Loa - Elven Calendar

Loa is the elven year. Used in both Tunin & Yelebur, this is the standard calendar of Tumna.  

Each month holds 30 days

1. Lanloss - Snowdrop
2. Calfuin - Gloomlight
3. Methele - Frostend
4. Nethur - Youngfire
5. Eremae - Seedwell
6. Silaras - White-ewe
7. Anovras - Richsun
8. Melucil - Sweetlife
9. Gaerid - Copperfield
10. Colleuth - Goldharvest
11. Ornar - Redtree
12. Tawadol - Darkwood

 

Each month has 5 weeks

1. Elenya
2. Anarya
3. Isilya
4. Aldúya
5. Menelya

 

The Elven Holidays

1st day of Snowdrop: First Day of the Year - Yestare, a celebration of dances, banquets and practical jokes is celebrated from sunrise long into the night; often friendly fairy folk join the festivities. Some elven cultures also exchange gifts.   1st day of Frostend: Marked as the annual date representing the beginning of the Recreation Era according to some elven scholars - known as the Day of Rebirth. Celebrated with large evening feasts, dancing, colorfully decorated streets, and banners.   8th day of Frostend: Spring break. Elves refrain from work during the day, instead engaging in playful activities.   14th day of Gloomlight & 18th day of Retree: The two darkest nights of the year - all moons are at their darkest. This is considered a day of bad luck, with tales of monsters and evil spirits roaming the streets at night. Elven wizards consider this day particularly favourable for magic rituals. For young elves, (in Ornar) this is the day when they gather and prove their adult adolescence at the age of 15.   12th day of Youngfire: Winter's end festival. Particularly heartfelt by elven clans living in colder climates. Some clans give gifts to children, while in some lands wizards prepare spectacular fireworks. Often celebrated also with a great banquet at midday.   9th day of Seedwell: Day of Births. Marriages often take place this day, and is considered a propitious time to conceive a child. There are often banquets and dances in the evening.   1st day of White-ewe: The Summer Solstice. A bonfire feast is held in the evening. First day of the year in ancient Sylvan Realm according to some elven scholars.   15th day of Richsun: The High Summer festival. Elven clans usually stage or visit a market during the day, and feast and dance into the night.   27th day of Richsun: Summer celebration day. Elven clans normally hold friendly contests or jousts during this day.   1st day of Copperfield: Harvest day, the first day of autumn is celebrated by elves with a feast where many fruits and sweets are prepared and eaten.Though many also are preserved for the coming winter.   17th day of Copperfield: Mealiden day. Celebrated as a lighthearted event, however, one which has the ultimate purpose of testing the Realm’s defenses, training warriors or driving away dangerous monsters.   27th day of Copperfield: Day of the Last Sun. Many elven clans organize markets, either welcoming trading caravans or organizing their own, to secure provisions for the winter. Additionally, any housing or building maintenance is handled. A feast held in the evening often welcomes travelers and strangers.   14th day of Gloomlight & 18th day of Retree: The two darkest nights of the year - all moons are at their darkest. This is considered a day of bad luck, with tales of monsters and evil spirits roaming the streets at night. Elven wizards consider this day particularly favourable for magic rituals. For young elves, (in Ornar) this is the day when they gather and prove their adult adolescence at the age of 15.   1st day of Darkwood: Farewell to the Sun in various cultures. Elven clans normally celebrate with great feasts lasting all day and night, broken by numerous rests.   15th day of Darkwood: Snow day. Elves usually mold snow and ice into magnificent structures, or engage in competitions of endurance and accuracy. At least in the lands where there is snow at this time of the year.   25th day of Darkwood: Midwinter festival. Many elven clans give gifts, and decorate their dwellings with colors meant to propitiate the return of Spring. Such decorations normally adorn homes until at least the 2nd day of Snowdrop or longer.   30th day of Darkwood: Year's End Fest. Many elven clans hold great banquets and dances, which carry over to the festivities of the next day. For some clans, rituals to chase evil spirit away are carried out, even hunting encroaching undead when necessary.