The Charmony Festival is an important event held by The Family, meant to spread joy and harmony across the cosmos in celebration of Xipe, the Aeon of Harmony.[1][2]
Overview[]
The Charmony Festival is marked by the arrival of the Embodiment of Harmony through the Chordmaster.[3][1] During the Charmony Festival, one of the Harmonic Strings is summoned through the Harmony of Praise, where the people pray for a common dream and vision. With the arrival of the usual Embodiment of Harmony, Dominicus the Harmonious Choir, the people's prayers are answered and supreme bliss is granted. However, if the Family is currently waging a war, Aelenev the Eternal Centurion will be summoned instead, uniting the people to fight, destroying the Family's enemies, and assimilating the destroyed.[4]
Though practiced on many planets, the Charmony Festival held on Penacony is the most prestigious and is thus only held once every Amber Era.[4] The Festival is usually held in the Penacony Grand Theater accompanied by an extravagant performance.[5]
Penacony also holds the SoulGlad™ Festivity Auditions, a preliminary event that offers VIP seats to the Charmony Festival in addition to the title of "Festive Superstar" and a shot at overnight fame.[6]
Previous Festivals[]
There have been at least five Charmony Festivals previously, as Dr. Edward claims to have a dream collection of these previous five Festivals at a price of 36 million Alfalfa credits.[2] Previous Festivals also produced special edition SoulGlad, which can be seen in the Soda Display Cases on level B1 of Gunfire Time: Gunfire Trial in the Scorchsand Audition Venue.[7]
Supposedly, a special Charmony Festival was held when The Family first arrived at Penacony to combat the Antimatter Legion that controlled the planet at the time. This Festival summoned Aelenev the Eternal Centurion, who unsheathed their Sword of Bounded Lives from the scabbard of 4,630,000 Hounds, forming an infinite rainbow. By the time the people in Penacony raised their heads from their shelter, the countless Voidrangers had been swallowed up into the iridescent colors, and the forces of Destruction never returned to the planet.[8]
2158 AE[]
Path | Faction | Representative |
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The Family (Host) | ![]() ![]() | |
Ever-Flame Mansion | ![]() ![]() | |
Stellaron Hunters | ![]() ![]() | |
Interastral Peace Corporation | ![]() ![]() | |
Astral Express Crew | ![]() ![]() | |
Intelligentsia Guild | ![]() ![]() | |
Garden of Recollection | ![]() ![]() | |
Masked Fools | ![]() ![]() | |
Galaxy Rangers | ![]() ![]() |
The events of the Penacony Trailblaze Missions take place during the Charmony Festival in 2158 AE. The official opening of this Era's Festival takes place during Trailblaze Mission A Thousand Bells at Dawn in the Chapter Farewell, Penacony. Unlike in previous Eras, many different factions from across the Cosmos were invited to this Charmony Festival, including the Astral Express. However, this invitation is later revealed to not be related to The Family and was instead sent by the Watchmaker.
The main event of this Era's Charmony Festival, organized by Sunday,[10] was originally meant to be performed by Robin[11] as Chordmaster for Dominicus the Harmonious Choir,[12] on the stage of the Penacony Grand Theater. However, due to Robin and Sunday's conflicting opinions on the Order, Sunday usurped the role of Chordmaster.[13] An intense battle was fought by the Astral Express and their allies against Sunday as "Harmonious Choir" The Great Septimus, the form Dominicus takes as a result of the Order's influence.[14] Because of this conflict, the location of Robin's performance was changed to the Radiant Feldspar.[15]
Though the Charmony Festival 2158 AE was actually delayed because of the conflict with the Order, The Family's official statement said that there was a sudden Stellaron attack.[16][17]
Other Languages[]
Language | Official Name |
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English | Charmony Festival |
Chinese (Simplified) | 谐乐大典 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 諧樂大典 |
Japanese | 調和セレモニー |
Korean | 조화의 축제 |
Spanish | Festival Carismonía |
French | Festival Ôdiapason |
Russian | Фестиваль гармонии |
Thai | เทศกาลดนตรีประสานเสียง |
Vietnamese | Đại Nhạc Hội Hòa Hợp |
German | Harmoniefest |
Indonesian | Festival Charmony |
Portuguese | Festival Carismonia |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trailblaze Mission, In Our Time: The Only Path to Tomorrow
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NPC Dialogue: Dr. Edward
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, The Sound and the Fury: Tales from the Golden Age
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NPC Dialogue: Toskani
- ↑ Loading Screen: Penacony Grand Theater
- ↑ Loading Screen: SoulGlad™ Festivity Auditions
- ↑ Achievement Dialogue: Bottling History
- ↑ Readable: Claudia's Gathered Clues, Claudia's Gathered Clues (II)
- ↑ Version 1.6 "Crown of the Mundane and Divine" Special Program
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, The Sound and the Fury: The Youths Who Chase Dreams
- ↑ IPC Broadcast #3
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Cat Among Pigeons: The Tell-Tale Heart
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, In Our Time: Everything that Rises Must Converge
- ↑ Enemy Info: "Harmonious Choir" The Great Septimus
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Farewell, Penacony: All About Eve
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Farewell, Penacony: Unconquered
- ↑ IPC Broadcast #4