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Pirate Market - Solstice Festival

Festival

The Solstice Festival of Skull River Bay begins yearly on the first day of June, and last for three days. While the festival takes over the entire town, the real focus is on the The Pirate Market, where merchants, buyers and sellers from all over the world attend. While huge amounts of (generally stolen) goods, ships and services are auctioned off, the climax of the festival is the magical auction, where items of rare and arcane power are up for sale.

Auction Announcement

The Pirate Market

Let it be known that in addition to all manner of rare, valuable and unusual cargo, Lum’s Oddities is pleased to announce the auction of several magical and arcane items on the final three days of the Summer Festival in the town of Skull River Bay. 

Every one of these mystical items is certified authenticate by the Wizard of the Yellow Tower. The Wizard is available to answer any questions about the items so certified (provided his consultation fees are paid in full).

All auctions shall take place at the marketplace pavilion starting precisely at noon. All payment to be delivered immediately upon closing of the auction (preferable as notes drawn from Sam Clew’s Private Reserve). 

All sales are final and irreversible.

Schedule as follows: 

Day 1

  • A curious and beautifully crafted Pipe, the smoke from which can be commanded to take any shape desired

  • A rare and mysterious hat, wide of brim, with the power to change the appearance of the wearer to that of another sentient, no matter how far removed that appearance might be. 

  • A rare yellow diamond, which has the power to command the spirits of the very earth itself. 

  • Magical dust, that when sprinkled has the power to hide one from view.

Day 2


  • A marvelous candle, ever burning and impossible to extinguish 

  • An enchanted rope, capable of moving of and knotting of its own power, even through the air itself. 

  • A quiver of magical arrows, providing unparalleled accuracy and lethality.

  • A mystical horn, that when sounded, may only be heard by the individual the sounder so desires. 

  • A matching set of both boots  and cloak from the far off eleven lands beyond the eastern sea. They have the power to allow one to pass unseen and unheard. Note at request of the owner this set will be auctioned together not individually 

Sunset Day 3


  • A powerful and arcane wand carved of the finest ebony, able to stop a grown man or charging horse in their tracks and hold them immobile. 

  • A magical mithril lantern, able to reveal the hidden and unseen 

  • deck of beautifully calligraphed tarot cards. Each card may be used to summon a terrible and realistic phantasm of the image drawn upon it. 

  • Two stones, grey in color, most ordinary in appearances. However these stones have the powerful and mystical ability to allow the holder of each to converse with the other, no matter how far away they may be.

Midnight Day 3


And finally the rarest and most magical items. 10,000 gold piece minimum, serious bidders only. If interested it is highly recommended to consult the Wizard of the Yellow Tower as some of these items have complex and dangerous properties . 


  • The rare and legendary Amulet of Theno. A baleful eye granting untold power, but also perhaps bringing untold danger. 

  • The Half Life Chest, into which the owner may place any baleful affliction troubling them, whether it be wounds, sadness or misfortune. 

  • The legendary armor of the fabled hero Greyholm. In addition to protecting the wearer from all manner of injuries  It grants the power to breath life into stone. 

And finally the legendary Nightmare Blade, forged in the realm of chaos itself, wielded by the dreaded Green Hag of Corr. A weapon so evil, so powerful that only the strongest soul could possible wield it and survive. Few can stand to be in the presence of the naked blade for long, and even a creature such as the green hag sheathed the blade as quickly as possible.

Solstice Festival - Competition Announcement

Let it be known that in celebration of the Summer Solstice, the attendees of the Solstice Festival are hereby challenged to prove their worth and metal in a variety of competitions. These competitions will be held throughout the three days of the Festival and are open to all comers!  The winner of each competition will be awarded a purse of 1000 pieces of gold and in addition will have their praises sung and their name known throughout the The Thousand Isles

Schedule as follows: 

Day 1:  Might and Marksmanship

Prove your worth in challenges of might and marksmanship. Competitions will be held in swordsmanship, bare knuckle fighting, marksmanship with musket, pistol and cannon. Each winner to be awarded a purse of 1000 pieces of gold, and the right to call themselves Festival Champion. In the event that the same champion wins all events an additional 1000 pieces of gold to be awarded, in addition to the title of Grand Champion of Might.

Day 2: Challenges of Magic

The esteemed Wizard of the Yellow Tower will preside over challenges of the high schools of magic. Competitions to be held in the arts of Conjuration, Evocation, Transmutation, Divination and Illusion. A purse of 1000 gold pieces will be awarded to the winner of each school, and the right to call themselves Festival Champion.   In the event that the same champion wins all events an additional 1000 pieces of gold to be awarded, in addition to the title of Grand Champion of Magic.

Day 3: Challenges of  Seamanship

The esteemed Captain Nathaniel Skullspeaker will preside over challenges of the arts of the seas. Competitions to be held in hand, reef and steer, in sealore and finally a race of skiffs to held. The winner of each competition to be awarded a purse of 1000 gold, In the event that the same champion wins all events an additional 1000 pieces of gold to be awarded, in addition to the title of Grand Champion of the Seas.

Day 3: Contest of Song

In addition on the third day a dawn, to be held a Contest of Song. All aspiring bards and troubadours to compete singing an original tune of their own composing. Winner to receive a purse of 1000 gold pieces. The winner also earns the right to title Master of Verse and drinks free for the remainder of the festival.

In addition to these greater challenges, lesser competitions to be held in the following categories, with varying degrees of prizes

  • Footrace
  • Swimming
  • Longboat race
  • Canoe Race
  • Grand Tournament of Cards
  • Lore
  • Strength
  • Dance
  • The singing of Shanties
  • Juggling and Tumbling
  • Knife Throwing
  • Sheers and Gyn
  • Knotts, Bends and Hitches
  • Heaving and Coiling
  • Navigation

Prove your worth, heavy your purse and earn immortal acclaim, all attendees are invited to participate and show their salt!