Double Cross Calendar


Double Cross Calendar

The Double Cross year consists of 364 days, split into twelve months of twenty-eight days each, and four seven-day festivals, each placed at three-month intervals. Different cultures in the campaign setting have their own names for the months and festivals. The months and festivals are commonly referred to as the Dozenmonth of Luna and the Four Festivals.
Days in Double Cross are reckoned in weeks of seven days each. The days of the month are: Starday, Sunday, Moonday, Godsday, Waterday, Earthday and Freeday. Godsday is commonly associated with worship, and Freeday with rest. The remaining days are considered “workdays”.

Days of the week.

Starday, Sunday, Moonday, Godsday, Waterday, Earthday and Freeday

Month
Common
Elven  
Barbarian
            Season
Needfest
                                               



01
Fireseek
Diamondice
Tiger
Winter
02
Readying
Yellowillow
Bear
Spring
03
Coldeven
Snowflowers
Lion
Spring
Growfest




04
Planting
Blossoms
Frog
Low Summer
05
Flocktime
Violets
Turtle
Low Summer
06
Wealsun
Berrytime
Fox
Low Summer
Richfest (Midsummer)




07
Reaping
Goldfields
Snake
High Summer
08
Goodmonth
Sunflowers
Boar
High Summer
09
Harvester
Fruitfall
Squirrel
High Summer
Brewfest




10
Patchwall
Brightleaf
Hare
Autumn
11
Ready'reat      
Tinklingice
Hawk
Autumn
12
Sunsebb                     
Lacysnows           
Wolf
Winter

           
Like the Greyhawk calendar is that the days of the week always occur on the same day every year, a result of the year having a number of days divisible by seven.
The first of the month is always a Starday, and the rest follow as shown below:
Starday is always on the 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd of the month.
Sunday is always on the 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd of the month.
Moonday is always on the 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th of the month.
Godsday is always on the 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th of the month.
Waterday is always on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th of the month.
Earthday is always on the 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th of the month.
Freeday is always on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of the month.

The months and festivals are based on the cycles of Oerth’s moons, Luna and Celene. Luna has a 28-day cycle, while Celene's cycle is 91 days. Celene is full at the midpoint of each festival, while Luna is full at various times throughout the year. Notably, both moons are full on Richfest 3-5.



Timeline
305 Highport founded
513 Highport Invaded by Humanoid Horde, Night of the Bloody Spears
568 Suderham taken by the Slavers, from the last king of the Drachesrab
576 King Snurre Ironbelly's hall raided by adventurers
581 Phil Savage becomes Mayor of Double Cross, and opens the new port, West Town.
591 Battle of Thunderstrike
593 Slaver base destroyed in Highport
594 Digging at the Double Cross goldmine begins


596 11th Harvester
The Fenris destroys the Cerebus in the battle of The Shallows.  Garrick and Aias are cast adrift for the first time
596 12th Harvester
Caves leading to underdark discovered on the lowest level of the gold mine.  A miner goes missing.  Despite searching for the miner, he is not found.
Aias & Garrick a washed ashore on Blacksand
596 13th Harvester
Garrick & Aias arrive in Double Cross
596 Freeday 28th of Sunsebb
Artemis, Aias, Garrick, Cole and the Bard ruin Gruel's plan to unleash a zombie plague on Double Cross.
The Great Pirate Thrasher Fleet attacks Zol Cavar
596  Earthday 28th last day of Ready'reat (or Tinklingice in the Elvish calendar)
Brawl in the Shades. Cole slays Edwin.  The bard dies beneath the Shades.
596 Freeday 1st day of Sunsebb (common) Lacysnows (Elf) Wolf (Barbarian) 
Susquehanna joins the crew and The Unsinkable II sets sail for Golgoleth
596 Sunday 3rd day of Sunsebb
Unsinkable II anchors of the cliffs of Golgoleth.  Aias talks to the Seer, Tabasco.
596 Moonday 4th Sunsebb.
Unsinkable II reaches Stone Tooth Island disembarking at dusk. Raiding the orc squatters and slaying the young black dragon.  The crew agrees to return the rescued captives Geradil and Courana home to Blasingdell
596 Godsday 5th Sunsebb. 
Unsinkable II sets sail from Stone Tooth.
596 Waterday 6th Sunsebb. 
The crew of the Unsinkable II are attacked by Merrow out of the Shallows as they attempt to skirt around a great storm.  The ships mast I destroyed in the attack.  Lars is struck silly in the battle.
596 Earthday 7th Sunsebb.
Unable to sail, the Unsinkable II drifts into The Blight.  The crew is unable to navigate in the sinister fog.
596 Freeday 14th Sunsebb.
Using the Jolly Boat, the Crew of the Unsinkable II pulls the ship out of the current that is pulling them deeper in to the Blight.
596 Starday, 15th Sunsebb.
The crew come salvage dozens of barrels of rum (Dexters Special Reserve) and some wreckage of the trading ship, The Lugger.
596 Sunday, 16th Sunsebb.
More wreckage, this time hiding 2 drowned ones.
596 Earthday, 20th Sunsebb.
Unsinkable II anchors off the submerged city of Neopoli. 
Aias, Garrick and Cole investigate the sunken lighthouse discovering a map of the ancient Azurpoli civilisation that ruled the region a thousand years before. 
Aias get chewed up by a hunter shark. 
Garrick and Cole are plucked from the sea by gargoyles.  In their escape they meet the first mate of the Lugger (Mara) and set fire to the savage floating village long house and discover the rocky island, the last remains of the city of Neopoli.
Aias and Artemis meet Bastille and search for Cole and Garrick.
Reunited in the remains of a Temple to Neptune, the party discover more maps and charts of the Azuropli and a strange contraption.






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