Time

**Time** is the force of evolution across the Silent Winds universe. It's the thing that causes war, peace, and everything mankind has done to this day, and it's very difficult to understand. Although smart, the people of Dresanaria and beyond have no actual way to grasp all knowledge about time, so they decided to break them up into chunks. Their measurement of time works very closely here to the one we have on our reality, 1 minute is 60 seconds, 1 hour is 60 minutes, 1 day is 24 hours, and 1 year is 12 months or 365 days.

There are historical moments in time that humanity wants to label to persevere its memory and importance, we call these **eras**. People refer to it like we do with BC (Before Christ) or AD (Anno Domini)

## Measurement

As stated above, Silent Winds' measurement of time is basically identical with the ones we use today. Their instrument of measuring time is called a clock, which has 12 numbers and has two arrows, the longer makes a full spin every hour and the shorter twice a day. However, it wasn't always like this. Historians say that sun clocks were used in colonies back in the AOC, along with sand clocks in sand-ish locations such as Kaphan, as well as water clocks in the more watery landscapes such as in Magdorland or Gruvania.

The use of calendars are also present here to keep track with the days in the year. There are 12 months in a calendar, each having 30-31 days, except for the second month which has 28. Unlike our calendars though, the Silent Winds universe does not have leap years.

## Eras

### AOC

The first known era is called the **AOC**, which is short for the **Age of Colonization**, or also less commonly referred to as **before BGW**. These times were prone to the formation of countries we know and love today, such as Gruvania, Magdorland, Forarendt, and others. Scientists today still argue if the AOC lasted for 600 or 300 years.

### BGW

The era of peaceful countries living along side one another, known as **BGW**, short for **Before Grand War**, it lasted for 100 years. These are the times where countries look like the ones we see in our reality. These are also the times where a lot of the Grand War heroes we know and love (im looking at you Indev12) were born.

### GW

**GW** is short for **Grand War**. This is the period of the Grand War - hence the name - in which all countries of the world went to war. This struck negatively in the world's economy, politics, and generally caused the suffering of millions. While nations later recovered from this war, it took a big chunk of the next era. This era also gave birth to other civilizations such as Athonia, Roozterlandie, and Potatoland. It lasted for only 25 years.

### AGW

Short for **After Grand War**, **AGW** is another time of peace. These are the times where countries recover from the previous war and get into engineering futuristic technology. This era lasted for 50 years.

### AOTA

This is where the real technological fun begins, as **AOTA** is short for **Age of Technological Advancements**. All countries will get ahold of technologies that people in BGW could only imagine. These are also the times where humans start to go outer space. Smart engineers and scientists are born in this era, along with famous companies like the Phantom and Hiraeth Industries. This era expands for 200 years, and in all that time humans also discover the thing that will shape their distant futures, the FTL machine.

### SGW

**SGW** stands for the **Second Grand War** and halts the AOTA for quite some time, and it lasted 15 years. It was a war of all countries, like the first Grand War. Unlike the first Grand War, this one was not a free for all, but rather two teams of formed comprised of all nations across the globe. It held a greater consequence than the first Grand War, but it was less impactful to the people in SGW.

### ASGW

**ASGW**, or **After Second Grand War**, is basically a continuation of AOTA. It holds a peace age for 50 years.

### IE

This era holds a lot of rebirth of nations. **IE**, which is short for the **Imperial Era** is where some important nations convert into an empire. These nations include Gruvania (now Grevia) and Magdorland (now New Magdorland), which also have moved into other star systems. IE is also the pinnacle of technological advancements.