Calendars

Reminder: the Antoric year is three times longer than a standard year. In chronologies, only Antoric years are used.

The Yoneians use the Selerian calendar, first introduced by Selecontral Yonturil. Its zero year, the Year of Turnings, is based on an event known as the Descension of the Seas. The Selerian calendar supplanted the older Methurmic calendar of the Metesolites, whose own starting point was the cataclysmic eruption of Seleturm 720 Antoric years before the dawn of the Selerian era.

The Perilleans used the Palpurian calendar. With the rise of the Perillean Empire, their calendar spread across Antoria, becoming the dominant method of timekeeping in many regions. The Palpurian calendar begins its count in 12 Selerian Era, marking the historic gathering of the League of the Nine Athelions.

A curious distinction between these calendars lies in their new year celebrations: the Yoneian calendar turns its year at spring, Belation, whereas the Palpurian year renews at the brink of winter, Halaturmion. This subtle difference results in a one-third-year variance between the two systems, a detail adjusted within these Journals for readability.

The Antoric Year

The Antoric year unfolds in a grand cycle of three seasons: Winter, Verdant, and Torrid, each governed by the celestial ballet of two luminous stars—the cerulean Northstar and the golden Southstar. In the southern and equatorial realms of Antoria, these stars are more commonly called the Nightsun and the Sun, respectively. Due to their alignment, the sky tends to be bluer at north, and golden at south.

The Verdant season begins when the Northstar withdraws, allowing the Southstar’s radiant warmth to flood the lands. The frozen grasp of Winter recedes, giving rise to Belation—a moment of rebirth and renewal. The world blossoms under the twin lights, as forests drink in the rains and life stirs once more. As the season deepens, the two stars slowly part ways in the sky, and the days settle into their natural rhythm of light and darkness.

But as the Northstar parts, it begins to lend its light to the night sky. This shift heralds the coming of the Torrid season, where the heat intensifies. During this time, the phenomenon known as the Perillion Nights—or Bluings—graces the land. The Northstar eventually glows throughout the night, painting the heavens in a deep blue luminescence. Under its influence, Antoria knows no true darkness, as one of the two stars always reigns over the firmament.

Yet the cycle of the heavens is relentless. As the Northstar returns toward its celestial counterpart, it eclipses the Southstar, plunging Antoria into the frigid depths of Winter once more. No light from the Southstar touches the land during this period, a season sometimes named Everbluing, when the world lies dormant beneath the unyielding, icy glow of the Northstar.

Beyond these predictable cycles, a more rare and ominous event looms—every seventh Antoric year, or twenty-one standard years, a rogue celestial body called Tarkhan appears in the sky. Its arrival disrupts the balance of the stars, bringing with it Tarkhan’s Winter, an unusually severe and bitter cold that grips the land with ferocity, testing the endurance of all those not hibernating.

The moon, too, plays its subtle role, cycling fifteen times each year according to the Perilleanic-Ionic calendars, silently measuring the passage of time as it commands the tides.

Selerian – Transliteration – Days

Veran Elariat – Verdant Season – Belation Festival

1. Belarim – Newthember – Creation 67

2. Gralarim – Junthember – Youth 68

3. Gortharim – Greenthember – Growth 67

4. Felarim – Lushthember – Living 68

5. Narnirim – Fielthember – Harvesting 67

Pan Elariat – Torrid Season – Veration Festival

6. Danarim – Bluethember – Bluing 68

7. Mallarim – Halthermber – Halting 67

8. Khortarim – Withember – Withering 68

9. Thalarim – Fallthember – Falling 67

10. Melgorim – Brownthember – Browning 68

Halm Elariat – Winter Season – Halaturmion Festival

11. Phanarim – Gloomthember – Shadowing 67

12. Rorarim – Frosthember – Frosting 68

13. Galirim – Glacethember – Icing 67

14. Halarim – Deepthember – Deeping 68

15. Turmion – Turnthember – Passing 67

Weekdays

Monday – Agathan – Aganday

Tuesday – Belathan – Belanday

Wednesday – Dalathan – Dalanday

Thursday – Sagathan – Saganday

Friday – Eulathan – Eulanday

Saturday – Yannathan – Yannanday

Sunday – Meriathan – Merianday

Measures of Time

Year - turion 1012 days

Season - elariat (”ela”) 337, 338 ja 337 d.

Month - holonion (”holo”) odd 67, even 68 days

Week - baat 7 days

Day - thanat 36 hours

Hour - manim 36 minutes

Minute - septel 72 seconds

Second - tectim