Calendar
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The Calendar in RuneScape has ten months, as revealed in Postbag from the Hedge issue 21[1]. The total number of days in a year is either 365 or 366, as with the real world. It is currently Year 169 in the Fifth Age. The year does not appear to change over time within the RuneScape storyline.
The months according to the RuneScape calendar are:
Month Number of days Real-world equivalent Details 1 Rintra 39 1 January - 8 February Tied for 2nd longest month with Novtumber and Moevyeng on years with Moevyeng Day. 2 Moevyng 38/39 (Moevyng Day) 9 February - 18 March There is an additional day in the middle of Moevyng every four years, called Moevyng Day, similar to a leap day. Also, Moevyng sounds sort of like the word "moving," which is what Moevyng Day does. 3 Bennath 32 19 March - 19 April Bennath means "blessing" in Cornish. 2nd shortest month 4 Raktuber 34 20 April - 23 May The Hunt for Red Raktuber is named after this month. 5 Pentember 38 24 May - 30 June Named for its position as the fifth month. Penta is Greek for five. 6 Fentuary 31 1 July - 31 July Only month to solely encompass an entire Gregorian month. Shortest month. 7 Septober 38 1 August - 7 September Named for its position as the seventh month. Septum is Latin for seven. 8 Ire of Phyrrys 40 8 September - 17 October Named after the apprentice of Scorpius, Phyrrys. Phyrrys began work on the calendar of RuneScape. Longest month. 9 Novtumber 39 18 October - 25 November Named for its position as the ninth month. Novem is Latin for nine. 10 Wintumber 36 26 November - 31 December Name after winter; Wintumber trees are most likely named after this month.
[edit] Days of the week
The RuneScape calendar also uses different names for the days of the week as seen in The Chosen Commander. The names for the days are, in no particular order:
- Ivanday
- Caistleday
- Duneday
- Gullday
- Erysail
- Twiblick
- Essianday
The days of the week are all adaptations of the names of the Seven Priestly Warriors who fought back the dark forces in Morytania.
[edit] See also
- History, the history of RuneScape world, from the First Age up to the current Fifth Age.
- Fifth Age, a detailed guide on what happened during the current age.
[edit] References
- ^ Reldo (2007-07-30). Postbag 21. Postbag from the Hedge. Jagex Games Studio. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved on 2009-10-22. “Presently, we are in the 169th year of the 5th Age. The length of a day, of course, is equal to one cycle of the sun and the moon. There are ten months in the RuneScape calendar. They are: Rintra (39 days), Moevyng (38 days), Bennath (32 days), Raktuber (34 days), Pentember (38 days), Fentuary (31 days), Septober (38 days), Ire of Phyrrys (40 days), Novtumber (39 days), Wintumber (36 days). An extra day is added to Moevyng every four years to account for an anomaly in the way the calendar has been calculated. Moevyng Day, as it is called, tends to fall in the middle of the month.”
