Teeth of Winter

Time, seasons, and holidays » Teeth of Winter
The month of Faniele is sacred to Kriesha. Her priestesses often fast for much of the month, and encourage others to do likewise (voluntarily or not). In the harsh lands of Vosgaard starvation is often close to hand during the mid-winter month and the pangs of hunger in this time are often ascribed to Kriesha gnawing at ones belly (thus the name of the time period as The Teeth of Winter).
Those Vos who survive the month often celebrate with a feast, although this feast can be delayed by weeks or even months until winter has released its harsh grip on the land, for those who gorge themselves at the end of the month often find themselves hungry in later months before the snow lifts from the land, particularly if they offend the priestesses of Kriesha with their gluttony.