The Festival of the Guardians, Miss Arntta! It's one of the most important days of Lunism!
Dia
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Why? Who are the 'guardians'?
Arntta
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You already said that you don't know much about astronomy, right?
K'Sarian
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Yeah, I didn't really have much formal education.
Arntta
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Well, you know how it's not really a smart idea to look directly at the sun.
K'Sarian
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A long time ago, a simple technique was developed to look at the sun safely.
K'Sarian
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The same way we could look at stars - telescopes - could be used to project an image of the sun onto a large surface.
K'Sarian
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This was how the guardians were discovered.
K'Sarian
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Twelve shadows, slowly moving around the sun.
K'Sarian
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The sun itself seemed to have spots on it that would come and go. Astronomers kept very detailed records of them.
K'Sarian
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Some thought there was some kind of prophetic ability in the spots. But despite the spots coming and going, the guardians remained the same. Twelve, equally apart.
K'Sarian
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They're perfect circles, as near as we can tell. What they are is kind of a mystery, though.
K'Sarian
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They're far too close to be planets, far too perfect to be any kind of smaller naturally captured object.
K'Sarian
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Whatever they are, there's twelve of them, and they're very, very close to the sun.
K'Sarian
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I think I remember something similar in Lagre teachings.
Arntta
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Something like the three great spirits of each tribe. They're what caused the seasons, I think?
Arntta
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My memory of that stuff's a little fuzzy, though, given how long ago I learned it.
Arntta
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Lunist philosphy developed that they were guardians of the sun, which represents the Iahn.
K'Sarian
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That's why there's twelve dragoons. The Iahn is protected by the twelve guardians.
K'Sarian
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So it's a festival celebrating the dragoons.
Arntta
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Not exactly.
K'Sarian
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Remember that in Drago culture, all del are born into their roles. They accept their roles, and fufill them to their best.
K'Sarian
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The dragoons themselves were chosen by fate for their roles; they don't need nor want celebration.
K'Sarian
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The Festival is more a celebration of the guardians around the sun, Miss Arntta!
Dia
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No matter what happens, the stellar guardians remain on vigil! The sun shines on, protected from anything that could do it harm.
Dia
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And this is a yearly thing?
Arntta
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Not exactly. It actually can fall during any time of year. Some years don't even have one.