Horizon Calendar

A Upper Metropolitan year lasts 365 days over the course of 13 months. Each month (with the exception of Bikuji) is made up of 3 10-day weeks; each day is 24 hours long, though only 18 are considered "waking hours". The days of the week are Amanday, Umumday, Hayaday, Hifzday, Ishday, Tiqaday, Maerday, Khusday, Sihaday, and Khalqday, with Hayaday and Khusday observed as mid-week breaks by most people in the Upper City.

The calendar is treated as a natural extension of the predictability of the Sun, and was established with the founding of the City. The most commonly used modern calendar counts the years since the fall of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, and is signified with Amun Analog Time (or AAT for short). It is currently Pachon 6121 AAT.

## **The Nightly Reset**

*Main article: The City*

Each night, at precisely 12am, consciousness ceases in every humanoid in the City. It resumes 6 hours later at precisely 6am, just as the Sun crosses the horizon to begin its daily ascent. No matter where someone ends their day, they begin anew from their designated starting position.

## **Seasons**

The seasons are each named for the culminating festival that occurs over the final 5 days of the season.

**Inundation**
Akhet, or the Season of Inundation, is so named for the Yearly Flood, during which the Nile overflows into the Flood District of the Western Bank. This season sees most of the planting and fertilizing, and is considered to be a season of beginnings.

**Emergence**
Peret, or the Season of Emergence, is so named for the Advent of the Founders, during which the high-ranking AmunTech officials undertake a number of philanthropic efforts throughout the City. This season is considered to be a season of clarity.

**Harvest**
Shemu, or the Season of Harvest, is so named for the Celebration of the End, during which the citizens of the Upper City reflect on the past and plan for the future. This season is considered to be, of course, a season of endings.

**Sleep**
Bikuji, or the Season of Sleep, is so named for the Days of Sleep. Unlike the other seasons, this season is just 5 days long. At the end of Harvest, citizens are Reset; however, they are not returned to their starting locations for 5 days. Not much is known about what the Days of Sleep actually entail, but most accept it as part of the natural cycle of life.

## **Annual Holidays**

**The Yearly Flood - 26-30 Koaik**
The Yearly Flood is one of the most-celebrated holidays in all of the City, especially on the Western Bank. During this 5-day festival, the waters of the Nile rise and spill into the Flood District, where they overrun 1 in 10 homes. Those who have been chosen by the Floods are considered lucky and are given rent-free housing in some of the highest towers in the City; those whose homes are not chosen are no less privileged, for they are gifted with another chance to be chosen in subsequent years.

Because of the danger posed by the lingering flood waters, the Flood District is primarily composed of low- to no-income housing inhabited by young- to middle-aged adults.

**The Advent of the Founders - 26-30 Parmouti**
The Advent of the Founders is a festival that varies from year to year. This festival is one of the only times that many key members of AmunTech are seen in a more public setting, as each undertakes a public works project that targets a specific area of need within the community. While often unsuccessful on a short term scale, the projects set into motion by the "gods" of the City are said to have profound impacts in the long term, as they encourage other members of the City to stand up and address the same issues.

**The Celebration of the End - 26-30 Mesore**
The Celebration of the End begins with the Feast of the Retired on the 26th, during which Upper Metropolitans go through a series of rites associated with the remembrance and reverence of the Retired. The next four days are similarly filled with opportunities to look back upon the history of the City, the events of the previous year, and progress one has made towards their goals. The festival culminates with the Last Dusk on 30 Mesore, where fireworks and light shows seek to "carry the light until the Reset."

**Days of Sleep- 1-5 Bikuji**
The month of Bikuji is largely a month of mysteries. According to the Ministry of Thoth, the Days of Sleep are days of preparation for the coming year.