The Circular Calendar
or How Brandarens Tell The Time
The Circular Calendar is the general Brandaren method of tracking the passage of time; other calendars exist, but their use isn't as widespread, and their accuracy in relation to the seasons is much more questionable.
As illustrated by the above depiction of a physical "tracking" device of the Circular Calendar, there are 8 years, 8 normal months plus a leap month, and 8 days.
by Morgan
Segments of the Calendar
Circles
A circle is composed of twelve cycles.Cycles
A cycle is the completion of all eight years.Years
Pandrae's Year
Named after the Light of Pandrae, this year marks the end of the reign of The Doom, and thereby brings hope to those who survived its icy wrath.- Light shines correctly again
- Natural sense of hope in the air
- Adall's Month
Year of Leaving
The Year of Leaving- Courage has been gathered, fields are sowed
- Young people strike out to see the world
- Military campaigns begin
The Early Harvest
The Early Harvest- First crops ready, fields resown
- Houses being built
Adall's Year
Adall's Year- Time for worship and celebration
- People with things to sell make the journey to the nearest trading hub
The Late Harvest
The Late Harvest- Second major crop
- Animals put out to graze on the reaped fields until Year of Leaving
Market Year
The Market Year- People with wares make the trek to the nearest trading hub once again
- More celebrations
Year of Return
The Year of Return- Military campaigns brought to an end
Year of Doom
The Year of Doom- The Doom rules the sky
Months
Luthra
Named after the Guardian of Light, LuthorVitna
Named after the Guardian of Life, VitanneCalva
Named after the Guardian of Heat, CalvionCandyona
Named after CandyoniSypa
Named after SypFrozha
Named after the Guardian of Cold, FrozhenComna
Named after the Guardian of Death, ComenionPenna
Named after the Guardian of Darkness, PenumbraAda
Named after Adall, Ruler of the Universe and the GuardiansDays
Faie
Named after the Guardian of the Leaf, FeuilleAmbzhie
Named after the Guardian of the Mouth, AmbrozhaComzhie
Named after the Guardian of the Magic-Eaters, CommazhaAdie
Named after Adall, Ruler of the Universe and the GuardiansYonie
Named after Yona, the UniverseArmie
Named after the Guardian of the Water, ArimaPotzhie
Named after the Guardian of the Land, PotzhumAie
Named after the Guardian of the Air, AeroSmaller Segments
There are 24 hours in a day– with a day beginning at dawn– 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in a minute.
The numbers in the following paragraph are in the dozenal system to allow for proper explanation of the religious meaning behind the 60-part timing.
There are 5 groupings of 10 in each hour; the first 4 minutes belong to Luthor, Guardian of Light. The next 4 belong to Vitanne, Guardian of Life. This continues as counting does, up to the last grouping of 10, where the first 4 belongs to Adall, the second 4 to Yona, and the final 4 to Arcen.T
by Morgan
The iconography of the Circular Calendar (as shown above) depicts a wheel made of four intersecting lines, which divide an invisible circle in eight parts; this division indicates the eight years in a cycle, eight months in a year, and eight days in a week. The two cross lines on the left of the wheel indicate where Adall's Month is in the calendar on the three years that it is celebrated.
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