Narathean History - The Creation of the Nasrathean Calendar (Year: 5 A.T.)

History of the Third Time Cycle of the Nasullean Plane - The Creation of the Nasrathean Calendar (Year: 5 A.T.)

It was an especially learned Nasrathean by the name of Alseca Falunevris who first proposed a system for keeping count on the movements of Leruleas and Nexial, the sun and the moon of the Nasullean plane, after almost fifteen of what would eventually become known as 'years' spent meticulously observing their ebb and flow, and the changes in light and dark that followed their trails across the auldér -- the sky. From his perspective, as Nasrathean, he could not have known that it was these two celestial objects which truly affected the colour of the auldér, their influence touching the land during night and day, for to his eyes looking outward, it would appear as though the whole sky itself was turning, and changing the land they inhabited.

 
With those observations steeling his resolve, he took his notes to Dragonking Solrais and his fellow draconic Advisor, Atalos, at which point his findings were confirmed to be true, for it was Atalos who imparted the wisdom of the sun and the moon, and revealed to him that it was indeed their two great planes bringing their spheres of influence to the lands of Nasul, and that it was not the Aulder specifically that was responsible. This would inevitably lead to great debates between Falun and Atalos regarding the changing colour of the Aulder itself, its transitions between light and dark, and all the spectrum of shades that existed between them, to which Atalos would, naturally, respond with rebuttals and corrections: "It is the difference in luminosity, that being the small amounts of energy escaping from those two planes that dance high above our heads -- the release of an energy known as Anthaévral in its distinction -- that is causing the sky above your head to change colour," he would speak to Falun, "and not the vast ocean of stars that existed beyond your immediate reach."
 
Falun would eventually admit defeat, but only in an effort to end the eternal debate of sky versus sun, and moon, and not in the least bit to concede that his beliefs were wrong. Indeed, for he would pass into the immaterial steadfast in his belief that the entire cosmos was changing colour with the seasons. Before he died, however, he would go on to create the first of the Nasrathean calendars, one that was so effective, it would remain unchanged throughout the second and third ages of the Nasra, even leaving the city and proliferating as the standard all across the land. Eventually, one passage of Leruleas, and it's chasing by Nexial, would become known as a day, named for the Deia, an alien word that described the objects themselves, collectively.
 
To that end, he would also write of the idea of 'seasons' -- the changes in temperature, colour, and the turning of life and death that seemed to occur on a repeating cycle. These seasons he would name...

Greenbell (85 Deias in length)
Lumbreeze (110 Deias in length)
Windleiv (80 Deias in length)
Winterfall (100 Deias in length)

The word, year, would soon follow its usage. There are none who can tell the origin of this word, though it was Falun himself who coined it originally in his notes. Some say that he conversed with another in his later days, one who seemed to have much greater knowledge of the subject in which he had devoted his life to researching. Indeed, a crystal device was found in his home not long after his death. That device would eventually be replicated by the scholars of Idral Academy, and termed Orrery.
 
The Orrery is a device that certainly came from an 'outside entity' in it's design, one who only Cupris Idral seemed capable of conversing with. The magickal power which helped it in it's revolution would eventually leave the Academy, becoming known as dial magick. Primarily it is used to slow the effect of force upon locked doors and gates, and in some cases, even seal everything inside of it's sphere of influence away inside a bubble of time, hiding the true nature of a given area, unless the user is able to dispel it's influence. This magick, or sorcery, as the people of early Solrasia would refer to it, was known as Barrier Magick. Those who practiced it would become known as Timetakers, and they were known to hold contact with a strange force they referred to as The Black Dial.
 
Whether this entity known as the Black Dial, or Father Time to some, had a vested interested in the Nasra wielding such power... Well, time might only tell.
 
Eventually, the days would be named after the beings that chose to watch over the Nasra in the Weaver's absence, many years after the Blood Dawn and the Long Night had come to pass. These days were Mondeias, Teldeias, Drandeias, Ixardeias, and Caldeias, though there were many varying regional names for each individual turn of the Deias before these names were officially adopted by Laskenden in the year 504 A.T.
 
There are some folk out there, in the darkest corners of the wilds, who adopt a sixth day, known as Kodeias. While none of the civilized regions officially recognize this day, those who do, or those who observe it simply as a dark day between days, believe it belongs to the dead. Therefore, some believe there to be a one-hundred and first day of the Winterfall season, when the energies conjured and manipulated by the more necromantically inclined seem to hold greater sway, and the dead rise to walk of their own free will once more.
 
But to the people of the Central Lands, such tales are tall and humorous, for how could the dead walk again, truly, unless controlled by another, and forced to do the bidding of some mad and demented sorcerer? And even if they could shamble out of their resting places, what god would bring such terror to their lives willingly?
 
Still, there are some who claim to have experienced Kodeias. Those who have, well... They are no longer able to speak of the horrors they have witnessed, for the terror has already taken hold of their hearts...