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Harqual: Year of the Return [749 N.C.]
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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 3113283" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>The Calendars of Harqual</strong></span></span></p><p>There are three distinct calendars on Harqual. Each one is described below.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>Gabriel Stonn and the New Calendar</strong></span></p><p>The continent's most widely used calendar, <strong>The New Calendar</strong>, as it’s called, is Harqual's most important one. Two hundred and fifty two years after the end of the <strong>Divinity War</strong>, a man named <strong>Gabriel Stonn</strong> came to power in a city-state, called <strong>Araig</strong>, on the <strong>Jagged Peninsula</strong> on the eastern shore of Northern Harqual. Gabriel was the first man to have a vision of what Harqual’s future should be without also wanting to oppress its peoples.</p><p></p><p>He reformed Ariag’s failing political and justice systems and introduced widespread change throughout the city’s military to weed out corruption. He put the power of rule in the hands of the citizens of the city-state. Women and even those over the age of fifteen had the right to voice their opinion, although one still had to be at least eighteen to vote. It was a radical change that would reshape Harqual’s history in the region. It was this that brought about the creation of the New Calendar.</p><p></p><p>Stonn knew his growing kingdom, known then as <strong>The Kingdom of the Jagged Peninsula</strong>, needed a new calendar to track the seasons and the days. And since Gabriel was a humble man, he refused to name it after himself or the city-state he ruled. He would simply call it the New Calendar and be done with it.</p><p></p><p>The New Calendar spread through the lands of the eastern coast and eventually to the west and even to the <strong>Far South</strong>. Only the barbarians of the <strong>Northlands</strong> have never adopted it fully, as it is not in their nature to write things down. They simply track the passage of time the way they had since Cronn built the Hall of the Northlands. The barbarians of the Northlands do honor Gabriel Stonn for the pious life he lead and honor the celebrations and cycles of the calendar when visiting the southern lands beyond the <strong>Greystone Mountains</strong>.</p><p></p><p>As for Gabriel Stonn, the man ruled Araig and the kingdom that was built around it for his entire lifetime. At his death in 52 N.C., the city and the kingdom were both renamed <strong>Stonn</strong> in his honor by the people that had grown to love him. Stonn's kingdom still exists and is the oldest human kingdom on Harqual. (The silver elf kingdom, The Kingdom of the Silver Leaves, is the oldest.) Stonn’s birth is celebrated every 100 years from the 1st year after Gabriel’s death to the present. The next celebration is in three years.</p><p></p><p>The New Calendar follows a 12 months (365 days) per year cycle. Each month is broken down into roughly 4 weeks made up of 6 days per week. Each month is made up either 30 or 31 days. The year has 4 seasons that follow the same basic seasonal patterns of Earth – <u><em>Springdawn</em></u>, <u><em>Summerfall</em></u>, <u><em>Autumnwind</em></u>, and <u><em>Winternight</em></u>. Note that there isn't such a thing as 0 N.C., The New Calendar starts at 1. (The current year is 750 N.C.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 3113283, member: 2012"] [COLOR=DarkOrange][SIZE=3][B]The Calendars of Harqual[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] There are three distinct calendars on Harqual. Each one is described below. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Gabriel Stonn and the New Calendar[/B][/COLOR] The continent's most widely used calendar, [B]The New Calendar[/B], as it’s called, is Harqual's most important one. Two hundred and fifty two years after the end of the [B]Divinity War[/B], a man named [B]Gabriel Stonn[/B] came to power in a city-state, called [B]Araig[/B], on the [B]Jagged Peninsula[/B] on the eastern shore of Northern Harqual. Gabriel was the first man to have a vision of what Harqual’s future should be without also wanting to oppress its peoples. He reformed Ariag’s failing political and justice systems and introduced widespread change throughout the city’s military to weed out corruption. He put the power of rule in the hands of the citizens of the city-state. Women and even those over the age of fifteen had the right to voice their opinion, although one still had to be at least eighteen to vote. It was a radical change that would reshape Harqual’s history in the region. It was this that brought about the creation of the New Calendar. Stonn knew his growing kingdom, known then as [B]The Kingdom of the Jagged Peninsula[/B], needed a new calendar to track the seasons and the days. And since Gabriel was a humble man, he refused to name it after himself or the city-state he ruled. He would simply call it the New Calendar and be done with it. The New Calendar spread through the lands of the eastern coast and eventually to the west and even to the [B]Far South[/B]. Only the barbarians of the [B]Northlands[/B] have never adopted it fully, as it is not in their nature to write things down. They simply track the passage of time the way they had since Cronn built the Hall of the Northlands. The barbarians of the Northlands do honor Gabriel Stonn for the pious life he lead and honor the celebrations and cycles of the calendar when visiting the southern lands beyond the [B]Greystone Mountains[/B]. As for Gabriel Stonn, the man ruled Araig and the kingdom that was built around it for his entire lifetime. At his death in 52 N.C., the city and the kingdom were both renamed [B]Stonn[/B] in his honor by the people that had grown to love him. Stonn's kingdom still exists and is the oldest human kingdom on Harqual. (The silver elf kingdom, The Kingdom of the Silver Leaves, is the oldest.) Stonn’s birth is celebrated every 100 years from the 1st year after Gabriel’s death to the present. The next celebration is in three years. The New Calendar follows a 12 months (365 days) per year cycle. Each month is broken down into roughly 4 weeks made up of 6 days per week. Each month is made up either 30 or 31 days. The year has 4 seasons that follow the same basic seasonal patterns of Earth – [U][I]Springdawn[/I][/U], [U][I]Summerfall[/I][/U], [U][I]Autumnwind[/I][/U], and [U][I]Winternight[/I][/U]. Note that there isn't such a thing as 0 N.C., The New Calendar starts at 1. (The current year is 750 N.C.) [/QUOTE]
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