Bilente

A Bilente is a coming of age ceremony in elf culture held once a year in most fey willows. An elf is expected to participate as soon after they turn 74 as possible. Other fey cultures also hold Bilente but, especially on Arborea, the practice fell out of favor during The Age of Spirit

History of the Bilente
Bilente is a Sylvan word literally translated as adult pathfinder, or by some translations, age competition. References to it date back well to the The Age of Dragons in Fey culture, but the practice seemed to be lost during the Brother's War as the eladrin had little use for it and the drow had other means of determining worth. During The Age of the Wheel Elves brought the practice back along with satyrs and certain beastfolk and it became common place. After the creation of the Fey, many of the willows that practiced bilente moved from Arborea and the practice has lost favor there, but continues in the feywild