Time
Athasian time reckoning is...complicated. The easiest way to mark time in the common era, at least nearby to Tyr, is the Free Year reckoning.
The traditional calendar is a fairly unintuitive but widely accepted mess. In the calendar of Tyr, years are counted off using a pair of concurrently running cycles; one of eleven parts, the otker of seven. Tne eleven-part, or endlean cycle, is counted and spoken first, in tne order presented below. The seven-part, or seofean cycle, is counted and spoken second. The endlean cycle is complete when Athas' two moons, Ral and Guthay, meet in the heavens—a major eclipse that occurs once every 11 years. The seofean cycle is more abstract, meeting when agitation in the cosmos leads to fury.
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Free Year Reckoning
The Free Year Reckoning is a calendar system used in the city of Tyr and its surrounding regions. It is based on the year the city's Sorcerer-King, Kalak, was overthrown and the city declared its independence from his rule. The Free Year Reckoning starts with the year of Tyr's liberation, which is considered Year 0. The years are then counted forward from that point, with the current year being referred to as "Free Year X", where X is the number of years since Tyr's liberation.
| Free Year | Traditional Year | Event |
|---|---|---|
| −30 FY | 160 PD | Early Kalak reign; heavy defiling expansion |
| −29 FY | 161 PD | Slave populations spike |
| −28 FY | 162 PD | Ziggurat planning begins (secret) |
| −27 FY | 163 PD | Templar authority expanded |
| −26 FY | 164 PD | Grain levies double |
| −25 FY | 165 PD | First “Great Census” |
| −24 FY | 166 PD | Arena reforms |
| −23 FY | 167 PD | Underground resistance crushed |
| −22 FY | 168 PD | Defiling zones spread beyond walls |
| −21 FY | 169 PD | Kalak’s metamorphosis research accelerates |
| −20 FY | 170 PD | Slave revolts increase |
| −19 FY | 171 PD | Templar courts militarized |
| −18 FY | 172 PD | Water rationing formalized |
| −17 FY | 173 PD | Rajaat cult fragments suppressed |
| −16 FY | 174 PD | Obsidian stockpiling begins |
| −15 FY | 175 PD | Ziggurat foundations laid |
| −14 FY | 176 PD | Gladiator games expanded |
| −13 FY | 177 PD | City-wide surveillance |
| −12 FY | 178 PD | Kalak withdraws from public |
| −11 FY | 179 PD | Templar infighting increases |
| −10 FY | 180 PD | Final decade of Kalak’s rule |
| −9 FY | 181 PD | Secret ritual trials |
| −8 FY | 182 PD | Food shortages |
| −7 FY | 183 PD | Slave unrest peaks |
| −6 FY | 184 PD | Kalak’s paranoia intensifies |
| −5 FY | 185 PD | Final ziggurat modifications |
| −4 FY | 186 PD | Mass disappearances |
| −3 FY | 187 PD | Arena blood rites |
| −2 FY | 188 PD | Kalak seals Tyr |
| −1 FY | 189 PD | Year of Silence |
| 0 FY | 190 PD | Kalak slain; Tyr freed |
| +1 FY | 191 PD | The Great Compromise: Tithian crowned, slaves freed, the first Tithe to Borys |
| +2 FY | 192 PD | Guild Charters drafted, aqueduct project begins |
| +3 FY | 193 PD | Rkard born (per common sources) |
| +4 FY | 194 PD | Crimson Legion attacks Urik, fails, Rikus captured |
| +5 FY | 195 PD | Peaceful revolution against Tithian fails |
| +6 FY | 196 PD | Sadira retracts from public life |
| +7 FY | 197 PD | Dakhan rises to power as the opposition party's principal figure |
| +8 FY | 198 PD | First discussions of Tithian's failing health; Pelagia rises as a rival to Dakhan |
| +9 FY | 199 PD | Agis of Asticles departs Tyr on his final quest |
| +10 FY | 200 PD | First Primate of the Templars proposed |