The Human Auction is the crowning event of Myrenthia, the moment the festival turns bold, playful, and dangerously alive. Everyone in attendance is handed a card and pen and asked to choose: pass, or step onto the auction block. Those who offer themselves for bidding write, in their own words, exactly what they are willing to give their buyer, a private message, a dance, a foot wash, a ritual, a servant hour, a sensual experience, something sweet, something wicked, something personal, but always defined by the one being auctioned. No offering may last longer than 45 minutes, not as a limitation, but as a design, because Myrenthia is a night of both giving and receiving. The bidding itself is pure festival magic: no money is allowed. Only barter. Guests bid with treasures they brought to trade, items, tokens, services, favors, crafted gifts, or anything clever enough to make the crowd gasp and laugh. It becomes a decadent marketplace of desire and mischief, where the night rewards imagination, and the smartest players will find themselves both sold and victorious, leaving the block with a bargain, a story, and a grin they’ll still be wearing in the morning.
