Dahm Als

Two Lovers Day. An early spring ceremony celebrating King Giagara’s departure from the world. The original holiday is a complicated one full of mourning as well as joy; the King has left the land once again melancholic, for his lovers never stay, but the destruction he causes is also gone. It is as if he has taken all the passion and all of the rage out of the world at once. It is similar to Fat Tuesday, although most modern people celebrate it like Valentine’s Day because of the romantic associations of Giagara.

The lovers he picks are always offered immortality to stay with Gaiagara forever. However, no one has ever taken this offer. They say that once you have the mark, he grows inside you like a weed, and being away from him is unendurable. Because Gaiagara constantly needs to  spend long years sleeping, he has not yet found one willing to take on this burden.