Fae Holidays
Books Mentioned In
8. The Winter Long (Sept 2, 2014)
Beltane & Samhain
Represent the transfer of power between the Unseelie and Seelie Courts. There was a time when every fiefdom had two regents, they would trade places on those nights.
Beltain
Samhain
Yule & Midsummer
Yule and Midsummer are more general holidays meant for everyone to celebrate.
About
When the former Queen of the Mists held parties, she kept them restricted to only the highest nobles, never allowing the common folk. The new queen—Arden Windermere—does things differently throwing a kingdom-wide Yule celebration—the first since King Gilad was murdered.
Events
Characters
| Name | What | About |
|---|---|---|
| Queen of the Mists | False Queen | threw closed, restricted parties, if at all |
| Arden Windermere | Rightful Queen, Tuatha de Dannan | Throws open celebrations to mark a new era |
| King Gilad Windermere | Former King, Tuatha de Dannan | Deceased; thought to have died in 1906 SF earthquake; it comes out later that he was murdered |
| Oleander de Merelands | assassin; Peri– Tuatha de Dannan | poisoned several people, including Toby at one of the Queen's parties |
See Also
- Fae Holidays
- Faeries
- List of Fae Types
- Firstborn
- List of Firstborn
- List of Faerie Kingdoms, Duchys, Realms
- Big Three
- Faerie
- List of October Daye books
External References
Content Refs:
Toby-verse Links:
- Characters/October Daye - Tropes & Idioms
- Literature/October Daye - Tropes & Idioms
- October Daye series - Urban Fantasy Wiki - Series information page
- Fang-tastic Fiction: Seanan McGuire: OCTOBER DAYE Series - summary of entire series including world-building.
- October Daye Series ~ Shelfari (character lists, setting, glossaries, quotes, etc.)
- Seanan McGuire: The Toby Daye FAQ ~ Author's site
- Seanan McGuire: Fairy Tale Survival FAQ ~ Author's site
- Seanan McGuire's Discussion Board • Index page
- Carpewiki - October Daye Series ~ Wiki