Time in Feyworld

The year in Feyworld is 364 days long, broken up into thirteen, 28 day lunar cycles. Each season is 91 days long (3 months, 7 days). Each day is further divided into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds, but these latter divisions are typically only used by sages and scholars, as they are the only ones with the means or necessity to determine precise time.

Several calendars are used broadly enough to be considered 'standard' calendars, including the Aebasan Calendar, the Imperial Calendar, the Koramian Calendar and the Neptaran Calendar.

Months in Feyworld

Original article: Months in Feyworld

Abarisian Season	Hieronymide Month	Davidian Month	Season
Noxheggan	Claudris	Eanaire	Winter
Noxheggan	Duobris	Gerran	Winter
Noxheggan/Marageddon	Tertilis	Folloch3	Winter/Spring
Marageddon	Quartilis	Giblean	Spring
Marageddon	Quinctilis	Beltain	Spring
Marageddon/Garnheggan1	Sextilis	Betasha	Spring/Summer
Garnheggan	Septilis	Mudens	Summer
Garnheggan	Octavius	Lunasa	Summer
Garnheggan	Novembris	Sheldsmet	Summer
Ralishar	Decembris	Damhar	Autumn
Ralishar	Augustilis	Sultain	Autumn
Ralishar	Duodecilis	Samhain	Autumn
Ralishar/Noxheggan	Tertidecembris or Ditilis2	Nollaig	Autumn/Winter
1The Abarisian Calendar begins on the Summer Solstice, the 1st day of Garnheggan 2 The Hieronymide Calendar ends on the Nones (5th) of Ditilis 3 The Davidian Calendar begins on the Spring Solstice, Folloch 15

The Abarisian Calendar

Original article: Abarisian Calendar

The Abarisian Calendar was created by Saint Alabariachus the Elven and is primarily used by mages to provide what they view as a logical and neutral means to discuss time, irrespective of local dating systems. The Abarisian Calendar also tends to count years within a specific Epoch (each of variable length), said to have been defined by Saint Alabariachus himself, though it is considered appropriate to count from the foundation of . Weekday names are not used and days are counted from the start of the seasons: Garnheggan (summer), Ralishar (autumn), Noxheggan (winter) and Marageddon. Like traditional dating systems, they tend to divide each day into twenty-four hours, but count those hours evenly regardless of the local sunrise and sunset.

The current Abarisian Year is 8353 FO, the 1st Year of the Epoch of the Stormtide.

The Aebasan Calendar

Original article: Aebasan Calendar

The Aebasan Calendar is most often used in western Gallorea. It is based on the establishment of the first human city, Thenos, in Aebasa at the dawn of the First Age of Man slightly less than eight millennia ago. Events prior to this are abbreviated "AT" (Antethenos) and events after this foundation are abbreviated "MT" (Metathenos). Though most nations on Gallorea have their own calendar based on how long the current regnant has been ruling or since the foundation of their kingdom, the Aebasan calendar is commonly used among historians and sages of the continent as a 'neutral' calendar. It is the oldest known human dating system.

The current year in the Aebasan Calendar is 7984 AT.

Davidian Calendar

Original article: Koramian Calendar

Davidian Days of the Week
1. Luanday 2. Mirtday 3. Ciadain 4. Ardainday	5. Anday 6. Satharn 7. Domnach

Koramians use the Davidian calendar for naming their months, established by St. David Gaelsman the Wodesman of Vortumnus. In the Davidian calendar, each month is divided into four weeks of seven days apiece, and each day has its own, traditional name, as shown in the table to the right.

Domnach is considered to be a holy day to the Koramian religion, and is the day in which most regular church services are held, kings are coronated, priests ordained, and marriages conducted. Furthermore, the Davidian calendar uses traditional Durian names for the names of the months.

Traditionally, the Koramian Calendar dates from the same year as the Imperial Calendar. Some recent Koramian scholars would rather date the calendar from the discovery of the Glorious Galleon in 186 IC, and so list the current year as 1173 KC.

Hieronymide Calendar

Original article: Imperial Calendar

The Imperial calendar is a fairly complex dating system resulting from centuries of modification by various Emperors and scholars. Only three days of each month are named, and all other days are listed by how far they are from one of these days. The Calends is the first day of any given month, the Nones is the fifth day and the Ides is the fifteenth day.

It is also important to note that when the Imperials count days they include both the start and end day of the time span in question. Thus, the 3rd of Folloch in Koramia would be the 4th day after the Calends of Tertilis to an Imperial. To contribute to the confusion in the Imperial dating system, there is no traditional convention as to which of the three days one counts from. Thus, the 4th day after the Calends of Tertilis is also the 2nd day before the Nones of Tertilis. It is also acceptable to merely list how many days into the month an event takes place, a convention used by those who must often write out dates such as bureaucrats and priests. Thus, the 3rd day after the Ides of Quinctilis can also be listed as the 18th of Quinctilis.

The Imperial calendar, called the Hieronymide Calendar, is based on the work of Hieronymous of House Sanctus and, thus, has different names for the months as well as a different New Year's Day. Whereas the new year begins on the 1st of Folloch (the first day of Spring) for the Koramians, the Hieronymide calendar begins on the 2nd day after the Nones of Ditilis (the 6th day of the month and the Winter solstice). Though the Davidian calendar has remained relatively unchanged since its creation, various Emperors have altered the Hieronymide calendar, typically by naming a month after themselves.

The calendar is dated from the election of the first Emperor of Zeth, Octavius of House Zetar, over 1350 years ago. The current year is 1359 IC.

Kazmarron Calendar

Original article: Kazmarron Calendar

The calendar of Khazmarron is the primary calendaring system of the various dwarven kingdoms of the world, said to have been originally developed by Khazmar, an ancient scholar-king of the now-lost dwarven Kingdom of Gundagor. Unique among calendars of Baltheron, the Kazmarron Calendar does not make direct use of the solar or lunar cycles, but instead focuses on measuring years since major events, twelve months (called Clangonth) with detailed work and rest periods throughout and days measured by the high and low tides of the groundwater. This march of years describes the formal calendaring system used between the dwarven Kingdoms... each of the six dwarven kingdoms also maintain a "Low Calendar" that measures years of the current King's reign.

The formal calendar only recognizes three seasons of four months each: Einsveppur, Hærbfest, and Thurrka. Einsveppur roughly correlates to mid spring through late summer in the sunlit world, Hærbfest is late summer through through early winter and Thurrka is early winter through mid spring. These seasonal cycles are based on water levels underground, with waters gradually increasing through Einsveppur, decreasing slowly through Hærbfest and most dwarven caverns (particularly in the north and south) experiencing the lowest water levels throughout Thurrka. Between Einsveppur and Hærbfest there are six festival days, called the Days of the Anvil, that begin 179 days after the lowest level of the water table during Thurrka. This event is calculated by each Kingdom's Tímavörður, a priest of Balthor who is responsible for timekeeping in the Kingdom...hence it may vary by a few days between Kingdoms if one Kingdom's water level is lowest on a different day than one of the others.

Each dwarven day is based on underground tides as well. Dwarves tend to divide themselves more-or-less equally into two different daily cycles of work, rest and sleep. During any given high tide (called Háflóð), approximately half of any given dwarven population will be asleep while the other half works. About two to four hours around each day's low tide (called Fjöru or Félagsskapur) are a time of rest and fellowship, where dwarves expect to spend time with their friends and family, including pursuing any hobbies with other dwarves who share the same interests. Again, time for a given dwarven community is managed by its Tímavörður, who ensures that bells, gongs, drum or other loud musical instrument is played in a central location that everyone can hear. In dwarven settlements where the tide is measurable and present, they may have an ornate device that makes use of special floats to not only ring bells, but maintain a complex clock face or something as simple as small statues on a spinning plate that turns as time passes.

The current Khazmarron calendar is dated from the restoration of the Goblet of Gundagor to the dwarves, ending the War of the Sun. The current formal year is the 109th Year of Dagsbrún, translated roughly as "Daybreak" or "Dawning" 1359 IC according to the Neptaran Calendar).

Neptaran Calendar

Original article: Neptaran Calendar

The Neptaran Calendar, primarily used in the Freecity of Neptaris, is a horribly complex dating system that mixes aspects of the Hieronymide Calendar and the Davidian Calendar. Typically, Davidian month names are used, though the days of those months often reference either the Imperial Calends, Nones and Ides or count from the nearest religious holiday (or even an event in history, such as the day celebrated as the foundation of a trade guild or noble house). Only scholars tend to count the days of a month according to Davidian tradition. Neptarans themselves tend to prefer this complex system of describing dates and are known to have no small amount of joy at the confusion it causes outsiders to the City.

The Neptaran Calendar dates from the legendary Foundation of Neptaris. The current year is 2109 NC.