The Small Harvest (also known as Night of Smiling Gourdlight) is an Eothasian autumn festival celebrated on the 19th of Majauton in parts of the Eastern Reach.[1]
Overview[ | ]
In past generations, the Eothasian autumn festival of the Small Harvest was celebrated by most immigrants to the Eastern Reach. Farmers and the villages that relied on them came together to share food and drink from the season's earliest crops and give thanks to the gods for their good fortune.
Children would bring food to distant farms or to elders who were unable to travel on their own and priests of Eothas would line the roads with small candles. In exchange for the food that children brought, the farmers' families would craft small dolls from corn husks or carve a variety of exaggerated faces into small gourds, leaving them outside as gifts. Poor or elderly families would simply spend time with the children and thank them for their charity.
In the years following the Saint's War, the Small Harvest has taken a different tone in the Dyrwood and Readceras. Since the destruction of St. Waidwen, whom many believe was a manifestation of Eothas, most Dyrwoodans have no interest in celebrating the holiday. Those who continue to leave out dolls or carved gourds are generally viewed with suspicion and resentment, often finding their dolls burned and gourds smashed by angry neighbors.[2]
Behind the scenes[ | ]
- The Small Harvest coincided with a Halloween event and patch to Pillars of Eternity on October 30, 2015.
- If Big Head Mode is enabled from the 30th to the 31st, the heads of all characters are replaced with a pumpkin.