Welcome to the Haunted Hayride and Harvest Festival!

Located in the Bannock, Central Shroud
Balmung
From New Gridania take the Blue Badger Gate and head south
Oct 17 - 8 to Midnight EST

Haunted Hayride

Groups of guests will be taken via Chocobo carriage and Chocobo porter through the winding path from The Bannock to Haukke Manor, experiencing the haunts and tales of the mysterious Black Shroud. An informal introduction to the history of the area will be accompanied by three spooky skits encountered along the way.

Groups will depart every 30 minutes, starting at 8:15 EST.

The Hayride line is by the bridge west of Bannock (20, 17) in front of Itara Irispyre. Message Itara if you have concerns or questions, we will attempt to accommodate everyone.

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Due to the Chocobo carriage’s limited capacity, some guests will be asked the /follow along on a β€˜Chocobo porter.’ So, if you can, please make sure your Chocobo is out of stables. Pairs will also be allowed to ride together on two-person chocobos. Characters without riding unlocked will be given priority in carts.

RP among guests is encouraged during the ride but not required. Feel free to comment on what you see and hear!

Festival

At Bannock proper, a Harvest Festival will be ongoing for those to enjoy before and after the Hayride. Here you will find food and drink, games, dancing, and a costume contest!

Lantern Light will be starting the Festival with a performance. Please join them dance area to begin your spooky evening!

All vendors, game prices are in character unless otherwise stated. Tips are always appreciated but never expected.

Festival Map

How to Play

Hands are held behind the back, and you will stick your face in a bucket of water, which contains a selection of apples. You get three chances to grab an apple in your mouth!

Prizes are awarded based on the number of apples caught

If you get an apple on all three attempts, you get a fourth chance to win a special prize!

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OOC
---To prevent chat spam, you will enter party chat with Zahra
---you will /dice in party chat 3 times.
---You must roll between the ranges seen to the left to catch an apple.

---Fresh apples are added when one is caught, so if you roll the same range, you still get one!
---Emotes and responses to these roles can be public so your friends can see!

Costume Contest

Sign-ups begin at 8 EST and will close at 11:45.



Each hour a different winner will be selected by the judges. To allow time for judging entries for each hour will be closed 15 minutes before




To Enter Submit Name via the Form linked above

9 PM- Character Cosplay
.......................Prize: Spooky Costume
10 PM- Silliest ........................
...................Prize: Ghosty Friend
11 PM- Scariest......................
.........................Prize: Spooky Costume
12 PM- Staff Favorite............
...................Prize: Dance Lesson


Must be Present to Win
(being on the hayride counts as being present)

SNACKS

Caramel Apple
Candy Apple
Chocolate-Dipped Banana
Cotton Candy
Butter Popcorn
Caramel Popcorn
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Ginger Cookie
Pumpkin Snickerdoodle
Deathglazed Donut

DRINKS

Hot Mulled Cider
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Hot Chocolate
Apple Juice
Orange Juice


🍸 Spike it! 🍸
+ Rum
+ Whiskey
+ Vodka

How to Play

Are you the strongest in Eorzea? Well, then prove it!

Can you hit the striking dummy hard enough to ring the bell? If you can, you'll get a prize!

You can choose to hit the dummy with a stick or your own fists. Hit the highest possible mark (999) and win a special prize!

*Striking dummy is not necessarily a true test of strength. Results may be off by order of magnitude... or two.
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OOC
---To prevent chat spam, you will enter party chat with The Outlaw
---You will /dice in party chat. You have 3 tries to win.
--Any roll above 700 will get a prize. Your highest roll will decide your prize!

900 - You hit the bell! You ARE the strongest!
800 - Strong! But not strong enough
700 - Not too bad!

---Emotes and responses to these rolls can be public so your friends can see!

How to Play

How good is your aim?

Challenge your friends to a friendly archery game! Groups of up to 7 will compete against each other to see who can shoot the best with only 3 arrows*!

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One winner every round!
A perfect bullseye (0) wins a special prize!

*Arrows are not guaranteed to be straight or high quality
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OOC
---To prevent chat spam, you will enter party chat with Fell Krieger.
---You will /dice in party chat to determine how well you shoot.
---BIG IS BAD in this game. 0 is a perfect bullseye! Anything above 500 misses the target!
---There will be 3 rounds of eliminations.

--Round 1 anyone who misses the target (501+) is eliminated.
--Round 2 Only the lowest 3 will move on to the next round.
--Round 3 Lowest number wins! (ties on this round will get another arrow)

---Emotes and responses to these rolls can be public so your friends can see!
---If everyone in a round misses, everyone gets to shoot again!

Face Painting with Sonja Rysti

Have this talented painter adorn your face with one of a kind art.
From a simple pumpkin on your cheek to a full face design, Sonja can do it all!


Choose your own design
OR
Pick from the inspiration boards below

THE TURTLE OF DESTINY

Lunabell Faunhart will read the sacred geometries spun by her associate THE TURTLE OF DESTINY to provide guidance with all questions. There is no matter too immense or minuscule to decipher.

Please do not poke the turtle, she bites.

Many, many thanks to everyone who helped make this crazy dream a reality. From the volunteers helping this thing happen to those of you enjoying it, I am so grateful for all of you!

Here are the wonderful people who have brought this all to life!

Carriage Drivers

Voidsent

Witches

Zombies

Festival Workers

Security

And Your Host...