Titanic Calendar

The calendar used by the Nesarian Empire and its inhabitants is known as the Titanic Calendar. Specifically, it is the Revised Titanic calendar (or simply RTC), which was adopted in 1704 by Empress Avia and was inspired by the Gregorian calendar.

The RT calendar is essentially identical to the Gregorian calendar, but with two major differences. The first is that year 0 is not the birth of Christ, but is the year commonly accepted as to when the Annihilation took place, which corresponds to 1500BC in the Gregorian calendar; in other words, a given year in the RT calendar is the Gregorian year plus 1500.

Years prior to the Annihilation are referred to as *Itone Olati Cavita* (or simply IOC), meaning Years Before [the] Annihilation, and years after this time are referred to as *Itone Nava Cavita* (or simply INC), meaning Years After [the] Annihilation. The second major difference is that the year is considered to begin not on the 1st of January, but the 1st of Verasena, which corresponds to July in the Gregorian calendar. Since Inecuria is in the southern hemisphere, in terms of weather and environment, July corresponds to January in the northern hemisphere.

Initially, the Titanic calendar had nine months, one for each Elvetan deity. However, the revision of the calendar in 1704 split the year into twelve months, following the example of the Gregorian calendar. To fill in the gaps, the names of the deceased Elvetan deities were used. Although the calendar revision was undertaken by Empress Avia, the first and only Christian Emperor, she did not desire to cause a great upset by borrowing Christian names, so she continued the Elvetan naming tradition.

## Names of Months

The months of the RT calendar are as follows:

* **Verasena (July)** - Named after Verasan the Judge, as tradition holds that each soul is judged at the start of a new year by him to determine how the rest of the year will go for them
* **Césena (August)** - Named after Césan the Youth, as this is when the Festival of Youth occurs
* **Yésena (September)** - Named after Yésa the Scholar
* **Nerusena (October)** - Named after Nerusan the Farmer, as this is when the planting for wheat and many other staple crops begins
* **Elayena (November)** - Named after Elayi the Artist, as this is when most plants in Inecuria come into full blossom, making it one of the most beautiful times of the year
* **Alverena (December)** - Named after King Alveron in remembrance of his death, as this is when Peace Day occurs
* **Sevalena (January)** - Named after Sevalion the Sailor
* **Cadurena (February)** - Named after Caduron the Smith
* **Calisena (March)** - Named after Lady Calisa, preceding her parents and brother
* **Acrena (April)** - Named after Sir Acras the Warrior, preceding his parents
* **Iserena (May)** - Named after Queen Isera, paired with her husband and co-monarch Yacela
* **Yacelena (June)** - Named after King Yacela, as this is when Dawnhail occurs, and in the old unrevised Titanic calendar this was also the longest month

## Names of Days

The RT calendar adopted the Gregorian form of separating the year into weeks of seven days, with the last day of the week being a day of rest, whereas the original Titanic Calendar had no conception of weeks and so gave no name to specific days, instead referring to them by their number in the month. This is not to say that the original Titanic Calendar had no days of rest, but they were not standardised and varied between the months.

The days of the RT calendar are as follows:

* **Dameva (Monday)** - Literally "defence day" or "defender's day", named in honour of those who fought in the War for the World
* **Logeva (Tuesday)** - A corruption of Loganeva, literally "knight day", named in honour of the Imperial Knights and similar noble warriors such as the *Helriki*
* **Agneva (Wednesday)** - A corruption of Agnareva, literally "Titan day", named in honour of the Titans
* **Daheva (Thursday)** - Literally "middle day", as this is in the middle of the week, more commonly this is actually pronounced as Daiva
* **Réaseva (Friday)** - Literally "crown day", as it was decreed that this is when ceremonies and meetings related to the Emperor should ideally take place
* **Exeva (Saturday)** - Literally "great day", as this precedes Asteva, more commonly this is actually pronounced as Eceva
* **Asteva (Sunday)** - A corruption of Astareva, literally "god day", as this is the day of rest and worship