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Seasonal Cycle
13.1 Festival Calendar
| Season | Festival | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spring (Month of Sprockets) | Awakening of the Forge | All forges are re-lit after winter maintenance. Apprentices present their first projects. Community feasts celebrate renewal. |
| Early Summer (Month of Pistons) | Festival of Gears | The grandest celebration: parades of illuminated automatons, invention competitions, the Gear-Race (steam-carriage sprint), and the crowning of the year's Inventor Laureate. |
| Midsummer (Month of Embers) | Ember Remembrance | Solemn commemoration of the Ember Rift Conflict. Candles are placed along the Ashen Pass, and the Clockwork Assembly reads the names of the fallen. |
| Autumn (Month of Crystals) | Crystal Harvest | Aether Crystals are gathered from Crystal-Glen. A market fair features crystal-art exhibitions and the Resonance Concert. |
| Late Autumn (Month of Bronze) | Ironspine Conclave | Joint Dwarven-Gnomish symposium on metallurgy. Competitions in alloy creation and forge technique. |
| Winter (Month of Stillness) | Night of the First Cog | The longest night. Gnomes gather around the Great Gear for a silent vigil, then celebrate with Clockwork Confections and Cog-Ale at dawn. Gift-giving of handmade mechanical trinkets. |
| Late Winter (Month of Gears) | Aether-Night | Crystal illumination festival; every building is adorned with glowing Aether Crystals. The Whispering Spire broadcasts a continent-wide harmonic tone. |
13.2 Agricultural Cycles
- Spring: Planting of Gear-Fiber crops and Aether-Moss cultivation beds.
- Summer: Maintenance of Steam-Condensers and irrigation channels; mushroom farms in underground chambers run year-round.
- Autumn: Harvest of Gear-Fiber, Crystal gathering, root vegetable harvest.
- Winter: Equipment overhaul, forge maintenance, stockpile management. Underground greenhouses sustain fresh produce.