Time and calendar
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- ApralasThe second month of the Clora Fastis, the imperial calendar, commonly called Breezen. It has thirty days.
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- Cerulian DayAn elven observance tied to Aquaron, who is believed to have taught the elves seafaring. Every decade the elves build a beautiful ship, load it with offerings and poems, and let the sea take it down.
- Clora FastisThe formal calendar of the Empire, used by nearly everyone in Caligran, with ten months in a year of 304 days and years counted before and after Victory Day.
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- Day of SwordsA celebration of courage and past victories, once much more widespread, that still hosts annual gladiator fights. People give gifts to legionaries and listen to the stories of old veterans.
- Day of the Thousand FangsA day of Fran origin, spread to the imperial provinces next to Fraza, when people eat game meat, lock their doors and stay with their families while hunters patrol the streets.
- DecanThe tenth and last month of the Clora Fastis, the imperial calendar, commonly called Nightwolf. It has thirty days.
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- Harvest FestivalThe celebrations held across the Empire for the spring and autumn harvests, when people give thanks to Amarath, share the harvest with the poor, welcome travellers and exchange gifts.
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- MaiusThe third month of the Clora Fastis, the imperial calendar, commonly called Mildlight. It has thirty-one days, the last of which is a Malachar's Day.
- Malachar’s DayThe thirty-first day that follows the three tendays in certain months of the Clora Fastis, named in homage to the god of luck and surrounded by popular beliefs about time standing still.
- MartusThe first month of the Clora Fastis, the imperial calendar, commonly called Coldlight. It has thirty-one days, the last of which is a Malachar's Day.
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- Night of the Red MoonThe night, in some years, when the smaller moon Malas shines red. It is held to be a dark night when the veil between realms thins, and people gather around great fires rather than stay alone.
- NovaThe ninth month of the Clora Fastis, the formal calendar of the Empire. Its common name is Winterwake, and it has thirty days.
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- QuintilesThe fifth month of the Clora Fastis, the formal calendar of the Empire. Its common name is Summerwake, and it has thirty-one days.
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- Saint Clarice DayA day in honour of Saint Clarice, celebrated with grand ceremonies especially in the Bluelands and Westreach provinces.
- SectilisThe sixth month of the Clora Fastis, the formal calendar of the Empire. Its common name is Highsun, and it has thirty days.
- SepterThe seventh month of the Clora Fastis, the formal calendar of the Empire. Its common name is Last Ember, and it has thirty days.
- SeptiA ten-day period of the Clora Fastis, also called a tenday. Every month is made up of three of them, and their days are simply counted from the start.
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- Ten Decade CalendarThe calendar of the dwarves, who live underground and cannot track time by the sun or stars, and instead measure long periods with metal rods that decay at precisely known rates.
- Twin-Moon CalendarThe calendar of the orcs, shaped by the moon in the night sky. It is much like the Clora Fastis, but its year begins when the twin moons appear together, and its day begins at night.
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- Wheel CalendarThe cyclical calendar of the Northerners, built on the succession of the seasons and the days that mark the passing from one to the next, and kept for its cultural meaning.
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- Year TreeThe intricate calendar of the elves, made for their immortal existence before the Exodus, which reads time as branching lines of events and serves the writing of history more than timekeeping.