Old Age

The Old Age is one of the two main periods of the Magisterial calendar, the calendar now used throughout most of Var Venail. It is indicated by the initials OA following a year, with the number of the year being the number of years prior to the Departure. As such, numbers preceding it are not indicated with a negative sign. 
Depending on the language, region and time it was used, it has been called by many names. The most common ones are: Age of the Elves, Elden Days, Imperial Era, Zodiac Age, Glorious Age and Years Before the Departure. The latter is regularly used to indicate dates to this date, mostly by non-magister scholars.
The time period which is part of the Old Age is significantly longer than that of the New Age. In theory, the Old Age encompasses the time span from the Creation of the World to the Departure. However in effect it is used for historical purposes, and as such it rarely goes beyond the Great Migrations which occurred some 7000 years ago. Nevertheless this remains significantly longer than the New Age is now, as it is currently the 1241st Year After the Departure.