Emeraldite Calendar Guide

Below is the Calendar system used by the Emeraldites. This is something available for consistency in Lore, story telling and history books.

In Templehelm, Denizens do not count each day. Instead the date changes every 72 (in-game) days. Which just so happens to correspond with IRL days. Making it easy to convert IRL dates to CI dates.

Current year is the Year of the Spider-Chicken - Next year is the Year of the Wolf-Sheep

The Months
The names of the Months in the Setlian Calendar, named after the lands surrounding the Setlian Sea.

Linguistically, Val is the Old Setlian word for Moon, Ene is the from the Orkish word for Moon, and Yuei is the Eastern word for Moon.

January - Jurriar

1st Month, name after the Jurrian Ocean to the south.

February - Felyuei

2nd Month, named after Fellonrath in the Great East. Many people pronounce it "Feluei" despite there being a Y in Felyuei.

March = March

3rd Month, the beginning of Spring, and the original beginning of the ancient Setlian calendar.

April = Arcval

4th Month, the rain-season, named after the Arcai Forest to the south-west.

May = Iruei

5th Month, the end of Spring, named after the Iron Empire to the south-east.

June = Orkene

6th Month, beginning of Summer, named after the Orki Desert to the west.

July = Tuskene

7th Month, middle of Summer, named after Tuskas Mesa to the west.

August = Shoval

8th Month, the end of Summer, named after Soth to the north, near Old Setlis.

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9th Month, beginning of Autumn, named after ???? to the ???.

October = Oranthei

10th Month, middle of Autumn, named after Oranthil in the Great East.

November = Ochlanar

11th Month, the end of Autumn, named after Mount Ochlanus and the Temple City to the south, in the Free Lands.

December = Dwarval

12th Month, beginning of Winter, named after the Dwarves of the Cold North.

Days of the week
The Emeraldites honour the Deities that guide us through the realm.

Monday = Planu

Tuesday = Akwal

Wedensday = Cavilon

Thursday = Wintival

Friday = Netharna

Saturday = Wildaven

Sunday = Deserma

As the month progresses the re-occurrence of days are numbered:

eg. 4th Akwal of the Stone Spider-Wolf = 28th August 2012

Broken Down:

4th Akwal = 4th Tuesday

Stone = August

Spider-Wolf = The Year

And another example: 5th November 2013 = 1st Planu of the Clay Spider-Dragon.

The Years
The Emeraldites honour the animals that inhabit the land.

The current Templehelm year just so happens to also currently end in 15 - however the current year is 1000 years younger - So the year is 1015.

In Templehelm they only specify the last two digits for years - which correspond to a Creature:

0 = Sheep

1 = Spider

2 = Wolf

3 = Dragon

4 = Bat

5 = Slime

6 = Cow

7 = Pig

8 = Ocelot (Cat)

9 = Chicken

And as with days - Templehelm also number the re-occurrence of these cycles.

So year 13 = Spider-Dragon

(Spider =1 Dragon=3).

And 1013 would be the 11th Spider-Dragon.

There are no negative years (eg. like 400 BC) - instead all time prior to the year 1 is simply referred to as "Before Sired Divines".

Further Example:
"The great Faction of Quillborn existed during the time of the last Gold Spider-Wolf" - or you could even say "The 10th incarnation of the Golden Eight-Legged Wolf" to wax poetic.