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10TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_000Hello! Enjoying the festivities, are you? If you have any questions regarding the Starlight Celebration, please don't hesitate to ask!
21TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_Q1_000_001What will you ask?
32TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_A1_000_001What is the Starlight Celebration?
43TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_A1_000_002What's your task in all this?
54TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_A1_000_003Nothing.
65TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_010The Starlight Celebration can be traced back to ancient Ishgard. Long ago, a terrible battle claimed countless lives, leaving thousands of children orphaned in the harsh cold weather of Coerthas.
76TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_011Unable to bear their suffering, Ishgardian knights would offer these children board and lodging within their barracks. Of course, this was expressly forbidden, but the knights devised a plan to sneak them in, disguising the children in jackets of their scarlet uniforms.
87TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_012Owing to their generosity, the children survived the winter and lived to pay forward the kindness they had received. The former orphans would adorn themselves in scarlet uniforms, delivering gifts to children on the coldest week of the year. Thus, the Starlight Celebration was born.
98TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_013Over the years, the celebration has undergone gradual changes. The snowy-bearded captain of the kind-hearted knights has become known as the “Saint of Nymeia,” and children believe that he delivers their hopes and prayers directly to the goddess Herself.
109TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_014Similarly, his red-jacketed knights have become the “saint's little helpers.” They are particularly beloved by the younglings, for it is their role to bring gifts to every child who sends a prayer to the Spinner.
1110TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_020My scarlet-clad colleagues and I have been charged by the Adventurers' Guild with running the Starlight Celebration. The festival spans the entire realm of Eorzea, and we have little helpers stationed in the cities of Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul'dah.
1211TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_021This year, we aim to bring attention to a lesser-known aspect of the original story behind the celebration.
1312TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_022Before the soldiers would depart their barracks to offer shelter to the younglings, they would always play a special melody on their signal bells.
1413TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_023The sound of the bells echoing through the frigid night air was said to bring radiant smiles to the faces of both orphans and hard-bitten veterans alike.
1514TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_024Unfortunately, however, this particular tradition was not adopted into the celebrations along with the crimson coats.
1615TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_000_025It is our hope that by resurrecting such a heartwarming custom, the joy of the Starlight Celebration will ring ever louder throughout the realm!
1716TEXT_FESXMS2015_00313_GUIDEXMS2015_500_050Celebrant Baenfaeld? He mentioned needing to purchase more supplies for the festival. The last I saw, he was headed towards Hawkers' Alley...