Ashrak/Ashrak Calendar

Ashrak Calendar

The Ashrak calendar was originally developed by the peasantry as a way to manage their harvests more thoroughly. Having specific designations for each week allows them to discuss and plan for the future more easily. They could now, for example, organize and gather food for a festival in the Prim of Spring back in the Par of Autumn a year prior if they needed to.

This calendar was learned by Count Bowie Ironsides and then proclaimed to the academic nobility of Dwilight. In addition to harvest planning, he believes it could be used for taxes and trade, and more importantly for military and diplomatic policies. He also desires to employ the calendar in his historical work alongside the use of the Dwilight Calendar.

The Calendar:

It is widely known that one year occurs when the Som completes a rotation around BattleMasterra. It is also fact that the seasons change due to the revolution of the planet’s moon, known as the Mon by the Ashrakites. The Ashrakites, therefore, record the change of week based on the position of the Mon within each season. There are four spheres, or zones, to which the Mon may initiate in its journey across the sky. Each initiation on the horizon indicates to them how near they are to the next season. When the Mon begins to rise in their horizon within one zone they note how far it is from the pole of the other zone.

The Ashrakites have named each week as the following. Just as one year is comprised of four seasons, all seasons are comprised of these four weeks. The language is from the dialect originating in the capital village of Ashrak.

1. Prim

2. Pom

3. Pourd

4. Par