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The dating system used herein is the ''Common Dating System''. This aligns with the New Imperial Age calendar, but the name has been changed to a more neutral one. Year one of the Common Age (abbreviated CA) begins with the Tevrés Homecoming at the end of the Tevrén-Fasser War. This corresponds to year 1216 of the Fasser calendar, the other major dating system of Avrid, and would be year 2104 of the Aeranid calendar, which despite the Collapse continued to be used in Talothas until the Fasser occupation. Years before year one are referred to as Before the Common Age (abbreviated BCA). | The dating system used herein is the ''Common Dating System''. This aligns with the New Imperial Age calendar, but the name has been changed to a more neutral one. Year one of the Common Age (abbreviated CA) begins with the Tevrés Homecoming at the end of the Tevrén-Fasser War. This corresponds to year 1216 of the Fasser calendar, the other major dating system of Avrid, and would be year 2104 of the Aeranid calendar, which despite the Collapse continued to be used in Talothas until the Fasser occupation. Years before year one are referred to as Before the Common Age (abbreviated BCA). | ||
== | == Names of Avrid == | ||
The name Avrid as mentioned above derived from the Tevrés word ''Avríd''. This in turn comes from the Medieval Talothic ''Aplidhýn'' ({{IPA-all|apliˈðy(n)|}}), via Ilessu ''Abride'' ({{IPA-all|ɐˈbɾidɨ|}}). ''Aplidýn'' derives from Classical Talothic ''Apleidoión'' ({{IPA-all|apleːdoi̯ón|}}), meaning 'that which is upon Pleidos.' Pleidos was an ancient Talothic mythical figure; a titan upon whose corpse it was believed the world lay. This name is common throughout the Aeranid languages: Sentigneis ''Avri'' ({{IPA-all|avʁi|}}), Morraol ''Avrit'' ({{IPA-all|avˈɾit|}}), Deres ''Ăpride'' ({{IPA-all|əˈpride|}}), Iscariano ''Appridi'' ({{IPA-all| äpːˈriːdi|}}), etc.. In Fasser, the world is called ''Sighma't'' ({{IPA-all|sɪɣˈmaʔt|}}) meaning 'beneath heaven.' | The name Avrid as mentioned above derived from the Tevrés word ''Avríd''. This in turn comes from the Medieval Talothic ''Aplidhýn'' ({{IPA-all|apliˈðy(n)|}}), via Ilessu ''Abride'' ({{IPA-all|ɐˈbɾidɨ|}}). ''Aplidýn'' derives from Classical Talothic ''Apleidoión'' ({{IPA-all|apleːdoi̯ón|}}), meaning 'that which is upon Pleidos.' Pleidos was an ancient Talothic mythical figure; a titan upon whose corpse it was believed the world lay. This name is common throughout the Aeranid languages: Sentigneis ''Avri'' ({{IPA-all|avʁi|}}), Morraol ''Avrit'' ({{IPA-all|avˈɾit|}}), Deres ''Ăpride'' ({{IPA-all|əˈpride|}}), Iscariano ''Appridi'' ({{IPA-all| äpːˈriːdi|}}), etc.. In Fasser, the world is called ''Sighma't'' ({{IPA-all|sɪɣˈmaʔt|}}) meaning 'beneath heaven.' | ||