High Fives

High Fives are a gesture unique to Mainland Faerun in which two people show support for each other by hitting one palm against the palm of the other person. The expression is started by one person raising their hand in the air around the same level of their head, palm facing forward. Sometimes this is accompanied by that person declaring, "High five!". A second person can then slap the palm of the first persons hand and the ritual is complete. This is typically done to show congratulations for the second person.

The "High Five" was originally started by dwarven monster hunters Heimlich Brightblaze and Karmir Heisen V. Legend says that they were competing in the Waterdeep Monster Hunters Guild annual hunt-a-thon as single contestants. Heimlich went first and fought bravely against a Fire Bat, narrowly avoiding defeat. Karmir wanted to congratulate his friend as he walked to the winners circle, but it was separated by a tall chainlink fence so he shot his hand up over the fence in congratulations. Heimlich, not knowing what else to do, slapped his companion's hand. The crowd went wild and the "High Five" has spread from there to this day.

The archipelago far to the west called the "Silverwind Isles" has a similar mode of congratulations called the "Fist Bump" in which people show their support by lightly bumping a closed fist to their companion's. No one knows where this gesture originated.