Middlefest Fair

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The Middlefest Fair is an annual festival that takes place on Roshar during the Era of Solitude.

Time & Location

The Middlefest Fair takes place at the same time each year, during the midpeace. The midpeace is the period opposite the Weeping in the Rosharan year. There are no highstorms during the midpeace, but it seems to lack the incessant rains of the Weeping. This gap in the storms allows for the longer festival. It also seems likely that the Middlefest fair gets its name from the midpeace.

The Middlefest Fair is celebrated in the kingdoms of Jah Keved and Alethkar, but it is uncertain which others participate. In rural regions of the kingdoms, there are traditional fairgrounds on the highlords' lands where the festivities are set up each year. Local lords of at least the fourth dahn and their vassal houses will attend the fairs along with their households. It is unknown how Middlesfest is celebrated by city folk and lighteyes of higher dahns.

Trivia

• When Kaladin Stormblessed tears up Tvlakv's map en route to the Shattered Plains, he spitefully wishes the Thaylen a happy Middlefest.

Notes

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