"The moon is set in order; the water holds through the dark."
The Year
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How the Year Works
Written once, because it never changes
The Perennial Calendar: 13 months of exactly 28 days (4 weeks). Dates and weekdays are permanently fixed. The 11th is always Terraday.
Year's End: A single day between Draconis 28 and Pyrelight 1. It has no weekday and belongs to no month. The year-count ticks over in the dark; the land waits until Springmelt to agree.
The Moon (Temis): Runs a 26-day cycle against the 28-day month. Phases walk backward roughly two days per month. A date holds its weekday forever, but never its moon.
Fixed Market Days: The same schedule every month:
Moorgate City (2nd, 16th) · Helix (4th, 18th) · Quagmire (6th, 20th) · Glenflood (9th, 23rd) · Amesbury (13th, 27th).
Reading the Grid
Full moon. The moon of that month, at her height.
Dark moon. Old workings run thin. Nothing old should be disturbed.
9GlenA market day in the named town.
11A marked day — a festival, a turning, or a solstice. Named in the cell and again below the grid.
16Today, when you are looking at the present month.