== Timekeeping & Celestial Mechanics ==
A mean solar year on Delgar is approximately 391.125 mean solar days long. Thus, a leap day must be added every 8 years to prevent drift.
Each day is divided into eight three-hour units called "phases":
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Phase
!Earth Time (Equinox)
!Marker
|-
|Dawning
|5 AM to 8 AM
|Sunrise
|-
|Morning
|8 AM to 11 AM
|
|-
|Noon
|11 AM to 1 PM
|Noon
|-
|Afternoon
|3 PM to 6 PM
|
|-
|Evening
|5 PM to 8 PM
|Sunset
|-
|Dimming
|8 PM to 11 PM
|
|-
|Dreaming
|11 PM to 2 AM
|Midnight
|-
|Dewing
|2 AM to 5 AM
|
|}
More precise timekeeping is rare on Delgar, but when it is done, it looks like this:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Delgar Unit
!Conversion
!Earth Equivalent
|-
|1 year
|391.125 days
|
|-
|1 day
|24 hours
|~24 hours
|-
|1 phase
|3 hours
|
|-
|1 hour
|64 minutes
|~60 minutes
|-
|1 minute
|64 seconds
|~56 seconds
|-
|1 second
|
|~0.88 seconds
|}

== Araxian Calendar ==
The Araxian Calendar is a solar calendar created by [[Emperor Araxius I]] at the founding of the [[Araxian Empire]]. It is in use throughout the Empire and its former territories, as well as in [[Belgrit]].

=== Year ===
The Araxian year is 384 days long, beginning with 1 Vymera on the summer solstice (as measured at the observatory of the [[Araxian Academy of Arcane Sciences]]). The names of the months are taken from the 12 major [[Religion|deities]] of the Araxian pantheon.

{|
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Vymera
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|[[1 Vymera|1]]
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Atarr
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Enara
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Treth
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
|-
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Temos
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Lamera
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ophine
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Ilene
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
|-
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Yona
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Vexa
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Hadros
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
| style="padding-right: 10px;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+Jaaldir
!S
!M
!T
!U
!W
!T
!F
!S
|-
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|-
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|-
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|-
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|31
|32
|}
|}

==== Heptinus ====
You may have noticed that the Araxian year is 7.125 days shorter than the mean solar year. How does that work?

At the end of each year, an intercalary period of 7-8 days (the ''Heptinus'') is observed before the next year begins.
The Heptinus is 8 days long preceding years divisible by 8 and 7 days long otherwise. It is not considered to be part of any year. As a result, although the Araxian year is only 384 days long, the number of days from one summer solstice to the next varies from 391 to 392.

=== Months ===

{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Araxian
!Gregorian
!Season
|-
|1
|Vymera
|June to July
| rowspan="3" | Summer
|-
|2
|Atarr
|July to August
|-
|3
|Enara
|August to September
|-
|4
|Treth
|September to October
| rowspan="3" | Autumn
|-
|5
|Temos
|October to November
|-
|6
|Lamera
|November to December
|-
|7
|Ophine
|December to January
| rowspan="3" | Winter
|-
|8
|Ilene
|January to February
|-
|9
|Yona
|February to March
|-
|10
|Vexa
|March to April
| rowspan="3" | Spring
|-
|11
|Hadros
|April to May
|-
|12
|Jaaldir
|May to June
|}

=== Weekdays ===
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Weekday
|-
|1
|Suriden
|-
|2
|Moriden
|-
|3
|Turien
|-
|4
|Urnoth
|-
|5
|Wesnoth
|-
|6
|Thriden
|-
|7
|Friden
|-
|8
|Sarendy
|}

== Dumecian Calendar ==
The Dumecian Calendar has the same year length and weekdays as the Araxian Calendar (indeed, these features both originated with the Dumecian Calendar), but it does not name individual months. In addition, the year begins in spring instead of summer, and the 7-8 day intercalary period occurs between winter and spring instead of between spring and summer.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Dumecian Season
!Length
!Moon
!Araxian Month
!Gregorian Month
|-
| rowspan="3" |Spring
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Vexa
|March to April
|-
|2nd
|Hadros
|April to May
|-
|3rd
|Jaaldir
|May to June
|-
| rowspan="3" |Summer
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Vymera
|June to July
|-
|2nd
|Atarr
|July to August
|-
|3rd
|Enara
|August to September
|-
| rowspan="3" |Autumn
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Treth
|September to October
|-
|2nd
|Temos
|October to November
|-
|3rd
|Lamera
|November to December
|-
| rowspan="3" |Winter
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Ophine
|December to January
|-
|2nd
|Ilene
|January to February
|-
|3rd
|Yona
|February to March
|-
!Intercalary
!Length
! colspan="3" |Notes
|-
|[[New Year's (Dumecia)|New Year's Week]]
|7 days
| colspan="3" |Not considered part of any month
|-
|[[Haarendag]]
|1 day
| colspan="3" |Holiday, happens only once every 8 years (like a Leap Day).
|}

== Dhol Calendar ==
The Dhol Calendar also has the same year length and weekdays as the other two calendars, but it divides the year asymmetrically into 8 periods of different length:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Season
!Period
!Translation
!Length
!Description
|-
|
|Nuujarsdag
|New Year's Day
|1 day
|The first sunrise of the year, not part of any month
|-
| rowspan="3" |Spring
|Jordenlent
|Land month
|32 days
|
|-
|Graadenlent
|Grass month
|32 days
|
|-
|Blumenlent
|Flower month
|32 days
|
|-
|Summer
|Dagbrogen
|Day bridge
|99 days
|Dagbrogen begins with the first sunrise of summer, during which time the sun will not set again until autumn.
|-
| rowspan="3" |Autumn
|Tarnaatlent
|First night month
|32 days
|
|-
|Harbenlent
|Harvest month
|32 days
|
|-
|Winderlent
|Wind month
|32 days
|
|-
|Winter
|Naatbrogen
|Night bridge
|99-100 days
|Naatbrogen begins with the first sunset of winter, during which time the sun will not rise again until spring. Once every 8 years, Naatbrogen will be 100 days long instead of 99 days. This is called a Longnaatjar (long night year).
|}

== Cosmological Alignment ==
Canonically, 13 March 1999 CE is 1 Vymera 1249.

Religion

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There are several major religions in the world of Delgar, most of them related in one way or another to the common pantheon.

== The Common Pantheon ==
The '''Common Pantheon''' consists of 12 gods of different domains worshipped primarily throughout the [[Araxian Empire]]. These same deities are viewed as aspects of a monistic whole within the [[Belgrit|Belgritian]] Church of the Divine Construction and their domains are associated with various [[Dhol|Dholish]]/[[Henge|Hengian]] heroes within their nontheistic system of hero veneration.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Domain
!Araxian Name
!Dholish/Hengian Hero
!Divine Construction Aspect
|-
|Law
|[[Vymera]]
|[[Vreja]]
|Order
|-
|The Sun
|[[Atarr]]
|[[Myrnia]]
|Clarity
|-
|War
|[[Enara]]
|[[Aarun]]
|Entropy
|-
|Trickery*
|[[Ybris]]*
|[[Kinsmir]]
| rowspan="2" |Artifice
|-
|Trade*
|[[Treth]]*
|[[Tordir]]
|-
|Beasts
|[[Temos]]
|[[Hros]]
|Nature
|-
|Birth, Death
|[[Lamera]]
|[[Jormun]]
|Change
|-
|The Night
|[[Ophine]]
|[[Haalorn]]
|Mystery
|-
|Magic
|[[Ilene]]
|[[Inge]]
|Insight
|-
|The Ocean
|[[Yona]]
|[[Jaarvin]]
|Wisdom
|-
|Storms
|[[Vexa]]
|[[Draaga]]
|Discord
|-
|Healing
|[[Hadros]]
|[[Vilgorn]]
|Restoration
|-
|Life, The Afterlife
| colspan="2" |[[Jaaldir]]
|Continuity
|}
''* According to Araxian mythology, Treth was once a mortal who struck a deal with the trickster god Ybris and thus attained divinity. Main article: [[Treth and Ybris]]''

== The Divine Construction ==
The dominant religion of [[Belgrit]] is the Church of the Divine Construction, which holds that the deities of the twelve domains are more clearly understood as aspects of a unified whole, much as the individual Kingdoms of Belgrit unified to form the Republic of Belgrit. In fact, it is this religious institution which conceived Belgritian democracy under the leadership of [[Father Belger I]], for whom the Republic is named.

Churches of the Divine Construction are constructed in a square shape with 12 columns along the perimeter (4 on each side) representing the 12 aspects of the Divine Construction in their binary symmetry and cyclic interrelations. The altar and meeting space in the center represents the unity of these aspects.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Order
!Clarity
!Artifice
!Wisdom
|-
!Entropy
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
!Change
|-
!Continuity
!Restoration
|-
!Insight
!Nature
!Mystery
!Discord
|}

== Dumecian Monotheism ==
[[Dumecia]] is the oldest continuous civilization in the world. As such, it is unique in a number of ways. One of these is that it has a unique monotheistic religion that is distinct from most other of the world's religions.

Traditional Dumecian belief focuses on the river Dumec, which runs from north to south through the middle of the city. The river is seen as an embodiment of the nature of life itself: It begins small and uncertain, as in the source of the river in the mountains to the north, grows up to be strong and powerful, flows through its course providing lifegiving fresh water to the people of the city, then mires in its old age in the swamps to the south, before gradually being lost into the ocean. So, it is said, are people in their lives brought together in confluence before being returned to the sea. In time, they will be reborn as snow to fall upon the mountain once ago, then wait for their time to once again flow through the river of life.

Due to its extreme age, the origins of this belief system are very uncertain. There is a sect which argues that the theological river is not the literal river that runs through the city, but simply an allegory for how to lead a virtuous life and find one's place in their community. Another sect believes the original worship was not focused on the river of water, but of the green and blue aether streams which flow alongside the Dumec before fanning out into [[The Wilds]] and the depths of the [[Arcane Ocean]], respectively.

== Dholish/Hengian Heroes ==
The shared culture of Dhol and Henge rejects magic and the very notion of divinity, dismissing the so-called "gods" as simply very delusional people who have been consumed by the sickness of magic. Such lost and pitiable fools are of course unworthy of veneration. Instead, the people of Dhol and Henge primarily venerate a pseudo-pantheon of heroic figures from their own history, who they do not view as gods, but rather simply as exemplary people who embody the virtues of their culture and the lens through which they view their world.

Somewhat ironically, the name for the Hengian hero Jaaldir has come to be the common name for the Araxian guardian of the afterlife, whose Araxian name (Bargus) fell out of favor due to it being considered bad luck to speak his name. The real Jaaldir is said to have been an undertaker who tirelessly watched over and cared for the ancient burial grounds of Henge and who learned and shared the stories of everyone he ever laid to rest. The common call-and-response blessing "unto death, may you live on / on borrowed breath, in tale and song" is attributed to him.

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Language of [[Narthrall]], spoken almost exclusively by [[Dark Elves]]

Cousin language of [[Ariven]] ([[Light Elf]] language) and [[Elven]] ([[Wood Elf]] language)

Some influences from [[Dvergu]] ([[Dwarves]] / [[Gnomes]] language)

Example:<blockquote>"Vadrur innu Divrannu. Maun ur bazdur dravik, ur dvinnur daz varmordinon, nan ur vadrur innu dravbozrin.

Mind not Divra-OBJ. Though they look Drav-ADJ, they come from other-world-DET, so they mind not Drav-way-of-being.

"Do not mind Divra. Though they look like a dark elf, they are from another world, and don't know our ways."</blockquote>nazburzh - greatshield