![]() Honestly I'd forgotten the colloquial names were even in here since I don't actually use them in my game anyway (My players prefer the monthly names and I've since removed the excess from my campaign.)įor the timelines, if that's what you're referring to, I've seen wild speculation on it based on the fact that Ghostfire absolutely refuses to give us an official timeline. If that's what you're basing your claim on, then sure, 12 monthly descriptions aren't mine. I did borrow the colloquial names from somewhere, because it fit the theme. While I did name those months, it's not unlikely that someone else would come up with the same scheme as I did. ![]() As for the names of the months themselves, if you know German you'll notice that they are literally bastardized versions of 1st month, 2nd month, 3rd month, etc, With one month named after each of the 4 gods, one month named after Indorius, because they would totally do that, and one named after Leopold, because HE would totally do that. Also, the 4 intercalendary days are based on the 4 quarter days of pagan holidays, which fits the germanic theme of the setting. I DID borrow the 10 day week and 30 day month structure from the Forgotten Realms, because that makes logical sense to me. There are 12 months, which I believe nearly everyone has done, and while there's a large amount of debate about the calendar, as far as I can tell this is a pretty common thing. The names of the months are also mine, although again, it's not a huge leap. Although, again, since that simply means "before empire" and "after empire" it's not a huge leap in logic. (Although I'm legitimately surprised nobody has.) I also haven't seen anyone claim anyone use the terms Anno Imperium or Vor Imperium to delineate the before and after founding of the empire. As far as I'm aware, I'm the only person that's made the leap from "Burach" to "Bureaucracy" and I haven't seen it reference anywhere outside of my own lore. ![]() Don't play coy, if you have an accusation to make then make it.įor my part I did make the calendar. I'd be curious to see your evidence of that. It certainly seems like you're implying that I stole this calendar and I'm fallaciously claiming I made it. Still, if you have any specifics you're curious about, then ask and I'll tell you when it happened in my campaign. (Obviously the gods died because of arcane magics!) I've mapped out other current events as well, but the calendar isn't easy to share. ![]() Other religious institutions, like the Arcanist Inquisition, aren't hiding the fact, but are using the death of the gods to further their own goals. Most people that don't have some background in religion don't know for sure, and just either accepts what the church says, or they don't. So far, the church has kept the death of the gods mostly secret from the populace, and it's a big question in my campaign who knows and who doesn't. Times before that are V.I., or Vor Imperium.) Gods End happened over a period between AI 864 and 898, and Leopold reigned from 848-888 when he was assassinated. stands for Anno Imperium, counting from the coronation of Indomitus as Emperor. Each month is 30 days long, with each month consisting of 3 weeks of 10 days each (known as firstweek, midweek, and lastweek.) The names of the months and the four intercalendary days are:Īs for timelines, I've decided that the death of the gods and Leopold's shenanigans are relatively recent, but not brand new. Thus, the modern imperial calendar that is known and used by most of Etharis today is 12 months, with 4 intercalendary days marking the beginning of each season. Later, the church pushed for Indomitus to have a month named after him, and finally, Leopold, not to be outdone, also changed a month so he'd have his own month to celebrate. However, Indomitus wished for the gods to be celebrated by naming a month for each of the gods. And that more or less became the normal in the empire. Of course, the Burach empire changed that (I think there's a reason "Burach" is so close to "bureaucracy".) Humans originally just numbered the months as firstmonth, secondmonth, etc. ![]() People in the north would count how many winters they'd survived, but that was as close to any timekeeping system anyone in Etharis had. For my campaign, here's what I've decided.īefore the humans arrived, nobody really cared much about what days or months were called. There's been a few discussions here about that, if you take a look through the older posts you should see them. ![]()
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