OOC: Timestamping.

[Maddyn]

Timestamping: All Read

Note:
- It is currently Autumn of the Ninth Era in the Age of the Darkening
- Paradigm: Coronation of Queen Sharinya of the Fae Folk

The Day
Each day - also called a "brightening" - defined by the total amount of sun and night combined - is divided into hours. There are twenty nine hours in a single day; fourteen of those hours are immersed in sunshine, while the remaining are cloaked in a semblance of night or darkness.

The Cycle
Ten days create what is called a 'cycle'. After each cycle, one sun becomes stronger than the other two warming the planet differently. The affects include the creation of storms, rain and snow for the first two days of each cycle as the world magically adjusts. The ten days of the Cycle are as follows:

Solaria
Dianara
Ioannolia
Carmelyana
Aslanica
Thera
Srennia
Orodisia
Kuras
Lunaria

The Month
Five cycles create a single month. There are ten months (and thus, fifty cycles) in each year. The months are as follows:

Ponutis (January)
Melora (February)
Cryxatum (March)
Aperitus (April)
Optia (May)
Ioannes (June)
Imperos (August)
Junctior (October)
Kalendryas (November)
Immanis (December)

Eras
The term for an Allerian Year is an Era. Weather patterns differ according to the era in which the world spins. The completion of all three Eras is called a "Pattern". Denizens of the World of Telath experience one physical year of aging every complete Pattern.

Era I: Winter (Kalendryas - Aperitus), Spring (Optia), Summer (Ioannes-Imperos), Autumn (Junctior)
Era II: Winter (Immanis - Melora), Spring (Cryxatum - Optia), Summer (Ioannes-Imperos), Autumn (Junctior-Kalendryas).
Era III: Winter (Junctior-Aperitus), No Spring, Summer (Optia-Ioannes), Autumn (Imperos).

Reigns
Allerian time is kept according to the reign of Emperors, for example, 'The fourth brightening in the Twelfth Cycle of Cryxatum, of the Third Era (II) in the Reign of Alyssa Chrysinaria' implies that the date is given in the third year of Empress Alyssa Chrysinaria's reign, which corresponds with an Era of the second magnitude. Note that occasionally, the cycle mentioned is actually the numerical cycle of the Era, not necessarily the month, despite its implication (e.g., 'Twelfth Cycle of Cryxatum').