Quenos 1000 year anniversary [Archive] - EQ2 Forum Archive @ EQ2Wire

BighHighCurt

02-15-2011, 09:16 AM

Qeynos was officially founded as a City in 2890.Found this info at: <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Antonius_Bayle_I">http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Antonius_Bayle_I</a>What year is it now? Are we to expect any celebrating of the 1000 year anniversary in Quenos? ... or did I missed it?

Cusashorn

02-15-2011, 12:50 PM

There is no official date in this game. Each server, zone, and character reports differently. For the sake of writing the lore, there are no official dates reported so in case anything else needs to be written to fit in around a certain era.From a lore standpoint, it's likely that we've already missed the 1000th anniversary of the city by a couple hundred years, since Qeynos was around since before EverQuest Online Adventures, which takes place 1000 years in the past from EQ2.

kelvmor

03-17-2011, 07:47 PM

This is just the system I've been using since the Heroes' Festival back in '09.<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px;">Game Years:3721 = 20043722 = 20053723 = 20063724 = 20073725 = 20083726 = 20093727 = 20103728 = 2011<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px;">Days of the week turned out to be quite a big p.i.t.a. issue as there are more days in a Norrathian week than there are in a real week. Needless to say, I'll be looking into an average standardization for the overall correlation to RL days. For now I am basing it on what the day entails mostly, matching it to a semi-similar RL day.<blockquote><div>7 Days of the Week:Feastday (Sunday) - This day is marked by a lack of work and grand feasts. Most businesses are closed on this day.Darkday (Monday) - The first day of the work week, appropriately named!Burnday (Tuesday) - This is the day set aside for burning refuse and is known for its terrible smell.Soulday (Wednesday) - This is a day of remembrance, when most Norrathians find time to visit the graves of their ancestors and leave offerings.Windday (Thursday) - In port cities this day brings the arrival of travelers. And although the wind does not pick up globally on this day, it does pick up in the city that after which the day was named.Steelday - This day is filled with the music of forges. With imports and components being delivered the day before, this becomes a truly noisy and smoke-filled day.Spryday (Friday) - This is the busiest day of the week when traders and merchants rush to package and deliver their goods aboard vessels. It is best to walk briskly on this day lest you be stampeded by couriers and shippers.Moorday - The second busiest day of the week, mostly around shipyards. This is also when ships that have been out harvesting goods all week return and their cargo is unloaded and delivered. Many ships arriving and moored at the docks.Brewday - With most exports gone the only work left is local business. Much of this day involves work related to preparation for Feastday.Mirthday (Saturday) - This day is set aside for fun. This day came about after the Age of Cataclysms in hopes that people would find time to look upon the positive side of life.</div></blockquote><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px;">12 Months of the Year:Deepice (January) - (New year begins!) This is the third month in the season of Decay. These days are the doldrums of winter, all the world seems encased in cold and shadow.Grayeven (February) - This is the fourth and last month in the season of Decay. Dawn breaks on the wintry scene, life stirs and finds its legs.Stargazing (March) - This is the first month in the season of Growth. The clarity of the cold night offers an unhindered glance deep into the heavens, as the warming days make the out-of-doors habitable again.Weeping (April) - This is the second month in the season of Growth. Rain and wind sweep across the lands, a tempestuous mix for mariners, from which new life finally springs on land.Blossoming (May) - This is the third month in the season of Growth. Norrath in full flower, the air warm and sweet at last.Oceansfull (June) - This is the fourth and last month in the season of Growth. The tides are most favorable for mariners as what's left of Luclin reaches its perigee.Scorchedsky (July) - This is the first month in the season of Harvest. The heat feels closest as it ripens the fruits and grains of the fields.Warmstill (August) - This is the second month in the season of Harvest. The days are still very long and the climate yet favorable for returning home from far-away adventures.Busheldown (September) - This is the third month in the season of Harvest. When the last fruits of the growing season are gathered in and stored away.Lastleaf (October) - This is the fourth and last month in the season of Harvest. Feasts abound as Norrathians celebrate the bounty of the far-distant gods' favor.Firstchill (November) - This is the first month in the season of Decay. Winter signals its coming as the days grow long.Deadening (December) - (Last month of the year) This is the second month in the season of Decay. Life settles indoors and deep in-ground yet again.<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px;">The Three Norrathian Seasons:Decay (Winter) - This is usually the season of wind, cold and rain. Only the hardiest of crop types can survive through the Decay season.Growth (Spring/Summer) - Growth brings rain and sunlight to the land. Seeds have been blown far by the winds of decay and now spring to life filling the land with beauty and abundant resources.Harvest (Summer/Fall) - The sunlight prevails as light rains appear and clouds begin to billow towards the end of the season. Most of this season is spent harvesting the resources nurtured by the Growth season.<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px;">The Four Year Zodiac:Year 1THE YEAR OF XEGONY (2004, 2008, 2012)This year is named for the ruling goddess of the Plane of Air, Xegony. With this year comes incredibly strong winds and frequent downpours in many regions. As quickly as the rains arrive they leave, and the sunlight or moonlight beams down upon the land. Cloud movement is brisk during this year. The year often brings about great beauty in nature.Year 2THE YEAR OF FENNIN RO (2005, 2009, 2013)This year is named for the ruling god of the plane of fire. Fennin Ro. This year brings less cloud cover and the temperature of Norrath begins to rise. It is a beautiful season of warmer temperatures. Beware of the deserts during this year, they are almost inhospitable to life without magical aid.Year 3THE YEAR OF THE RATHE (2006, 2010, 2014)This year is named after the ruling god of the Plane of Earth, a council of 12 beings called the Rathe. With this year comes a rise in geological disturbances such as tremors. Volcanic regions are extremely dangerous to travel during this year. To many this year is considered frightful bringing a remembrance of the myths of the gods forsaking the lands.Year 4THE YEAR OF THE TRIUMVERATE (2007, 2011, 2015)This year is named after the council of three gods that rule the Plane of Water. This is the stormiest and coldest year of the 4-year cycle. Ice and snow fall in abundance. The rains become furious and temperatures drop. chilling desert winds race across the dunes at nightfall.Info taken from the Norrathian Code of Trade Standards book and several other sources; credit goes to <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px;">Rhana, Stiyx, Arethel, Avaria/Darkfae, and Zalika

Iskandar

03-17-2011, 08:32 PM

Wait... 3728 isn't 2011 -- 3728 is sooooo last century! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" /> It's currently 8:25am on Burnday, the 9th of Scorchedsky, in 3858 on Crushbone atm (7:28pm on Thursday, the 17th of March, 2011 on Earth EST)

Cusashorn

03-17-2011, 08:49 PM

Like I said, it's not really possible to create a standard of time measurement since it's always different for everyone depending on the character, zone, and server. In some zones, it will report Year 0 since there's no passage of time measured with a sun/moon cycle.

Meirril

03-18-2011, 07:57 AM

You can't do exact dates, but you can measure about 1 year of Norrath time for each expansion. So as you move through the game once you get past the Shattered Lands content you have aproximately 1 year of in-game time when you cover all the zones from one expansion to the next. Though within an expansion events can happen rapidly or slowly. For instance, how long was Lucan missing? Less than a year, but more than a month is all I can say for sure. Unfortunately putting the event in less than a year time frame is next to impossible unless the devs give a definate date, which I'm sure they are trained not to do.

kelvmor

03-19-2011, 12:38 AM

<cite>Iskandar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Wait... 3728 isn't 2011 -- 3728 is sooooo last century! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" /> It's currently 8:25am on Burnday, the 9th of Scorchedsky, in 3858 on Crushbone atm (7:28pm on Thursday, the 17th of March, 2011 on Earth EST)</blockquote>This is just what I started using after Antonia Bayle and Lucan D'Lere started mentioning the exact number of years since they started taking in refugees in their speeches in the Heroes' Festival. This is mostly an RP thing, due to the whole 'game year goes by in 16 days' thing. So, using that system, it is currently Spryday 18 of Stargazing, 3728.