Forest Solstice

The Forest Solstice occurs once every half a century, and lasts for three years. Unlike the other Solstices, which may last a week at most, and be nothing special to the Group of the Morning Sun, the Forest Solstice is one that was created entirely by the Forest itself, and the Spirits of Before.

The Spirits of Before created it in exchange for the Forest sheltering the Group of the Morning Sun and making sure that none of the Spirits of Before became crazed enough to try and take control of the land again.

The three years while the Solstice is occurring have unpredictable weather and temperature, so that one day could be cold and snowing and the next could be hot and sunny. This is because the Forest has taken the shape of two cats of its choice to be born on the first dawn of the Forest Solstice. Until these two Embodiments of The Forest have gained control of their powers, the weather will remain unpredictable.

The Forest leaves these cats as normal after three years, and after the cats' deaths, as the tiny pieces of the Forest leave through the body to scatter throughout the territory. To have this occur, the Forest's embodiments must have faced a battle against each other, in theory that the Forest must remember how the powers of seasons affect the mortals living in it, and how they work together and fight against each other to let the Group survive.