Calendar of Elderland

A year on Tor lasts 360 days over the course of 12 months. Each day is 24 hours in length and there are 7 days in a week: Solday, Lunday, Auraday, Hayday, Brathday, Vaniday, and Requiem. These weekdays are based on ancient understanding of the seven luminaries, which correspond to planes of existence beyond Tor: Sole (Elemental), Lune (Parallel), Aura (Ethereal), Barathra (Infernal), Hadar (Abyss), Requiem (Phantasmal), and Vanita (Astral).

## Calendar

The yearly calendar used in most of Elderland was established during the Volcan age and is called the Volcan calendar.

Maidenfrost (Pruinis)

Holdfast (Jejunis)

Dawnthaw (Calefacta)

Mistmorn (Nebula)

Greenseed (Viridia)

Sunblaze (Fraglantia)

Fevercreep (Febris)

Thundergust (Tonitris)

Longleaf (Folia)

Duskrust (Vespera)

Greatfeast (Festis)

Nightspire (Noxis)

## Seasons

In the northern hemisphere, spring begins on the 21st of Dawnthaw, summer on the 21st of Sunblaze, autumn on the 21st of Longleaf, and winter on the 21st of Nightspire.

In most of Elderland, the beginning of each season is celebrated with a festival with different interpretations depending on religion and nation.

The 21st of Dawnthaw is associated with Lambentide in the Triadic Church, commemorating the birth of Stellas Lambent. In druidic circles, it is associated with Lifebloom (Beathasnis), commemorating the blossoming of flowers and life growing. Creedists celebrate Eminence, commemorating Lucina's birth and her all-seeing eye.

The 21st of Sunblaze is associated with Pinnacle in the Triadic Church, commemorating Lathander and the sun's height, celebrated with blackpowder fireworks, open fires and grilling. Druids celebrate Everlight (Sorghlas), commemorating the Summer Solstice and the fey. Creedists celebrate Greatflame, commemorating Asmodeus' eternal rule over the world and its washing in flame and is also based on the old volcan Crossroads holiday.

The 21st of Longleaf is associated in Triadism with Abundance, commemorating the marriage and copulation of Lathander and Selune, celebrated with fertility rituals, lavish costumes, sexual abandon, and harvest-related things like lammas bread. Druids celebrate Fullfruit, marking the start of the harvest. Creedists celebrate Succulence, a fertility festival with much more sadomasochistic influence.

The 21st of Nightspire is associated with Gracegiving in the Triadic Church, commemorating the winter solstice and Selune, celebrated with gratitude for others, reflection, feasting, gift giving. In druid circles the day is celebrated as Deepnight. Creedists celebrate Penance, reflecting on mistakes and paying retribution.

Other holidays commemorate seasonal events.

Harvesthalt celebrates the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the darkness of the cold season, celebrated with scary costumes and feasting.

Agony is a somber holiday commemorating Stellas Lambent's long torture at the hands of the Volcans and his death. Three days later is the start of the new year, Resurrection Day, celebrated with starlight lanterns and fortune telling and resolution making. The three holidays of Gracegiving, Agony, and Resurrection comprise the winter Renewal Season in the Triadic faith, with the reflection on the past year and death of Stellas followed by the turnover into a new year of hope commemorating his return.

Covenant Day is the Creedist new year festival, celebrating Jurgen Faust's pact with Asmodeus. It is celebrated with new contracts and bargain deals in shops.

Holidays

Blind Masquerade, Inferny, Fevercreep

Flowerfest, Halflands, Sylva, Leonia, Greenseed

Everlight, the summer solstice

Tribulation, Triad lands,

Penance, Affliction lands

Ben Síd, old elven day of ghosts and spirits, Duskrust

Shadowveil, the winter solstice

Braufest, Zwergandy, Longleaf