Hell). It can
get pretty noisy on those two days.
There's also, of course, a massive blowout at the
Glades. Novalis and her Servitors throw a party that
everybody who's anybody shows up for - even Archangels
that normally wouldn't be caught dead in the place.
The rule is, if you can stand the Light of Heaven,
you've got an automatic invitation: ethereals have
calmly walked in, hung out, then left without being
molested, and there's been more than one Redemption
that's taken place there. It's also about the only
time that anyone's ever seen Dominic sit down and have
a drink. He keeps the hood up, though, which usually
clashes horribly with the garland of roses that
somehow manages to accumulate around him.
Hell's bashes are a lot more diverse (every Prince
tries to outdo the other, except for Mammon and
Kronos: the former's a skinflint and the latter's just
not a partying type), but about as safe a place to be
as one can find in the Infernal regions. Obviously,
they have themes, which should probably be left to the
imagination. The prize is to have Lucifer show up, of
course: the maneuverings and plotting can be intense
(and invariably fatal to some Servitors) in the weeks
before the Day. Of course, the Lightbringer merely
picks a spot to go at random each time. Still, it's
quite the coup, and the other Princes will be a little
more wary around you for the next six months, so who
cares?
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