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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 1580738" data-attributes="member: 1008">The MakauzakMost of the Makauzak spend the bulk of their time below ground. Furthermore, they live in a land where the sun may rise and set within a period of as little as half an hour, or may not rise or set at all for up to 90 human days. As such, they have little use for a day measured by the rise and fall of the sun.Instead, the Makauzak equivalent to the human day is the duty. Each duty is divided into three watches, and each watch into seven stands. As a general rule, each dwarf spends one duty working, one duty at leisure and one duty asleep. For the purposes of easy assimilation, a watch is considered to be exactly 9 hours long. Thus, a duty is 27 hours and a stand approximately 77 minutes. The Makauzak year consists of 325 duties, although the last duty of the year is usually only two watches long.The year is also divided into 27 weeks, each 12 duties long.The Makauzak Day (Duty)1st Watch2nd Watch3rd WatchThe Makauzak WeekKereazMathurzMkarimAnmakErechatAulekharTharinZerek MkarimEklarZarakehZerek AnmakMakuakuzThe year is also divided into 6 distinct parts, which could be considered as either months or seasons. For the purposes of this discussion, they will be called months. Given the alien nature of the Makauzak system, I will also endeavour to minimise confusion by giving modern date-equivalents, rather than comparing the Makauzak to the Archalen Calendar.TwilightTwilight is an important concept to the Makauzak. At certain periods of the year, twilight is longer than either true day or night. What the Makauzak consider twilight is what is termed Nautical Twilight IRL. Throughout twilight periods, there is enough illumination for the Makauzak’s dwarf vision to function out to at least 100’. The period of twilight where human vision can function (Civil Twilight) is considerably shorter.The MonthsMenkazaur: Menkazaur is the long day, a period where the sun is in the sky constantly for around 93 human days (82 duties). If three consecutive watches pass with no sunset, Menkauzar officially starts at the beginning of the next watch. The first watch of the year is also the beginning of a new day (duty); as such the last duty of the year may only contain one or two watches (two is the norm). Menkauzaur runs from approx 6 May through to approx 06 August.Arkenaz: Arkenaz begins officially on the first duty following the sunset. It is a period of alternating daylight and twilight, during which there is no true night. It runs from approx 7 August through to approx 9 September – about 34 human days (27 duties).Mikarahk: Mikarahk starts on the first duty following true night. It is a period of day and night, with relatively short twilights between each – in other words, the pattern is much the same as that which is normal in southern lands, although twilight still tends to be longer than the norm. Mikarahk runs from approx 10 September through to approx 14 November – about 65 human days (60 duties).Ekormauk: Ekormauk is the cold night, when the sun does not rise above the horizon for around 74 human days (65 duties). It is a time of alternating night and twilight, with no true day, running from approximately 15 November to approx 28 January. Ekormauk begins officially when a twilight follows a night, but is gone again without a sunrise.Ekenarahk: Ekenarahk is another period that follows the human southern norm of day, night and twilight. It begins with the sunrise, on approximately 28 January, and lasts until around 04 April – about 67 human days (60 duties).Mezkenaz: Another month during which there is day and twilight, but no true night, Mezkenaz begins after twilight has followed day, but is gone without a true night. It runs from about 05 April through to about 05 May – approximately 33 human days (27 duties).The Makauzak Year SummaryMenkauzar: Day (93)Arkenaz: Day/Twilight (27)Mikarahk: Day/Twilight/Night/Twilight (65)Ekormauk: Night/Twilight (74)Ekenarahk: Day/Twilight/Night/Twilight (67)Mekenaz: Day/Twilight (33)</blockquote>

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