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'''Coves''' is a gambling card game played throughout the world, especially in port cities. It uses a standard Belgritian 36-card deck

== Cards ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Ranking
!Mnemonic
|-
!Ships
|Brig
Schooner

Cutter

Sloop
|"Big Spoons Cut Soup"
|-
!Flags
|Arthan

Brynlee

Norrin

Myrth

Tannick

Vaylee

Yimmit

Brazen

Brine
|"Bring Back Your Very Tasty Muffins Now, Baker!"
(everyone knows Arthan is highest)
|}

== Hands ==

* '''Crown Fleet''' - Five of the same Ship in the five highest Flags (Arthan, Brynlee, Norrin, Myrth, and Tannick)
* '''Strung Fleet''' - Five of the same Ship in neighboring Flags (straight flush)
* '''Four in Colors''' - Every Ship of the same Flag (four of a kind)
* '''Armada''' - Three of one Flag and two of another (full house)
* '''Fleet''' - Five of the same Ship (flush)
* '''String''' - Five neighboring Flags (straight), also called Tannick and Friends because Tannick is always involved
** "Bigs" - Arthan, Brynlee, Norrin, Myrth, Tannick
** "Littles" - Tannick, Vaylee, Yimmit, Brazen, Brine
** "Middles" - Norrin, Myrth, Tannick, Vaylee, Yimmit
* '''Three in Colors'''- Three of the same Flag (three of a kind)
* '''Two by Two''' - Four Ships in two Flags (two pair)
* '''Two in Colors''' - Two of the same Flag (pair)
* '''Ship of the Line''' - None of the above, ranked by best card (high card)

Reproductive compatibility

2023-12-21T05:37:09Z

Admin:

It is a common fantasy trope to have different species be able to reproduce with one another. Delgar embraces this trope using the following rules:

* Humans can reproduce with elves. Their offspring are half-elves of the same type as the elven parent.
* Humans and elves can reproduce with orcs. Their offspring are half-orcs.
* Half-Elf and Half-Orc are fully fledged "true-breeding" species. They are not infertile hybrids.
* Dwarves and gnomes are also reproductively compatible. Their offspring are the same species as the mother, but can inherit other traits from either parent.
* Aquatic and Desert Lizardfolk are reproductively compatible with each other. Their offspring tend to follow one parent or the other, but can have blends of features from both as well.

Calendars

2023-12-03T21:24:20Z

Admin: /* Dhol Calendar */

2023-03-01T21:55:55Z

Admin: /* Year */

== 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
![https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/meteorological-versus-astronomical-seasons Meteorological Season]
!Gregorian
|-
|1
|Vymera
| rowspan="3" | Summer
|June
|-
|2
|Atarr
|July
|-
|3
|Enara
|August
|-
|4
|Treth
| rowspan="3" | Autumn
|September
|-
|5
|Temos
|October
|-
|6
|Lamera
|November
|-
|7
|Ophine
| rowspan="3" | Winter
|December
|-
|8
|Ilene
|January
|-
|9
|Yona
|February
|-
|10
|Vexa
| rowspan="3" | Spring
|March
|-
|11
|Hadros
|April
|-
|12
|Jaaldir
|May
|}

=== 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 Season
!Gregorian
|-
| rowspan="3" |Spring
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Vexa
|March
|-
|2nd
|Hadros
|April
|-
|3rd
|Jaaldir
|May
|-
| rowspan="3" |Summer
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Vymera
|June
|-
|2nd
|Atarr
|July
|-
|3rd
|Enara
|August
|-
| rowspan="3" |Autumn
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Treth
|September
|-
|2nd
|Temos
|October
|-
|3rd
|Lamera
|November
|-
| rowspan="3" |Winter
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Ophine
|December
|-
|2nd
|Ilene
|January
|-
|3rd
|Yona
|February
|-
|(New Year's Week)
|7 days
| colspan="3" |Not considered part of any month
|-
|(Harendag)
|1 day
| colspan="3" |Happens only once every 8 years.
Similar to Gregorian 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
|Blumenlent
|Flower month
|32 days
|
|-
|Graadenlent
|Grass month
|32 days
|
|-
|Jordenlent
|Earth 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).
|}

Calendars

2023-03-01T21:53:48Z

Admin: /* Araxian Calendar */

== 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 (in [[Araxia]]).

{|
| 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
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|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
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|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
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|17
|18
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|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
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|-
|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
|-
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|18
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|20
|21
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|-
|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
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|-
|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
|-
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|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
|-
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|18
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|20
|21
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|-
|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
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|-
|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
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|25
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|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
![https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/meteorological-versus-astronomical-seasons Meteorological Season]
!Gregorian
|-
|1
|Vymera
| rowspan="3" | Summer
|June
|-
|2
|Atarr
|July
|-
|3
|Enara
|August
|-
|4
|Treth
| rowspan="3" | Autumn
|September
|-
|5
|Temos
|October
|-
|6
|Lamera
|November
|-
|7
|Ophine
| rowspan="3" | Winter
|December
|-
|8
|Ilene
|January
|-
|9
|Yona
|February
|-
|10
|Vexa
| rowspan="3" | Spring
|March
|-
|11
|Hadros
|April
|-
|12
|Jaaldir
|May
|}

=== 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 Season
!Gregorian
|-
| rowspan="3" |Spring
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Vexa
|March
|-
|2nd
|Hadros
|April
|-
|3rd
|Jaaldir
|May
|-
| rowspan="3" |Summer
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Vymera
|June
|-
|2nd
|Atarr
|July
|-
|3rd
|Enara
|August
|-
| rowspan="3" |Autumn
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Treth
|September
|-
|2nd
|Temos
|October
|-
|3rd
|Lamera
|November
|-
| rowspan="3" |Winter
| rowspan="3" |96 days
|1st
|Ophine
|December
|-
|2nd
|Ilene
|January
|-
|3rd
|Yona
|February
|-
|(New Year's Week)
|7 days
| colspan="3" |Not considered part of any month
|-
|(Harendag)
|1 day
| colspan="3" |Happens only once every 8 years.
Similar to Gregorian 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
|Blumenlent
|Flower month
|32 days
|
|-
|Graadenlent
|Grass month
|32 days
|
|-
|Jordenlent
|Earth 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).
|}