So, I've gone back on my master files and re-engineered the calendar.
And so you guys can keep me honest, here ya go:
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The Faey Orthodox Calendar dates back to the founding of the Imperium. The calendar consists of 350.5 days, broken up into 10 different months. The first and last months of the year are 30 days long, all others aer 36 days long. The first day of the year and the middle of the year are stand-alone days, not part of any month, and are considered holidays.
The months of the year:
-New Year's Day (called Kaitha)
-Toraa (30 day month)
-Suraa
-Miraa
-Demaa
-Kedaa
-Midsummer's Day (called Baetha)
-Kiraa
-Romaa
-Shiaa
-Oraa (30 day month)
Every other year, 1 day is added to the calendar to balance it. This leap day is called Kitaa (holy day of god), and is added after New Year's Day.
All months end with -aa. This means honors god (ba-a, contracted to -aa). "God" is a word evolved from the original ancient Faey informal word for Trelle, the leader of the Faey Pantheon of 3 gods, known as the Holy Trinity. Trelle was the first of the Faey gods to be worshipped, and it was originally taboo to speak Trelle's name, so she was referred to as "ba," as "god." Only after Demir and Aris became established religions was the meaning of ba changed to mean "any god" and not a direct reference to Trelle. Despite the change, the original meaning of the -aa suffix of all months was the direct honoring of Trelle.
Days are counted in 10-day intervals, called Takirs, which translates to "week" in English, which is an ancient Faey word for journey (the journey of days). The original Faey calendar originally had 30 day months only, but was changed after the biannual leap-year caused chronological problems with the original calendar.
The days of the week:
-Raista
-Brista
-Maista
-Vesta
-Kaista
-Kaira
-Chiira
-Koira
-Raira
-Daira
The first 5 days end with -ista except Vesta, which means honors Arist (Arist-a, contracted to -ista...Aris being one of the 3 gods of the Trinity. Vesta doesn't include the I because of a grammatical rule of the Faey language. There is no "i following e" sound in Faey. The I is silent, and over time, the silent I (represented in the Faey alphabet with its own letter) fell into disuse when printing calendars, and eventually officially dropped from the word. It is still used in the Faey language, however, just not in the word Vesta.
It should be noted that Arist's name evolved over time and dropped the t...she is now known as Aris to the Faey.
The second 5 days always end with -ira, which means honors Demir (Demir-a, contracted to -ira), Demir being the last of the 3 gods of the Trinity.
With the slow evolution of the Faey language, most Faey don't realize that their calendar is highly religious in origin, where every month and day honors one of their 3 gods. Every written date is a tribute to Trelle and one of the other gods of the Trinity, depending on what day of the week it is.
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There, some Subjugation background trivia. I hope you like it.
