# Calendar of Harptos Current date: 1479 DR ## Notable events [[the Nine]] was created by [[Destrian]], [[Yaro]], and [[Zeraiah]]. - 1380 [[Nash Alagondar]] joins [[Ioxian League]] - [[Thraid]] was last awake during this time, after Nasher joined the Ioxian League but before the Spellplague. - 1385 [[ttrpgs/Order of the Wandering Mind/The Spellplague]], The Year of the Blue Fire - [[Nash Alagondar]] died - [[Ban Alagondar]] continues? - [[Luskan]], [[Waterdeep]], [[Neverwinter]], and some dwarven cities beyond the mountains were assailed by orcs #[[38_20201227 Reona attacks and we meet Thraid]] - 1443 [[Rilitar Alagondar]] and [[Alaion Alagondar]] born (approximate) - 1443 [[Xionerys]] was born - 1451 [[ttrpgs/Order of the Wandering Mind/Mount Hotenow eruption]] - Rulers of [[Neverwinter]] just before eruption: [[Melandrach Alagondar]] and [[Lyra Alagondar]] #[[Historian's Log]] - 1453 [[Ka'ira]] and [[Maestro]] were born (as far as we know - as far as [[Father Tyson]] told them) - 1479 NOW (I'm 36) ## Stuff Xio may not know - Most cultures in Faerûn follow this calendar. - The calendar is divided into: - 12 months - 5 annual holidays - 3 "rides" (tendays) per month = 30 days - 365 days in total - Once every four years, Shieldmeet is a leap day following Midsummer night. -  ### Annual festivals - [[Midwinter]]: Although this holiday is generally known as Midwinter, it is often celebrated under different names. For example, the High Festival of Winter is a feast day used by nobles and monarchs to mark or renew alliances. For commoners in northern climes, Deadwinter Day is a somber day noted mainly as the halfway point of winter, with hard times still to come. - [[Greengrass]]: The start of spring is traditionally a day of peace and rejoicing marked by the display of flowers (even if they need to be grown in a hothouse during the winter months) that are worn or given as sacrifices to the gods who have brought life back to the world. - [[Midsummer]]: The midpoint of summer is a time of feasting and love, marked by dalliances, betrothals, and (traditionally) good weather. Bad weather on this night is seen as a sign of ill fortune to come. - [[Shieldmeet]]: This quadrennial festival follows Midsummer night. It is traditionally a day of open council between the ruled and their rulers, and the renewal of pacts. In addition to theatrical entertainment, many tournaments are held on Shieldmeet, allowing the brave and the foolish to try to prove themselves. - [[Highharvestide]]: The autumn harvest is marked by feasting and thanks. Many folk travel in the wake of this festival before the worst of winter’s bite makes the roads and waterways impassable. - [[The Feast of the Moon]]: This holiday celebrates ancestors and the honored dead. During the festival, ancestral tales are recounted, and the stories and myths that bind cultures are taught anew. ### Years Years are expressed in terms of DR ([[Dalereckoning]]), which is when elves permitted humans to settle in what is now [[The Dalelands]]. Each year is given a nickname that is seen as a portent of what's to come.