Varekan Calendar

The Varekan Calendar was officially adopted by the Faldon Empire in 155 A.G.E. and the Sanstyr Conclave upon their formation in 881 A.G.E.. The calendar consists of twelve months the names of which are taken from previous dwarven and elven calendars. The acronym A.G.E. stands for "After the Great Event", referring to a planar disaster which unleashed a netherworldly horde of winged monstrosities names the Swarm into the world. A standard year consists of three-hundred and sixty-six days. The dwarven months consist of thirty days while the elven months consist of thirty-one.

Hadrel
The first month of the new year. The dwarven word for "forge", Hadrel was first coined by dwarven craftsmen of the Eristrec clan and is meant to signify new beginnings. The races celebrate the new year differently, the dwarves tend to treat the first week of the year as a beer festival which features traditional music, dancing and often bare-knuckle fighting tournaments. Humans celebrate in a similar fashion, though their celebrations rarely continue beyond the early hours of the second day.

Orden
The second month of the year. The dwarven word for "hammer", Orden is often linked with Modin, the god of invention, and is often the most likely month for new ventures, technological or commercial. For the dwarves, the twenty-first day of Orden is reserved for a gathering of the minds, a convention where inventors display their creations before the various clans leaders in the hope of a commission or, even better, a permanent post on staff.

Saraad
The third month of the year. The dwarven word for "fire",

Litsel
The forth month of the year. The elven word for "sand",

Anabon
The fifth month of the year. The elven word for "creation",

Carme
The sixth month of the year. The elven word for "shape",

Oronti
The seventh month of the year. The elven word for "becoming",

Anar
The eighth month of the year. The elven word for "sun",

Erume
The ninth month of the year. The elven word for "desert",

Barbas
The tenth month of the year. Named after historical figure General Barbas.

Razom
The eleventh month of the year. The dwarven word for "silver",

Kadrin
The twelth month of the year. The dwarven word for "anvil",