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Dragon Down

The summer equinox is celebrated with bonfires and rituals to “tame” or “drive down” dragons. In Waterdeep, the celebrations take the form of parades that center around effigies built of wood and cloth and filled with straw. Each effigy is named and has a traditional depiction, for it represents a dragon the city has faced in its history. After being paraded to a square near where the dragon was defeated or driven off, the enormous effigy is burned.