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[[Image:Dragon Festival 2007.jpg|thumb|250px|The Monastery is alight as the citizens party!]]
[[Cantha]] celebrated the [[Dragon Festival]] again through a multitude of fun activities in [[Shing Jea Monastery]]. The [[Dragon Arena]] and [[Rollerbeetle Racing]] were reopened; the [[Shing Jea Boardwalk]] offered all sorts of games of chance; and the monastery itself hosted a reenactment of last year's event, as well. Fun, prizes, and a special [[Demon Mask|gift ]] were the rewards! The celebrations took place from Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Friday, July 6th, until 11:59 PM Pacific on Sunday, July 8th.

==Schedule==
{| {{STDT}}
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| Thursday, July 5th, ~7:30 PM PDT || Towns are redecorated.
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| Friday, July 6th, midnight PDT || Start of the event.
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| Friday, July 6th, noon PDT || Actual start of the event.
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| Sunday, July 8th, 11:59 PM PDT || End of the event, the [[Dragon Nest]] minigame is still available.
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| Monday, July 9th to Sunday, July 15th || [[Imperial Supply Master Kagno]] hands out [[Demon Mask]]s in [[Shing Jea Monastery]] in exchange for 250 [[Victory Token]]s (scheduled).
|}

===Missions===
In total there were seven special missions re-enactments that occurred during the event, each one had a schedule beginning and happened 3 or 4 times. These missions were the same as the [[Dragon Festival 2006]] missions. [[Captain Rujiyo]] called heroes to arms for the missions on a daily basis at the scheduled times. The missions were active for 30 minutes after the call first went out.

*[[Haiju Lagoon (mission)]]
*[[Jaya Bluffs (mission)]]
*[[Tsumei Village (mission)]]
*[[Seitung Harbor (mission)]]
*[[Tsumei Village (mission 2)]]
*[[Seitung Harbor (mission 2)]]
*[[Shing Jea Monastery (mission)]]

== Quests ==
*[[Imperial Guard Hanso]]
**[[The Rampaging Yetis]]
**[[The Shrine of Maat]]
**[[A Strange Request]]
**[[Darkness at Kaitan]]

== Minigames ==
*[[Dragon Arena]]
*[[Rollerbeetle Racing]]
*[[Shing Jea Boardwalk]]
**[[Dragon Nest]]
**[[Nine Rings]]
**[[Rings of Fortune]]

==Items==
*[[Festival Prize|Boardwalk Prizes]] (later renamed to Festival Prizes)
*[[Bottle Rocket]]s
*[[Champagne Popper]]s
*[[Crème Brûlée]]
*[[Demon Mask]] - [[festival hat]]
*[[Flask of Firewater|Flasks of Firewater]]
*[[Sparkler]]s
*[[Sugary Blue Drink]]s
*[[Victory Token]]s

==Finale==
[[Image:Players receive Demon Mask.jpg|thumb|250px|The players receive the Demon Mask from Emperor Kisu.]]

On Sunday during the event, the [[Emperor Kisu|emperor]] visited Shing Jea Monastery every two hours, the first occurring at 2:00 AM PDT/9:00 AM UTC and the last at 12:00 AM PDT/7:00 AM UTC Monday.

After some dialogue and the distribution of [[Demon Mask]]s, there was a mini-game: a group of [[Grasp of Insanity|Grasps of Insanity]] attacked the monastery with [[The Fury]] leading them. Everybody in the monastery had to collect [[Celestial Charge]]s and bring them to a nearby [[Imperial Sorcerer]]. These sorcerers stood around in various places around the monastery, and when a player picked up an orb, yellow flares on their map would indicate their location. For every charge delivered, Cantha scored a point.

Grasps hunted out those who were holding Celestial Charges. If one of them touched a player while they were holding a celestial charge, they would instantly die, and be resurrected shortly afterwards. Strategy to avoid the grasps included using [[Sugar Rush]] and dropping the charge when grasps came near. A grasp that touched a charge laying at its spawn point would destroy it, gaining a point, but a charge that had been picked up and dropped was safe. For every person caught by a grasp and for every charge destroyed at the spawn point, the grasps scored a point.

[[Image:Festival Prize.png|right]]
Whichever side had more points after 15 minutes won in that district. In winning districts, [[firework]]s would go off, and [[Festival Prize]]s would spawn randomly for roughly 15 minutes. If the Canthans lost the mini-game, then the grasps would run around the outpost killing every player they could get their hands on.

After this period of present spawning, the emperor took his leave. Each of the Emperor's visit lasted about 40-45 minutes, leaving approximately an hour and 15 minutes between visits.

=== Prize drop changes ===
During the Dragon Festival 2007 prize drops at the end of the Finale were random and allowed a player to grab as many as they could without limit. Careful use of a run skill and targeting commands could allow players to grab upwards of a reported 30 to 50 presents in a single finale while others got 2 to 3. During the [[Dragon Festival 2007 Redux]] the system was changed to drop presents consistent with how they are handed out during the [[Wintersday 2006]] event. Prizes were dropped at random and the closest person to the drop get assigned the gift. No other player could pick up that gift after it was assigned. The intent was to balance out the drops so everyone got 10-15 presents per finale.

== Gallery ==
<center><gallery>
Image:Banished dream rider actor.jpg|"[[Banished Dream Rider (actor)]]"
Image:Chaoswurm actor.jpg|"[[Chaos Wurm (actor)]]"
Image:Grasp actor.jpg|"[[Grasp of Insanity (actor)]]" or "[[Lesser Grasp (actor)]]"
Image:Wrathful storm actor.jpg|"[[Scythe of Chaos (actor)]]" or "[[Wrathful Storm (actor)]]"
Image:Banished dream rider actor.jpg|"[[The Fury (actor)]]"
Image:Torment claw actor.jpg|"[[Torment Claw (actor)]]"
Image:Chaos rift prop.jpg|"Chaos Rift"
</gallery></center>

== Notes ==
*If the district loses the finale minigame, the "Grasps of Insanity" will run around "killing" everyone until the emperor leaves. Every 30 seconds, everyone who has been killed by the grasps will be resurrected in a circle around the fountain to the south. This does '''not''' affect death count.

{{bug|[[Wrathful Storm]]s in the [[Domain of Fear]] use the re-enactment [[Scythe of Chaos]] / Wrathful Storm model rather than the authentic Scythe of Chaos / Wrathful Storm model.}}
{{bug|If a district loses the finale minigame, the Grasps of Insanity will not leave the district at the end of the finale, allowing grasps from multiple finales to accumulate in that district.}}

*Due to server lagging in Europe caused by server crashes, ArenaNet put on the [[Dragon Festival 2007 Redux]].

== External links ==
*[http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/dragonfest2k7/default.php GuildWars.com: Events: In Game Events: Dragon Festival 2007]
*[http://eu.guildwars.com/events/article/dragon_2007/ eu.GuildWars.com: Events: In Game Events: Dragon Festival 2007]
*[http://www.guildwars.com/community/thescribe/scribe-070703.php The Scribe (July 3, 2007)]

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