Calendars of Ellegris

Ellegris is a diverse continent which has gone through several changes in leadership over the years. As such, each culture has kept a slightly different unit of time measurement.

The Old Kingdoms
Due to the incredibly long reign of the Revari, it is unknown how the Giants of the Old Kingdoms kept time. All that is known is that they used the solar year of 365 days as a model for the calendar. This model is one of the few things which survive from that ancient age.

Revari Calendar
The Revari had, for some reason, a deep connection with Tarokka. As such, each millennium under their rule was noted as an Age relating to a Major Arcana card, in order of appearance in the wheel. Due to the Revari ruling over Ellegris several millennia before most mortal races formed systems of writing, the definite length of the Revari rule was skewed until recently, when drow archaeologists discovered a painting dated "307 Justice". The painting depicts the awakening of Laveaux, which occured ten years prior to the Banishment of the Revari. As "Justice" is the twelfth card in the Major Arcana line (marked as 11th, but the 12th due to The Fool being marked as Zero), scholars have reasoned the Revari reigned for 12,317 years.

Reixilan Calendar
Following the Uprising Against the Revari, the calendar Reixilan Cathedra became the most widley accepted and used throughout Ellegris, due to the spread and presence of the faith during those formative years. The Reixilan Calendar began in the first year in which mortals where free from the Revari: 1 P.L., or the First of Post Liberation. Years bfore the Uprising are marked as B.L., or Before Liberation.

The Reixilan Calendar is observed by the following nations:
 * Reixila
 * Volkachin
 * Valley Grove
 * Elkwood
 * Onmire
 * Faervane

Qolasian Calendar
While maintaining the solar year, the Qolasians base their calendar, not by centuries, but by the Term of Chief Councilor, which lasts 75 years. The genies rotate the office of Chief Councilor as follows: Khan Qanun who establishes order and law, Sultan Yaxsi, who maintains the peace and prosperity, Calph Nifaq who shifts power, and Padishah Yaramasz who sows ruin. The concept of rotating office began in 23 P.L. and began in the Age of Qanun.