The Calendar of Arceiron

The Calendar of Arceiron is the calendar used across most of Arceiron. It was created by the wizard Cerapis of Phandorra, so most people associate the word "Cerapis" with the calendar instead of the person.

Time and the Calendar

The Day

A day on Arceiron is made up of 24 sixty-minute hours.
Time is tracked throughout the day using a combination of sun-positioning, stable candles, water clocks and multiple supernatural or magical means.
Mechanical clocks and watches exist within Arceiron (especially in the city state of Revoltica), but are incdredibly rare and expensive.
In most civilized settlements the passage of time is marked on the hour by the ringing of a bell in the temple or town hall. Many settlements also have one or more sundials, which can give citizens more accurate time measurements.

The Week

A week in the Calendar of Cerapis is made up of seven days, named Sunday, Moonday, Kingsday, Midday, Wageday, Freeday, Godsday.

Sunday

The first day of the week is devoted to the sun goddess Vita as she blesses the mortal races once more with her life-granting light for another week.

Moonday

The second day of the week is devoted to the night and the moon, the goddesses Nyx and Selûne, in hopes that the dark things and the magic within the world will spare then mortal races for another week.
This is a common day for magical rituals to take place, as the connection to the moon and the darkness of night is said to improve the magical powers in the air.

Kingsday

This day is devoted to aristocracy and nobles in many civilized nations. Often kings and other rulers receive petitioners, diplomats and other envoys on this day.

Midday

This day marks the middle of the week.

Wageday

On this day of the week, most working folk are paid their weekly wages.
Most common folk earn between 1 and 2 silver coins per day, meaning their weekly wage is somewhere between 7 and 14 silver coins. This has to be accounted against their monthly lifestyle expenses, like rent for their homes, as well as taxes and the cost of upkeep for their belongings. As a result, most common people make a monthly profit of 2 to 4 silver coins they can put towards their savings. (See Lifestyles for a more detailed breakdown of this.)

Freeday

On this day many members of the working class have their day off, allowing them to visit taverns, pubs, brothels and other places where they can happily spend their freshly earned wages.

Godsday

This is the holiest weekday for most people and faiths in Arceiron. This day is devoted to the worship of the gods and almost all temples hold great sermons on this day. Most shops and public buildings are closed on Godsdays and especially pious nations even stop fighting during wars on a Godsday.

The Calendar

The Months

The Calendar of Cerapis splits each year into was split into twelve months, each lasting between 28 and 32 days, named Nox, Sundawn, Stormtide, First Seed, Summertide, Highsun, Lastseed, Leaffall, Rutting, Winterclaw, Deepwinter, Wintertide.
Every 4 years there is the Intercalary Day of Shieldmeete, forming the 30th day of Lastseed.

Nox

The darkest moth of the year with the shortest days. Many monsters are said to roam the world during this dark time. But this month also heralds the start of a new year, once the darkness is over.

Sundawn

The start of spring. The sun begins to grow stronger again and the snow of winter melts away, making way for new life.

Stormtide

The month rich with the most rain and storms in the year. It is often marked by great floods, but the rain also brings nature back to full strength.

First Seed

This month is the first month in the year when crops can be seeded.

Summertide

The start of summer. The rainy months are over and the sun is growing ever more powerful, bringing more and more life back into the world, as the darkness its horrors retreat into the most remote corners of the world.

Highsun

The hottest month of the year, with long days full of sunshine and little rain at the heart of summer.

Lastseed

This month is the last month in the year when crops can be seeded.

Leaffall

The start of fall. The trees start losing their leaves and nature prepares for the cold winter months.

Rutting

A rainy and gloomy time of year, when the veil between worlds is said to be especially thin and ghosts roam the material plane.

Winterclaw

The start of winter. This is often the first month with snow.

Deepwinter

The coldest month of the year, rich with snow at the heart of winter.

Wintertide

The end of the year, where people celebrate and pray that the world won't end and a new year will begin soon.

The Ages

The Age before Ages

Everything before 5452 BAoM

A time before the records of time, when none of the current races walked the earth of Arceiron.

The Age of Creation

5451 BAoM until 3624 BAoM

A time where gods walked the material plane and the first mortal races came to Arceiron. It was also the time of the great Dragons, ruling over the world and fighting in the name of their draconic gods.

The Age of Order

3623 BAoM until 1 BAoM

The time of the Elves, where their Eternal Empire ruled over all of Arceiron. This was also the time of the great Dwarven Schisma, where they split into multiple races.

The Age of Men

0 AoM and beyond

The fledgling Human race finally started to become a force to be reckoned with and begin to take territory for their own, eventually developing into the dominanet race all over Arceiron.

The Age of Enlightenment

299 AoM until 1469 AoM

During this time the first and greatest of the Human empires started to get founded.

The Age of Savagery

1470 AoM until 2605 AoM

This time marks the rise and fall of several Human nations, and a great reformation of the civilized world as we know it.

The Age of Conquest

2606 AoM until 3170 AoM

A time of great wars, as all mortal races start to fight for dominance over a dying world. But not only mortals are stuck in these conflicts. This time also marks the fall of many of the gods' masks and war breaks out in the divine pantheons.

The Age of Change

3174 AoM and beyond

After the end of the world and a great change in both the mortal and immortal world, a new age has dawned.

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Type

Natural

Days

• Sunday
• Moonday
• Kingsday
• Midday
• Wageday
• Freeday
• Godsday

Months

• Nox
• Sundawn
• Stormtide
• First Seed
• Summertide
• Highsun
• Lastseed
• Leaffall
• Rutting
• Winterclaw
• Deepwinter
• Wintertide

Ages

• The Age before Ages
• The Age of Creation
• The Age of Order
• The Age of Men
  • The Age of Enlightenment
  • The Age of Savagery
  • The Age of Conquest
  • The Age of Change