The
Caendorian World
Caendorian
Time
Caendorian
Years vs. Earth Years
Elixir?
The
Maker's Eye
Trades
and Occupations
The
Moons
The
Caendorians keep track of time using the phases of each moon, the Cerulean
and the Roseate,
and the risings and positions of both the suns and the moons.
The
Cerulean is fixed in the sky and tells the Caendorian years.
Click
here to see the phases of the Cerulean Moon
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- The
Roseate travels across the sky and tells the Caendorian months.
Forty-five risings
of the sun equals one Caendorian month
Fifteen waxings of the
Roseate
or one waxing of the Cerulean equals one Caendorian lunar year
One lunar year
is 675 sun risings
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Positions
of Moons and Suns in Sky
- Early dawn
- Rising of first sun
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- Full dawn
- Rising of second sun
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- Midday
- Suns at apex in sky
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- Early Evening
- Setting of first
sun
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- Late Evening
- Setting of second sun/ rising of the Roseate
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- Early Night
- Roseate hanging before
apex
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- Mid-night
- Roseate beneath Cerulean
in apex
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- Late Night
- Roseate hanging after apex
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- Twilight
- Before early dawn and
after Roseate's setting
- Cerulean light only (if
not new)
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- A Written
Account of Time
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- Cerulean years are
recorded as 1C, 2C . . . 100C, 200C
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- Roseate months are
recorded as First, Second, Third . . .
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- Dates are listed as Year
Cerulean/Month order/Day
- Example: 260C First 1
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Caendorian Years vs. Earth Years
- People on
Caendoria are much older than what their numbered ages tell.
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- Below is a
simple formula to figure how old they'd be in Earth years.
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- Caendorian age times (x) 15,
divided by (/) 12
- Example: Marissa of Mynae, 20C years
- 20 x 15 = 300
- 300/12 = 25
- Marissa is 25 Earth years.
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Iridescent
by day, bioluminescent
at night, elixir is a thick, aqueous substance as abundant across Caendoria as
water is upon Earth.
- When first introduced to it, many considered elixir to be a 'fountain of
youth,' much like mineral springs, but with more potency and a sweeter
flavor.
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- It is believed to be pure in nature
and complete, allowing organic, carbon-based life forms to utilize all of its nutrients
effectively. It keeps all Caendorians physically healthy, though it does nothing for their mental
capacities. It does slow down the aging process but does
not halt it, and Caendorians do die despite a full lifetime of elixir
consumption.
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- Certain Caendorian plants can be consumed as well, but elixir is the main sustenance for life in that
world.
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- Different
uses for elixir have been revealed. People began to use it as a light source when fire was
banned. With enough elixir-filled lanterns,
the average dwelling can be relatively well lit.
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- One can also write
and draw
with elixir when it's mixed with different crushed pigments and worked
against prepared paper.
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- What? Give away a major
plot point?
- Read the books and find
out.
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- Caendorian people can
learn various trades. These have been refined to correlate to the
bartering lifestyle of Mynae and Tuyen, and the exchange of currency
(gems) in Nurian.
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- Many of these trades are
worked from people's homes, though shops can be set up and items created
are usually bartered for in daily marketplaces.
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- Click
a trade to learn more
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