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Important World Details

Erndorth, named after a corruption of the ancient elven world meaning "The Middle Lands", is a planet not unlike our earth. Aside from the aspects of magic and fantastic creatures it is a realm which is fairly normal to earth in many respects. Erndorth is roughly 30,000 miles in diameter, which makes it about 20 percent larger than earth. It rotates on its axis every 24 hours; just like earth; and also revolves around its sun every 360.2 days.

Erndorth has two moons; the Light Moon which is called Argelis, and a dark moon which is named Reardon. While Argelis; the light moon; looks very similar to our own moon on earth and completes its cycle exactly every 30 days, Reardon; the dark moon; glows with a very faint violet hue and is so dim as to be almost unseen except for the darkest of nights, during which time it casts dark eerie shadows across the land. Reardon is called the dark moon for more than just its color however. It is said; mostly in tales told by old men who should know better; that the phases of Reardon hold evil powers and it is considered bad luck to be under the full light of it after dark. Beyond that reardon is just another smaller sibling of Argelis and completes its cycle exactly every 27.75 days.

During the 360.2 days it takes Erndorth to complete its revolution around the sun, it's 24 degree axis tilt causes it to go through four distinct seasonal changes. The seasons are Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter and are just like we know them here on earth.

A year on Erndorth is divided up into 12 months of exactly 30 days each. Each month is made up of five smaller, six day weeks. The names of the months, and the seasons in which they fall are listed below.

1.  Morning Star

2.  Sun's Dawn

3.  First Seed (spring)

4.  Rain's Hand

5.  Second Seed

6.  Mid Year (summer)

7.  Sun's Height

8.  Last Seed

9.  Hearth Fire (autumn)

10. Sun's Dusk

11. Frost Fall

12. Evening Star (winter)

Once every 5 years, an extra day follows the last day of Evening Star. This single day is called the King's Festival, and is used to celebrate the day when the first king of Aldariah; Amren Ap Anoth; finally destroyed the evil Drow, and set free the entire slave population of Aldariah. That day marked what was the last day of human innocence, and the first day of the Aldarian calender.

Holidays and Other Important Days:

Morning Star 1^st

Festival of Light

(New Year Celebration)

Sun’s Dawn 1^st

Imbolc

(Ancient druid holy day to celebrate spring)

Sun’s Dawn 7^th

South Winds Prayer

(Holy day to Pelor to pray for the swift return of spring)

First Seed 1^st

Waking Day

(Celebration to awaken the gods of nature)

First Seed 16^th

Spring Equinox

(Known as Ostara to the Druids)

(Known as Ehtele'mele to the elves)

(Night and day are the same length)

(First official day of spring)

Rain’s Hand 1^s

Gartide

(Spring celebration)

Sheelala

(Elvish holiday, a day of games and practical jokes)

Second Seed 1^st

Litha

(Ancient druid fertility celebration)

Mid Year 19^th

Summer Solstice

Beltaine

(Known as Faradome to the elves)

(Longest day of the year)

(First official day of summer)

 (Ancient druid holy day to celebrate summer)

Sun’s Height 1^st

Fiery Night

(Holy Day to Solsek-Ro)

Last Seed 1^st

Lugnasadh

(Ancient druid holy day to celebrate autumn)

Hearth Fire 7^th

New Life

(Holiest day of the year for the Priesthood of Pelor. Magical healing often given for free to the poor)

Hearth Fire 25^th

Autumn Equinox

(Known as Mabon to druids)

(Known as Yavieba to the elves)

(Night and day are the same length)

(First official day of Autumn)

Hearth Fire 29^th

Harvest Feast

(Day of thanksgiving for the years hopefully large harvest)

Sun’s Dusk 1^st

Wizards Festival

(Celebration of wizardy and the good it has wrought)

Frost Fall 1^st

Moon Feast

Samhain

(This most important of druid holy days is the ancient druid celebration of winter as well as the druid new year).

Frost Fall 16^th

Ovank’a

(For the holy order of Arwin, this is a day to pray over the souls of the dead)

(For the Holy Order of Nerull, this day is their holiest (or unholiest) night of the year)

Day of the Dead

Most ley people celebrate this as the a day to remember those who have passed on during the previous year)

Evening Star 7^th

North Winds Prayer

(Holy day to Pelor to pray for a merciful winter)

Evening Star 22^nd

Winter Solstice

(Known as Yuletide to the druids)

(Known as Yenearsira to the elves)

(Holiest day of the year for Vanya)

(Longest night of the year)

(First official day of winter)

(Most ley people celebrate this as the Long Life Festival and is a celebration of family and friends).

King’s Festival

(A non-weekly day that is not on the normal calendar. Placed between Evening Star 30^th and Morning Star 1^st as a sort of leap year that happens once every 5 years).

(In Aldariah it is a celebration to remember the freeing of the Ritensa from the oppression of the Drow and the foundation of the Kingdom of Aldariah).

Please note that I have respectfully borrowed some details and descriptions for my campaign from Bruce A. Gulke and his Realm of Mythosa Campaign. You should click the banner below and go check out his awsome campaign.

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