Farenian Calendar
The Farenian calendar is the international standard for timekeeping, adopted by nearly every culture in Sylnor for legal and civilian use.
Structure
The Farenian Calendar is arranged as blocks of arbitrary length (eons), broken up into smaller and smaller subdivisions of defined length.
Eon
An eon is a unit of arbitrary length which breaks up the years into periods of cultural significance. These periods can last anywhere from as little as 30 years (as with E7, also called "The Great War") to as much as 2000 years (as with E1, also called "Prehistory"). Since the existence of a cultural shift is often only visible in hindsight, it is common for eons to be applied retroactively, with the start of the eon being declared as far as two decades prior and the previous eon being shorted. This can lead to issues where documents are dated as being from a year that no longer exists, such as Y440 E5, since in Y460 E5 the sixth eon was declared to have started twenty years prior, retroactively changing Y440 E5 to Y10 E6.
List of eons:
- E1 (approx. 2000 years): "Prehistory" - The period of history after creation and before the arrival of established civilizations, ending officially with the founding of Ovaron.
- E2 (1202 years): "Ancient History" - The period after the rise of civilization until the emergence of modern political structures, ending officially with the establishment of the Asheld Republic.
- E3 (216 years): "Classical Era" - A period characterized by low warfare, high scientific progress, and rich cultural output, ending officially with The Fall of Petricron.
- E4 (595 years): "Foundational Era" - A period characterized by nation building and the rise of monarchies, ending officially with the construction of the Vaulted Road.
- E5 (430 years): "The Connected Age" - A period characterized by an explosion in inter-island travel as new construction technologies allowed for bridges and elevators to link the landmasses. It ended officially with the invention of flight.
- E6 (131 years): "Scientific Age" -
- E7 (32 years): "The Great War" - A worldwide conflict which consumed the islands in warfare and bloodshed, officially ending with the Treaty of Westend.
- E8 (78 years): "Mechanization" -
- E9: The current eon. It has been going on for 89 years and is characterized by increased economic and diplomatic unification of Central.
Year
Month
Day/Phase
A day on Sylnor is defined by a single repetition of the sky's light/dark cycle. It is divided into two times, day and night, which are separated by nightfall (the sky darkening) and dayrise (the sky brightening).