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Date Posted: 15:08:23 02/16/01 Fri
Author: DM
Subject: Re: The Calander
In reply to: Alex 's message, "Re: The Calander" on 10:12:34 02/08/01 Thu

>>Year of the Comet 197 The auction was on this year.

>Query: When did Tale of the Comet take place?

This is also the Year that the Tail of the Comet origionally took place.

>Query2: Cat, is your definitive timeline postable here?

Yes that would be usefull but it may be a while before we get around to it. You guys can start if you like and we will add to it later.

>This would be the ideal place to add/delete/change
>PC-related info with regard to _when_ everything
>actually happened and who-all was involved.
>Okay, it may just be me, but aren't there an awful lot
>of holidays?

Since the 5 day week only alows for one day off per 5 days the large # of holidays is for rest. Besides most of them are only one day long not 4 or 5.
>[Speculate 2 possible reasons: 1) The
>world is such a scary place that the people are happy
>just to be alive to celebrate! or 2) Since this world
>of Osland exists as a crossroads, each arrival brought
>with him/her the beliefs in the supremacy of
>_the_one_true_god (whichever one that was) and wanted
>to be sure that received the proper credit, which
>leads to 2a) the rulers in Osland realized that it
>was much easier to allow people to worship their own
>individual dieties in the open with festivals as
>opposed to in secret (which could lead to rebellion).
>Any thots?

The calander was set by the Grand Council at the time of the Concords. The 15 Kingdoms that were united all used different calanders, some had 7 day weeks one used 10 day weeks none were the same. All had their own holidays dedicated to the 11 Guiding Gods and several had days dedicated to Ptah the Creator. In general they were mixed and matched until the current arrangment was formed.

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