Rhiassa Presents: Feast of the Leviathan XXIV Here's To You, Ashenmark!

Greetings my friends,

The days grow both shorter and more frigid and it is as sure a sign as anything that the Feast of the Leviathan will soon be upon us. Here in Rhiassa this is both our busiest and happiest season; nothing pleases us more than the privilege of welcoming all of the heroes of the Realms to our hearth and showing them all of the hospitality we can muster. Soon recipe books will be flipped open, ingredients will be gathered from across the land, and all of the delectable scents of the kitchen will pervade Southland as our preparations come to fruition.

The past year was a gratifying one to behold. As the Realms shrugged off a long dormancy, we all witnessed how the individual and group efforts across the community were vital in returning us to our full strength. This was not by any means a forgone conclusion. I think all too easily we could have given way to darkness and silence had these heroic inclinations not prevailed. But that reality never came to pass. Instead, we leaned on one another, drew inspiration from one another, and worked our hardest to make sure everyone had a place to return to when they were ready to rejoin our ranks. If the Feast of the Leviathan is about celebrating one another then I can think of no aspect of our past year that is more admirable or more deserving of praise.

And what is more, it is our esteemed pleasure this year to be able to devote the entirety of the day’s festivities to our dear friends in the nation of Ashenmark. The hall will be festooned in the black and gold in deference to the tremendous amount of passion and effort that they have devoted towards this community and we would ask the entirety of the Realms to join us in celebrating them.

As always, we promise you a worthy place to partake in that celebration. The food will be plentiful and made with love. The entertainment will be captivating and diverse. And we’ll have some surprises in store this year that are sure to leave a lasting impression on all of our patrons.

So please make your way to Rhiassa as the moon reaches its earliest third quarter of the year. Come to celebrate our achievements and to reunite in kinship as we always do in January. We look forward to your company and the opportunity to fill your day with the warmth of food and the warmth of community.

Leviathan with you,
Lord Sir Aeston, Lady Dame Areni, and Lord Sir Gwen Stromgate

1. The bulk of the day will not feature traditional plated service to seated patrons. Instead, the hall will be set up with more widely spaced out tables which will seat ten for dinner but throughout the day will have seating for six. This will allow our guests to move around, sit together when desired or convenient, but be able to flexibly socialize with different groups throughout the day.

2. During this open hall portion of the day, food will be plentiful and varied. The kitchen will continuously be producing a wide array of small bites and amuse-bouche, brought out by servants on platters and circulated around the hall. Beyond that, there will also be a revolving station with more hearty offerings available throughout the day. We cannot stress enough that there is no way you will be able to spend the day hungry with the volume and variety of food that will be pouring out of the kitchen.

3. We will have a bar set up for drink service. The hall is dry, but we will have a welcome variety of both hot and cold drinks with some specialty items as well including the widely popular Rhiassan Fruit Fizz.

4. During this open hall portion of the day, entertainment and non-combat tournaments will be dispersed around both the large and small sections of the hall. Games and challenges, both old and new, will be available with some more grandiose games announced periodically.

5. New this year! The Gilded Lion Links Miniature Golf Course will feature a nine-hole course of putting challenges to amuse you throughout the day. Everyone will get their own personal score card and try to earn points by getting par or better on each hole. You can even steal points from other players by challenging them to competitive games of BattlePutts! Cash in your points at the end of the day to win prizes!

6. The Chimeron Casino Royale will return along with Rhiassa’s own table game, Luck of the Lion. To encourage participation, especially by those who are new to playing at a casino, vouchers for some free chips will be available as you arrive at the door. There will also be a Stacked Deck poker tournament starting early in the day.

7. The smaller side of the hall will be set up with a stage and bench seating. Various games throughout the day will take place here. Announcements such as auction results, and entertainment such as bardics will take place on this stage with interested parties able to gather close by.

8. As always, there is plenty of space for merchants of all varieties to set up their wares. Contact Jason if you desire to do so.

9. The Adventurers Guild will be set up all day running challenges for those who are looking for some questing-like content to fill their day.

10. The games we introduced last year for the Table Top Tournament, action games of strategy and skill, will return this year once again.

11. During the early evening, the feast will transition to a more traditional format. Tables will be arranged with place settings and dinnerware and a plated dinner followed by dessert will be served from the kitchen.

12. Per our normal procedures, you can reserve a table for your group with pre-regges. Three pre-regges from the same nation will allow you to reserve a table. Again, this year tables will seat ten instead of past years where they seated six. Since all attendees will be pre-regged this year, I’ll let you know if you need less or more tables than you might have predicted when you contact me and throughout the process.

13. As our guests rejoin the larger part of the hall and take their seats, a hearty family-style dinner course will be served immediately followed by dessert.

14. During our plated dinner Rhiassa will host court, followed by the awards ceremony.

Covid Restrictions:

-All attendees must be vaccinated or have a negitive test from within 12 hours of the start of the event.

-All atendees are required to wear a mask while inside the hall except when they are actively eating or drinking.

-Pre-reg through RealmsNET will be used as the contact tracing system so paid pre-reg is required for this event.

This is a dry site. No pets allowed.