Calendar

Months
Days of the Week
Holidays and Festivals
Yearly Calendar:
Nuatoirc
Hyrab
Loyortob
Loirym
Llocdaerd
Nadinu
Natori
Nakal

The calendar of Shadow Star is similar to the Roman calendar that we're more familiar with on Earth. Hours and days are the same as in real life. Bells ring the hours, and magical clocks and sundials tell time. The year is 365 days long, though with eight months.

Month Name	Abbv.	# Days In Month	Date in Our World	Name Meaning
Nuatoirc	Nua	46	March 20	Nuatoirc is "creation" in the old tongue, and begins with the first day of Spring (March 20). It symbolizes new life as Irotana created the world.
Hyrab	Hyr	46	May 5	Hyrab means "birth" in the Ancient Tongue. Legends say that it was in this month that Tyrea, Aeryon, Claeryn, Laugar, and Chaos were born.
Loyortob	Loy	45	June 20	Loyortob means "betrayal" in the old tongue, and it is the third month. By this time in the first year of the world, Chaos had grown apart from the other gods, watching as they grew in friendship with their siblings and mother. The Nameless One would not join in anything the others did, and grew bored of creation and merely watching mortals play out their lives. Chaos created creatures of her own, demons and their ilk, and they swarmed over the world, killing everything.
Loirym	Loi	46	August 4	In this month, it is said, Irotana's children battled Chaos and her mortals. Tyrea had long been drawn to the earth, and she directed those of that realm to fight. Aeryon took charge of air, Laugar of water, and Claeryn found his realm in fire. This month, first named Iltob (battle), is now named Loirym, "realm", because that is when the gods chose their realms.
Llocdaerd	Lloc	45	September 19	War continued, and the four gods realized they needed strong weapons against Chaos. Each called sentients to them and granted them powers to protect the realms. These Protectors of the Realms became druids, and this was the "druid call", Llocdaerd.
Nadinu	Nad	46	November 3	Yet the druids were not enough protection still. The gods pondered on this, and finally realized a solution- they would make creatures to bond with sentients and fight Chaos. Thus were the bonds created, and the sixth month called "bonding," or Nadinu.
Natori	Nat	45	December 19	The seventh month is called Natori, or Seperation, because it was in this month that the gods battled most ferociously, and destroyed much. Many people fled to a large island, and to other parts of the world, yet it was the island that most fled to. They called that island Shadow Star. It was so named because although it was a refuge, a lone star of hope, it was under the shadow of war and chaos.
Nakal	Nak	46	February 2	The eighth month was called Ucoip, "peace", because of the year's end and an end to the fighting. However, it was an unfitting name, because the lull was only a brief respite. Recently, after the linking of the Council, it was renamed Nakal, "linking."

Days of the Week

There are eight days in a week, based off of the eight months and their monumental occurrences. They are as follows:

Nuayo
Hyryo
Loyo
Rymyo
Llocyo
Nadyo
Natyo
Nakyo

Holidays and Festivals

The Firstday Festival is on the first day of Nuatoirc and Spring, the SS new year. They celebrate the awakening from winter's grip and the creation of the world. This is the 20th of March. It's a mixture of Easter and the Fourth of July. Flowers can be seen everywhere; a dance is held; druids and mages give a magic show of sorts; feasts are eaten; games are played; and guilds are closed. For the bards, this is the biggest festival of the year; bards sometimes prepare all year for a Firstday debut which can make or break their career.
The Day of Mourning is sort of like St Patrick's Day in that it's not really a big deal. It's remembered by nearly everyone, but people don't get off work. Mourning black is worn, but that's about it. This is on the first of Loyortob. Chaos, on the other hand, celebrates this day like the SSers celebrate Firstday.
Daerd Day is a holiday for the druids in the first day of Llocdaerd. People give druids especial respect on this day, but the druids gather where their respective realms are best represented - land in the forest, air on a high tower, water by the ocean, fire in StarScape. There, animals of their realm gather to them, and then they are visited by their god/ess.
The Festival of Bonds is on the firstday of Nadinu, celebrating how the bondspecies were created. Bonds and bondeds are the center of attention, patricipating in a parade through Cascadia, showing their bondabilities, and playing a game called "Chaos Hunt." In this game, people with their eyes and hair magically altered to the Chaosian coloring are hidden in the crowds throughout Cascadia. One group of bondpairs at a time searches them out and captures them. Whichever bondgroup finds the most "Chaosians" in the shortest time wins. Occasionally, true Chaosians are captured. After the Chaos Hunt, a feast and dancing is held.
The Harvest Festival is on the first day of autumn, September 22, (Llocdaerd 3). Everyone wears elaborate costumes to this dance, and prizes are given for the best of different categories of costumes.
The Winter Ball is on the first day of winter, December 21 (Natori 2), in the Palace itself. It's a formal ball with lots of dancing and food.

Yearly Calendar

Nuatoirc - "Creation" (March 20-May 4)

*Nuayo*	*Hyryo*	*Loyo*	*Rymyo*	*Llocyo*	*Nadyo*	*Natyo*	*Nakyo*
Nua 1 Firstday Festival	2 Triad Season	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13 Day of Laughing	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
41	42	43	44	45	46

Hyrab - "Birth" (May 5-June 19)

						Hyr 1 Horseracing Season	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25 GoddessFest	26
27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
35	36 Goddessfest Ends	37	38	39	40	41	42
43	44	45	46

Loyortob - "Betrayal" (June 20-August 3)

				Loy 1 Day of Mourning	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 Ocean Fair	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
37	38	39	40	41 Paddlewhack Playoffs Begin	42	43	44
45

Loirym - "Realm" (August 4-September 18)

	Loi 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	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
40	41	42	43	44	45	46

Llocdaerd - "Druid Call" (September 19-November 2)

							Lloc 1 Daerd Day
2	3 Harvest Festival	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	33
34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41
42	43	44	45

Nadinu - "Bonding" - (November 3-December 18)

				Nad 1 Festival of Bonds	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 Open Chess Season	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
45	46

Natori - "Separation" (December 19-February 1)

		Nat 1	2	3 Winter Ball	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	33	34	35	36	37	38
39	40	41	42	43	44	45

Nakal - "Linking" (February 2-March 19)

							Nak 1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13 Day of Love	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41
42	43	44	45	46