Moons and Calendar of Genecyst

Genecyst has six different moons (nine including moonlets). Pirithodes, Clymenades, and Persephades all were created during a collision between Genecyst and another, unnamed planet. Rheades, Hades, and Cerbades, however, were all captured while floating through the solar system.

## The Moons

### Rheades

   Rheades is the first moon of Genecyst. It's atmosphere is full of light absorbing gasses, which causes the moon to appear a dark gray. Underneath its smoggy atmosphere, there is a dense core of liquid nickel, iron, and magnesium.

### Cerbades

   Cerbades is the second and smallest moon of Genecyst. It's surface is covered in red-hot, molten rock, which regularly crusts over and erupts with volcanic activity. This re-erupting of the moon is observed around roughly the same time every few sweeps.

### Pirithodes

   Pirithodes is the third and largest moon of Genecyst. Orbiting Pirithodes is two moonlets, one of which being called Hippocius and the other being called Euryius. Hippocius is the larger of the two.

### Clymenades

    Clymenades is the fourth moon of Genecyst, following Pirithodes as the second largest moon.

### Hades

    Hades is the fifth moon of Genecyst and the only moon that can support life to some degree. The surface of Hades is covered in high amounts of silver and platinum dust, causing it to appear white. While Hades did not host life initially, it was eventually colonized by alien races, notably trolls. There are multiple cities on its surface. Hades is also home to a residence of Doc Scratch, which lies out in the wilderness of Hades.

Once a sweep, Hades eclipses over the surface of Genecyst. This event is known as the Eclipse of Hades (05/50), which is the Genecystian counterpart to Halloween. Trolls dress in costumes and go around scaring each other while also giving out candy. The day after, however, is known as the Day of Lawful Culling (05/51), and observes a single day where all culling is legal by any caste of blood (though those with the means to kill mass amounts of trolls are generally restricted from doing so). The holiday isn't very popular amongst lower blood castes.

### Persephades

    Persephades is the sixth moon of Genecyst. Orbiting Persephades is one moonlet called Sicilicius. I'm just sitting here, crying in my prom dress. I'd be the prom queen if crying was a co

## The Calendar

The Genecystian calendar is based on the observance of each of the moons described above. There are six swoops, each being roughly 70 to 80 days long. The exact amount of days in each swoop can be seen in the chart on the left.

There are eleven days in the Genecystian week. Azaius, Bercos, Eyzius, Quetros, Ezius, Haalos, Thythius, Iizos, Chozmius, Sugilos, and Gibex. Only one of these is the Genecystian counterpart of a weekend, Gibex, while the rest of the days in the week are considered to be work days.

### Binde (Moon Resetting Period)

After Persephades is fully tracked for its 78 days, there is a 13 day period in which no moons are tracked. This period is called Binde and it is treated as a 13-day long New Year's countdown. Unlike the 11 days of the week seen in the swoops, Binde has its own names for the 13 days. These are: Trenex, Duozex, Unazex, Decex, Nonex, Octex, Heptex, Sezex, Cinex, Quzex, Trizex, Bizex, and Nezex. Each day counts down to the Binding Day, Nezex, which observes the calendar resuming its tracking of Rheades. It sometimes becomes necessary to add an extra day into Binde, Zozex, in the event that the tracking of the of Rheades is off. This usually occurs every few decades.

## Trivia

* All of the moons are named after something relating to Hades, the Greek god of the underworld.
	+ Rheades is named after the mother of Hades, Rhea.
	+ Cerbades is named after Cerberus, the three-headed hound of Hades.
	+ Pirithodes is named after Pirithous, a king who was trapped in a rock while trying to steal Persephone from the underworld.
		- Hippocius is named after Hippodamia, the woman that Pirithous was set to marry before he and a centaur got drunk and tried to abduct women at a party, including her.
		- Euryius is named after the centaur who assisted Pirithous in his drunken kidnapping spree.
	+ Clymenades is named after a surname of Hades, Clymenus.
	+ Hades's source should be self-evident.
	+ Persephades is named after Persephone, the woman that Hades kidnapped and married.
		- Sicilicius is named after the island of Sicily, where a cult dedicated to Persephone operated for a time during history.