This Event ends 9/1/2026
Everyone in Nemeia is gathering in preparation for the great Harvest Festival. Shepherds and farmers alike bring forth their best crops and stock to present before both the Caesar and the gods, with many traveling from afar to enjoy the accompanying festivities and food. Nemeion are just as welcome as the people to join in the celebration, as both Demeter and Pan bless the city and harvest with their presence. Perhaps you can find something to do to show your appreciation of the harvest and aid in appeasing the gods for yet another prosperous year?
───── The Cornucopia ─────
Click the button below to visit The Cornucopia, our Harvest Festival's shop!
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───── The Harvest Exchange ─────
In the shadowed hush of ancient Nemeia, where wildflowers tangled with the roots of gnarled trees and the wind played secret songs through mountain passes, there wandered a strange and untamed god—Pan. Half-nemeion, half-goat, with curling horns and mischief in his golden eyes. He dances through glades, his laughter echoing like birdcalls through the forest. The shepherds both feared and adored him, for he could bring fertile flocks or sudden fright with a single haunting note from his reed pipes. He was not a god of marble temples and solemn hymns, but of mossy stones, startled deer, and the tremble of twilight between day and dream. Wherever nature grew wild and hearts beat fast with freedom or fear, Pan was already there—watching, grinning, vanishing like a breath in the trees.
──── Exchange Corn for Seeds ────── Pan is in search of leftover Corn from last year's harvest to help feed his followers through the winter! In exchange, he is offering Seeds.
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───── Festival Prompts ─────
Draw or write about your Nemeion completing any of the following prompts below.
General Guidelines
🍁 You must own a Nemeion or lease one of the Caesar's Nemeion to participate.
🍁Collaboration and commissioning pieces is allowed!
🍁 You may repeat all of the prompts as many times as you would like. Additionally, there is no daily cap. You may submit entries freely throughout the entire event.
🍁 We are not accepting diptych entries. All entries must be singular images or pieces of literature.
🍁 Up to two (2) Nemeion may be rolled in each entry, or three (3) if one Nemeion has the Festivous Trait.
🍁 Normal Equipment, Traits, and Companions do not apply unless they are listed as holiday specific.
─ Holiday Specific: Festivous Trait, Holiday Spirit Trait
🍁Collaboration and commissioning pieces is allowed!
🍁 You may repeat all of the prompts as many times as you would like. Additionally, there is no daily cap. You may submit entries freely throughout the entire event.
🍁 We are not accepting diptych entries. All entries must be singular images or pieces of literature.
🍁 Up to two (2) Nemeion may be rolled in each entry, or three (3) if one Nemeion has the Festivous Trait.
🍁 Normal Equipment, Traits, and Companions do not apply unless they are listed as holiday specific.
─ Holiday Specific: Festivous Trait, Holiday Spirit Trait
── Artwork & Literature Guidelines Below ──
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Artwork Guidelines (Click me)
🍁 All rules from the Global Art and Literature Rules apply.
🍁 Holiday Prompts are considered a Simple Activity. 🍁 Simple Activities have the following requirements: ─ Full Body (75% or more) ─ Colored/Toned ─ Minimum 3 Background Elements 🍁 Images must be a minimum of 500 x 500 pixels to qualify. 🍁 Simple Art in general will always be flat colored. It can optionally have shading. 🍁 Collaborated Activities can only have as many collaborators as Nemeion can participate. ─ Each collaborator’s part must be clearly marked in the deviation description. ─ Each collaborator should contribute roughly equally in the piece. |
Literature Guidelines (Click me)
🍁 All rules from the Global Art and Literature Rules apply.
🍁 Holiday Prompts are considered a Simple Activity. 🍁 Simple Literature requires a minimum of 900 words. 🍁Collaborated Activities can only have as many collaborators as Nemeion can participate. ─ Collaborated entries must have an additional 450 words per collaborator. ─ Each collaborator’s part must be clearly marked in the piece. ─ Each collaborator should contribute roughly equally in the piece. 🍁 Multi-part stories are acceptable, however, each part must have a clear beginning and end |
Prompt 1: The Unearthing Rite
On the final day of the Thesmophoria, participants gather to unearth the sacred offerings buried months before. But this year, something strange is dug up—an object not placed there by human hands. What is it? Who or what buried it? And why does the air feel colder when it’s touched? Depict your Nemeion investigating this strange object. Is it an ancient tablet, an old boot, or something completely different?
Prompt 2: Boar in the Grove
Piglets are traditionally offered to the earth, but when a full-grown, wild boar crashes through the sacred grove during the burial ritual, it seems to be protecting something hidden in the soil. Depict your Nemeion facing off against this boar. Do they chase it away, or do they investigate what the boar is hiding? What do they find?
Prompt 3: The Stolen Cornucopia
On the eve of the Harvest Festival, a divine relic—the Cornucopia of Ploutos—has vanished from its altar. Without it, the people fear famine will shadow the land. Clues point toward a band of rogue satyrs who fled into the olive groves. Depict your Nemeion tracking the satyrs down, retrieve the relic, and remind them why the gods must be honored during the feast of plenty.
Prompt 4: The Web of Fate
As the harvest moon rises, webs begin to appear across doorways and trees—not spun by spiders, but by divine silk threaded with silver and shadow. Those who brush against them experience vivid visions of fate. Are these visions prophecy, or warnings? Depict your Nemeion experiencing a vision from the three fates. What is their vision? Do they see themselves in a prosperous future?
Prompt 5: Feast of the Empty Platter
A grand banquet was laid out in the temple courtyard, but all of the food suddenly disappeared before anyone had a chance to take a bite. The hall is filled with the scent of fresh bread, honey, and wine, and yet no one can find the source. Depict your Nemeion searching for the source of the missing food. Has someone hoarded it away, do they catch someone in the act of eating it, or has something strange happened?
Possible rewards you might find during this event:
───── Jowls-ting Contest ─────
(This is a special activity, and therefore has unique artwork and literature guidelines.)
Every year during the month of August, the villages surrounding Athens gather in a great festival to hold a special event; an eating competition! Nicknamed the Jowls-ting Contest, Nemeion are paired with an opponent and challenged to devour whatever is placed before them before their partner can finish. Every entrant receives a reward for their efforts, regardless of who proves the bigger glutton. It is a time of celebration and plenty, after all!
───── Gift Prompt ─────
Celebrate the bountiful harvest by featuring your Nemeion facing off against another player’s Nemeion in an eating contest. If you are uncomfortable making a gift for another player, you may draw or write about one of the Caesar's Nemeion instead. The more effort that is put into making a gift, the more rewards you receive!
General Guidelines
🍁 You may only submit One (1) entry to this activity.
🍁 You must own a Nemeion or lease one of the Caesar's Nemeion to participate.
🍁 Collaborations and Commissioning are not allowed. All work must be your own!
🍁 A minimum of two (2) Nemeion must be present in your entry. (Your own and someone elses)
🍁 Normal Equipment, Traits, and Companions do not apply.
🍁 You must own a Nemeion or lease one of the Caesar's Nemeion to participate.
🍁 Collaborations and Commissioning are not allowed. All work must be your own!
🍁 A minimum of two (2) Nemeion must be present in your entry. (Your own and someone elses)
🍁 Normal Equipment, Traits, and Companions do not apply.
── Artwork & Literature Guidelines Below ──
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Artwork Guidelines (Click me)
🍁 All rules from the Global Art and Literature Rules apply.
🍁 Gift Prompt(s) are considered a Simple Activity. 🍁 Simple Activities have the following requirements: ─ Full Body (75% or more) ─ Colored/Toned ─ Minimum 3 Background Elements 🍁 Images must be a minimum of 500 x 500 pixels to qualify. 🍁 Simple Art in general will always be flat colored. It can optionally have shading. 🍁 This activity does not allow for Collaboration. |
Literature Guidelines (Click me)
🍁 All rules from the Global Art and Literature Rules apply.
🍁 Gift Prompt(s) are considered a Simple Activity. 🍁 Simple Literature requires a minimum of 900 words. 🍁 This activity does not allow for Collaboration. |
───── How are Entries judged? ─────
All entries are judged based on an effort score in addition to a random RNG bonus. These scores determine the rewards you receive. Below, we break down how each bonus affects your final score. At a minimum, all players are guaranteed to receive the Tier I reward.
───── Artwork Judging Breakdown ─────
The maximum possible amount of points that can be achieved for a single entry is 100, including all bonuses, maximum RNG and maximum effort score.
🍁 Base RNG Score:
(1 - 20) points randomly rolled.
🍁 Unbiased Effort Score:
(1 - 50) points based on effort when compared to your own gallery.
🍁 Background:
(+5) towards your final score if your entry has a complex background.
🍁 Character Shading:
(+5) towards your final score if your character is shaded.
🍁 Additional Characters: (+5) towards your final score if you include additional Nemeion owned by different players. Stacks up to three (3) times for a total of (+15) points. (i.e. you would be drawing 5 Nemeion in total)
🍁 Included Story in the Description: (+5) towards your final score if your entry has at least a 400 word short story in the description of your deviation.
───── Literature Judging Breakdown ─────
The maximum possible amount of points that can be achieved for a single entry is 100, including all bonuses, maximum RNG and maximum effort score.
🍁 Base RNG Score:
(1 - 20) points randomly rolled
🍁 Unbiased Effort Score:
(1 - 50) points based on effort when compared to your own gallery.
🍁 Entry Length:
(Entry length bonuses do not stack.)
── (+5) points towards your final score if your entry is a minimum of 1,200 words.
── (+15) points towards your final score if your entry is a minimum of 1,800 words.
🍁 Additional Characters: (+5) towards your final score if you include additional Nemeion owned by different players. Stacks up to three (3) times for a total of (+15) points. (i.e. you would be drawing 5 Nemeion in total)
🍁 Base RNG Score:
(1 - 20) points randomly rolled
🍁 Unbiased Effort Score:
(1 - 50) points based on effort when compared to your own gallery.
🍁 Entry Length:
(Entry length bonuses do not stack.)
── (+5) points towards your final score if your entry is a minimum of 1,200 words.
── (+15) points towards your final score if your entry is a minimum of 1,800 words.
🍁 Additional Characters: (+5) towards your final score if you include additional Nemeion owned by different players. Stacks up to three (3) times for a total of (+15) points. (i.e. you would be drawing 5 Nemeion in total)
Rewards Guide
The rewards you receive will be based on your final point score as determined via the Judging guide. The following is a list of rewards the villages have prepared!
🍁 [1-40 Points] Tier I:
── x1 Bountiful Harvest
🍁 [41-74 Points] Tier II:
── 25 Seeds
── All rewards from the previous tier(s)
🍁 [75+ Points] Tier III:
── x1 Harvester's Horns
── All rewards from the previous tier(s)
── x1 Bountiful Harvest
🍁 [41-74 Points] Tier II:
── 25 Seeds
── All rewards from the previous tier(s)
🍁 [75+ Points] Tier III:
── x1 Harvester's Horns
── All rewards from the previous tier(s)
───── Holiday Adoptables ─────
We have three Holiday Adoptables available for Taming! Click on the Guidelines tab to learn more.
General Guidelines
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🍁 You need to own or lease a Nemeion (Player or Caesar) to participate, or as an alternative, a Handler can be used in place of a Nemeion.
🍁 Everyone may submit an entry to every Holiday Adoptable, however you can only win one. 🍁 You cannot collaborate taming entries; You can commission them, however. 🍁 You may "double dip" your entry and submit your tame as an adventure entry so long as it follows that specific Adventure's Guidelines. To do so, submit your tame to your chosen Adoptable below AND to the corresponding Adventure Comment. ─ Please note: Only the Nemeion attempting to tame will receive a roll, the Adoptable will not. This option is not available for Handler entries. |
A few of Demeter's darling grandchildren have come up for adoption and are looking for new home! The Caesar has put out a call requesting aid in rehome some of these very special Nemeion!
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── Artwork & Literature Guidelines Below ──
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Artwork Guidelines (Click me)
🍁 All rules from the Global Art and Literature Rules apply.
🍁 Holiday Adoptables are considered a Simple Activity. 🍁 Simple Activities have the following requirements: ─ Full Body (75% or more) ─ Colored/Toned ─ Minimum 3 Background Elements 🍁 Images must be a minimum of 500 x 500 pixels to qualify. 🍁 Simple Art in general will always be flat colored. It can optionally have shading. 🍁 This activity does not allow for Collaboration. |
Literature Guidelines (Click me)
🍁 All rules from the Global Art and Literature Rules apply.
🍁 Holiday Adoptables are considered a Simple Activity. 🍁 Simple Literature requires a minimum of 900 words. 🍁 This activity does not allow for Collaboration. |
Meli F41
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Ganeo F42
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Yanzen F43
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Winners will be announced the first week of September!