Burning Blades

Burning Blades is a Sarenite religious holiday held annually on 10 Sarenith. It is celebrated in honor of the goddess of light and is the culmination of a month-long summer festival held in her honor that begins with the first new moon of Desnus.

Burning Blades focuses on the sun and the goddess' powers of healing, and is named from the dance of the burning blades, in which worshipers dip ceremonial weapons in pitch or another flammable substance and dance with the burning brands in hand. Legends recount that if one of Sarenrae's faithful is in mortal danger on this festival day, their weapon will burn with a holy fire. This has proven to be true so many times throughout history that those with bad intentions generally avoid the Dawnflower's faithful on this day.