Ahchina u' Eranthe Ashijahl
Flower of Spring Hopes
In the fall there is a flower that blooms called the Arona-Galatia, it is roughly the size of a cabbage but no where as heavy or unpleasing on the eye. This flower grows by lakes, ponds and marshy or swampy areas; most likely why this plant becomes so considerable in size.
This flower is found to be very brightly colored in nature, even in it's dried form it will retain its vibrant hues. It grows on a tall stalk and will produce more than one bloom per stalk. The stalk itself will grow to be anywhere from eight to twelve feet tall.
Will range from blood red, burnt orange, a hybrid of the two, bright yellow, dark royal purple, a bluish-purple, a greenish blue, sky blue, midnight blue, royal blue, pink, lavender and the rarest of the colors, shadowy black and a milky white.
This flower is harvested for the fall festival and sold and a good amount, depending on its color, size and rarity. When bought it is then hung upside down for thirty days and nights to dry, at which point it is able to be written on.
The petals of the Arona-Galatia become as durable and stable as parchment at which point the owner of the flower is to write wishes, dreams or hopes upon each petal for the up coming year.
On the first day of the new year, also being the first day of spring, just before the break of dawn, Torin families will go to the closest lake, river, pond or sea shore to place their Ahchina u' Eranthe Ashijahl on the waters. At this point the dried flower will drift away (if it is at a body of water with a current) carrying with it the hopes and dreams that were etched onto its leaves.
The flower will eventually swell with the water and sink, the seeds of the flower will then rise to the surface, find a shore and start its growth with the hopes it was sent out with to start a new cycle of life.