What Calendar does the Forgotten Realms use?
What Calendar does the Forgotten Realms use?
The Calendar of Harptos
The Calendar of Harptos was the calendar used across most of Faerûn. It was created by the wizard Harptos of Kaalinth, although most people associate the word “Harptos” with the calendar. It was split into twelve months, each lasting three tendays (or thirty days).
How are years named in Forgotten Realms?
Marking the years
| Year of Sunrise | ||
| Moonshae Reckoning | Cormyr Reckoning | Tethyr- reckoning |
| −199 MR | −24 CR | 213 TR |
| Mulhorand Calendar | Present Reckoning | Shou Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2137 MC | −1357 PR | 1251 |
What are the days called in the Forgotten Realms?
Hours of the Day Most inhabitants of Faerûn divided the day into segments. Commonly used are Godswake (or dawn), Harbright (or morn), Highsun (or noon), Thulsun and Tharsun (or afternoon), Eventide (evening), Nightfall (night), and Deepnight (midnight).
What year is it currently in Forgotten Realms?
Chris Perkins (Wizards of the Coast) confirmed on Twitter that the latest Forgotten Realms adventures (Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage) take place in 1492DR, the Year of Three Ships Sailing. Here are some more details. Basically: Tyranny of Dragons takes place in 1489 DR.
What year is Barovia?
347 BC: Strahd von Zarovich conquers the valley which he names Barovia, in honor of his father, King Barov von Zarovich. Strahd begins construction of Castle Ravenloft upon the foundation of a previous ruin. 346 BC, Sintyavr: King Barov dies. Strahd von Zarovich inherits his father’s crown, lands, and armies.
How long is a year in Faerûn?
Years in Faerun have 12 months, each of 30 days. A week in the Forgotten Realms is a tenday (10 days, not 7), so that each month has an even 3 weeks. An additional 5 days fall in between months, bringing the yearly total to 365 days per year.
How much is a Tenday?
A tenday was a Faerûnian unit of time. The Calendar of Harptos divided the thirty-day months into three blocks of ten days each, or simply put, “tendays”. The word was used interchangeably with the Earth term “week”. Other terms used synonymously with tendays included eves, domen, hyrar, and rides.
Is Strahd an elf?
No. An old Ravenloft novel (I forget which one) explicitly says that Strahd does not have Elven blood. I think @Eriniel is right. Strahd was the first vampyr and analogous to the Gothic novel version of Dracula in many ways (Vlad Drakov of Falkovnia is basically the historical Dracula).
Is Strahd the first vampire?
In the original D&D the first Vampire was none other than Strahd von Zarovich, in later editions the origins of vampirism were less clear, ranging from one arising from the life draining kiss of a succubus, to their creation by Orcus in the likeness of Haemnathuun the Blood Lord.
