The Lore of The Land
1. The planet we inhabit is named Toril (TORE-ill) and our continent is called Faerûn (fay-ROON).
2. The current year is 1486 DR, the Year of the Nether Mountain Scrolls. DR stands for Dalereckoning, and is the most common method for marking the passing years (winters).
3. To the north of Faerûn is the arctic
north, home to the polar icecap. To the west of Faerûn is the Trackless Sea,
and beyond that horizon was a land known as Maztica, which is thought to be gone. To the east of Faerûn are the Hordelands and
to the south of Faerûn is the Great Sea.
4. In the sky is a single lunar satellite
known as Selûne, which is trailed by a line of moonlets known as the Tears of
Selûne.
5. The Calendar of Harptos dates back to the Dales Compact of 1 DR, the Year of
Sunrise. The elven Coronal Eltargrim
arranged the Dales Compact between the elves of the empire of Cormanthyr and
the humans who would become known as Dalesfolk. Human and elven wizards
together raised the Standing Stone in the center of Cormanthor as a symbol of
unity between the two races. In return for promising not to cut deeper into the
Cormanthor forest, the humans were allowed to settle around the forest's edges
or in places where the great trees did not grow.
6. The year has 12 months and each month is subdivided into three ten-days (weeks).
Days of the Week
1st Monday “The Day of the Moon” Pagan
2nd Tuesday “The
Day of Tyr” Norse
3rd Wednesday “The Day of Mercury” Roman/Greek
4th Thursday “The Day of Thor” Norse
5th Friday “The Day of Freyja” Norse
6th Silvanday “The Day of Silvanus” Faerun
(God of Forests)
7th Marsday “The Day of Mars” Roman/Greek
8th Horusday “The Day of Horus” Egyptian
9th Saturday “The Day of Saturn” Roman/Greek
10th Sunday “The
Day of the Sun” Egyptian
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