Demrefor

Dates and Seasons

Weeks

Demreforian weeks have four days, with 9 weeks fitting evenly into a month. Every month starts and ends on the same day, and each weekday corresponds with specific numbers of the month.

Because all months share the same daily configuration, the average calendar only needs one page layout, which will be compatible with every month, every year. The days of the week line up as below:

Generally, a week is seen as 2 days of work with a 2 day weekend to rest. These are usually split as Minda/Grada and Yieda/Firthda, though which are considered the weekend and which are the work days will depend on the employer.

The only time of year that doesn’t conform to this table of weeks is the 5-day month of Sonfe, which has its own day names, as listed below:

Pada the 1st
Bibda the 2nd
Tanda the 3rd
Dorda the 4th
Sumda the 5th

Months

The first 10 months of the year have 36 days each and are measured by the cycle of the blue moon, which is full for two days a month; the first and last days.

The 11th month is a 5 day month that is generally celebrated as a holiday, and has several different names, dependant on the culture and region of the world.

The months are as listed below:

1: Lorane
2: Horial
3: Gfro
4: Corwon
5: Tain
6: Glif
7: Mrerf
8: Jasfe
9: Morah
10: Yune
11: Sonfe (International) / Sunfest (Animon) / Keowfe (Foxen) / Dalrenta (Har’py)

Years

Each year on Demrefor ends on the last day of Sonfe and begins on the 1st of Lorane.

Years are marked by recorded history (AE) and before recorded history (BW). AE is short for Awakli Eani; which translates from old Demreforian into “After Time”, and BW is short for Bealo Wea; or “Before History” in old Demreforian.

The end of every year is marked by Sonfe and the five-day eclipse. This eclipse is the ageing ceremony for most Sentient races. This tradition originally came from the Animon religion but was globalised during the founding of the International Alliance. This eclipse is quite strange as the moons’ travels are not always aligned, but no matter where they are in the sky before and after the eclipse, they will always move to cover the sun during Sonfe and mark the new year.

Every 10 years on the 1st of Lorane there is the “Triple Moon”; a night when all three moons become full. This marks the resetting of the star and moon cycle, and many Sentient races use this to separate new generations of children. Babies born during the Triple Moon are held in high regard and considered to be the natural leaders of their generation.

Seasons

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