The Calendar

The Bryciggian Calendar is the standardised system of organising days in the Bryciggian Empire, and sometimes beyond.

System
The calendar year is built of 48 standard 7-day weeks with 4 additional festival weeks spread throughout, divided evenly between 8 months.

The weekly cycle of days begis with Aelgur and proceeds through Vaenn, Rachenn, Eusgur, Jasenn, Storenn and Aurgur before beginning a new week at Aelgur again.

Each month is six weeks long and is twinned with the month either before it or after it as a season. First month of the year is Cyrist and is followed by Nomnos, which make up the spring season. Following Spring is Summer which is made of Erist followed by Thinos. Autumn is made up of Yestist and Ronos and the year is rounded out by Sirrist and Bornos making Winter.

Between each season is a festival week that sits outside both months surrounding it. During these festival weeks multiple celebrations may occur, depending on the time of year. To call in the new year is the week of Bardcall, sitting between the months Bornos and Cyrist. Between Nomnos and Erist is the Fieldmeet. Between Thinos and Yestist is Rootfeast. Between Ronos and Merrist is Hearthold.

Bardcall
The first festival week of each year is the Bardcall, a week long celebration filled with song that is supposed to call in good luck and charm for the newly birthed cycle. In each settlement across the land a bard will be selected to sing the new year in solo, this is considered to be a great honour. This week is usually filled with competitions and much glutton, with much of the remaining supplies of winter used in lavish ways.

Spring
Spring is a time of sowing and growth, when the country of Brycigg comes alive once again after a long winter. Spring is the domain of the primordial Nomia. The two spring months are Cyrist and Nomnos.

Fieldmeet
The Fieldmeet festival comes at a time when the hard work of planting and tending to crops is done and sees various families and groups from each settlement competing for the honour of their towns in various outdoor events.