4th: Brentshaw Horse Fair

This day is held a great fair for horses and livestock in the market town of Brentshaw in the high country of Hartshire, ten miles north of Camden. Many people from the city will travel to buy horses, and to enjoy the entertainment, which includes horse racing and boxing.  

5th: Day of the Oyster

This marks the first day that oysters are sold at the great fish market at Rivergate, near the wharf at Camden Bridge. A day for the poor and working people, as oysters are sold at such a cheap price that all can afford them to make beef and oyster pies. The oyster houses open their doors for intimate suppers of oysters and sparkling wine. 

8th: Sudforth Harvest Fair

This day does the merchant town of Sudforth across Camden Bridge hold a great fair, with a richness and variety of goods that the eye can hardly believe it. There is almost nothing that one cannot buy here, from cloth of gold and silver, rare spices, antique books, rich foodstuffs, jewellery, fine clothing and household goods that can be bought nowhere else. Here do the fine stores of Camden buy a year's worth of stock to sell, while many folk seek to bargain. Others come for the food and entertainment, which is second to none. 

13th: Festival of Jupiter PUBLIC HOLIDAY

This day begins with a worship service at the Temple of Jupiter, with many donations offered. Priests of the temple bless the vineyards to ensure a good harvest, and are offered the first grapes of the season. 

14th: Day of the Holy Hazel Nut 

This day do country people set forth into the woods for to collect hazelnuts from the trees to store for the winter. Nutting parties make merry, and it is said that to eat a hazelnut today will bring wisdom and knowledge. Courting couples gather nuts together, amid many ribald jests, for these nuts are supposed to be a sign of fertility. Indeed, there is more truth to this than wit, as a flurry of sudden weddings are common in the autumn due to spending this day in the woods with a sweetheart.

15th: Review of the Cavalry

This day in the city of Calavon do all the knights of the realm make a procession to be inspected by the generals. Everything must be perfectly presented and executed to achieve approval.  

19th: Circus Day at the Hippodrome

The winter circus season opens at the Hippodrome in Camden with a spectacular performance that includes dancers, the recreation of naval battles, and water ballet in a great pool with fountains. There are a range of ticket prices so that even the poorest may stand up and watch for a mere copper coin.  

25th: Feast of Autumn Thanksgiving (sacred to Mars) PUBLIC HOLIDAY

The Lord Mayor of Camden takes office today, with civic parades in his honour. In the country, manorial estates elect a new overseer. Annual rents are due, the agricultural year comes to an end now harvest is over, and the fishing season closes today. 

Each household prepares a feast this evening, giving thanks to Mars for protecting the harvest. Friends, family, and neighbours are asked to join with them at a table decorated with purple sea asters. The Temple of Mars and Board of Guardians provide thanksgiving dinners for the poor and lonely.  

The traditional meal is roast goose stuffed with sage and onion, baked apple, boiled potatoes, carrots, green sprouts, and buttered bread rolls, followed by blackberry and apple pie with cream, and hazelnuts to nibble with a glass of port.

27th: Day of the Royal Return 

Around this date does the king and the rest of the royal family return from their summer holidays. They are formally welcomed back to Camden Palace by a cadre of all the head servants, and a banquet is prepared in their honour. 

29th: Banesborough Hiring Fair

This day in the market town of Banesborough is held a fair at which servants may put themselves up for hire to seek a new master. There are strict rules in regard to wages and conditions, and anyone caught trying to cheat or undersell a servant will face harsh penalties.

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