IMPERIAL DECREE | On the Matter of Time

[CharmingCavalier 2189]

 

 

IMPERIAL DECREE

 

On the Matter of Time

Proclaimed and Decreed by

His Imperial Majesty, Tiberias I, Emperor of Man

 

7th of Dragon’s Roar, 623 AA

 

✠ HEED, ALL LEAL SONS OF HOREN ✠

 

For over two millennia, man has been ordering dates from the inception of our race, and during the inter-imperium, many attempted to revise calendars for their own vanity. However, We find there have been errors within the record-keeping of time and, more notably, the proliferation of uncanonical reverence for the false prophet, Sigismund the Adulterer. Therefore, it is by Our imperial writ that the Empire of Man shall no longer follow or heed the Old Calendar.

 

Instead, the Empire of Man shall follow the newly devised Tiberian Calendar. This calendar shall divide our eras into the Age of Prophets (AP), beginning with the inception of our race and ending in 1427 AP, and the Age of Ascension, beginning with the ascension of the last prophet, the Exalted Godfrey, into the Seven Skies and continuing to this day - marked by the Six Hundred and Twenty Third year by this decree.

 

All subjects of the Empire of Man are hereby instructed to abide by the Tiberian Calendar forthwith, unless given an extraordinary writ by the Emperor of Man.

 

The Tiberian Calendar can be located at: HERE

 

 

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Months of the Tiberian Calendar

 

✠ Sun’s Smile (Sunday)

✠ Harren’s Folly (Monday)

✠ Dragon’s Roar (Tuesday)

✠ Horen’s Calling (Wednesday)

✠ Owyn’s Light (Thursday)

✠ Godfrey’s Triumph (Friday)

✠ Aurelian’s Glory (Saturday)

 

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Harmony with Liturgical Celebrations

 

To harmonize with the liturgical calendar ordained by the Holy Mother Church, the following assimilations have been made.

 

✠ The Year of Horen's Jubilation shall begin in 623 AA and occur every three years (626, 629, etc)

 

✠ The Feast of the Baptism of Gamesh shall occur in Sun’s Smile of the year of Horen’s Jubilation

✠ The Fast of the Holiest City shall occur in Dragon’s Roar of the year of Horen’s Jubilation

✠ The Feast of the Triumph over Iblees shall occur in Owyn’s Light of the year of Horen’s Jubilation

 

✠ The Year of Owyn’s Jubilation shall begin in 624 AA and occur every three years (627, 630, etc)

 

✠ The Feast of Owyn's Baptism shall occur in Sun’s Smile of the year of Owyn’s Jubilation

✠ The Feast of the High Priests shall occur in Dragon’s Roar of the year of Owyn’s Jubilation

✠ The Fast of the Silence shall occur in Owyn’s Light of the year of Owyn’s Jubilation

✠ The Feast of Owyn’s Light shall occur in Aurelian’s Glory of the year of Owyn’s Jubilation

 

✠ The Year of Godfrey’s Jubilation shall begin in 625 AA and occur every three years (628, 631, etc)

 

✠ The Feast of Godfrey's Coronation shall occur in Harren’s Folly of the year of Godfrey’s Jubilation

✠ The Fast of the Rebuke of Godfrey shall occur in Dragon’s Roar of the year of Godfrey’s Jubilation

✠ The Feast of Godfrey's Ascent shall occur in Godfrey’s Triumph of the year of Godfrey’s Jubilation

 

 

AVE IMPERIUM

 

 

H V M A N I T A S    I N V I C T A

 

HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, Tiberias I of the House Horen, by the Grace of GOD, 

Emperor of Man, Holy Imperator, King of Burgundy, Seventis, Salvus, Renatus & Oren, 

Duke of Middelan, Helena, Lorraine, Sunholdt and Reutov, Protector of Grense, Protector of the Heartlanders, Patriarch of House Horen & the Tiberian Dynasty, 

Captain-General of the Church, Defender of the Faith.

 

BVRGVNDIA IMPERIVM

 

 

 

[LithiumSedai 5750]

Sir Daris Verethi consulted the Imperial Calendar Reform Act of 1679. "I think the other guy made more sense," he confided to his shipmate, Sir Helsuren, after reading both decrees.

@argonian

[Crevel 7557]

Despite the questionable theopolitical assertion involved in the calendar revision, Father Martin nonetheless undergoes the process of adopting the new calendar and familiarising himself with the year conversions for documents that may need referencing in future discussions. 

 

Spoiler

Very nice to have a good calendar alternative avoiding the 2000s that makes RP sense instead of shoehorned like the Second Age calendar was. Also, the Tiberian Calendar spreadsheet is very beautiful. Perfection.

 

[argonian 14254]

On 10/16/2025 at 4:41 PM, LithiumSedai said:

Sir Daris Verethi consulted the Imperial Calendar Reform Act of 1679. "I think the other guy made more sense," he confided to his shipmate, Sir Helsuren, after reading both decrees.

@argonian

Helsuren shrugged, his preferred pre-Wilven 8-month calendar having lost any synch with either the Imperial or Common lifetimes ago.

 

The idea of fasting for a full month out of every year was certainly a bizarre one, however. Were harvests really so bleak on the mainland?