This festival is planned to coincide with the hottest part of the summer and epitomizes laughter, joy, and freedom. It also provides an excuse to gather as much Glamour as possible from the heat dreams of humans and while the festival continues the fae are permitted to toy with any mortal they encounter. The Highsummer festivities of the Seelie allow them, for one brief day, to use mortals unashamedly as playthings, and indulge in jests and pranks. The Unseelie version of Highsummer, however, contains a touch of desperation that casts a dark shadow upon their outwardly joyous celebrations.