Here is our ever-growing cast of characters. I will be updating as more people come into play, though I can't promise every single person will have their portrait here.
(Full image: https://www.deviantart.com/vmj/art/The-Courting-of-Life-and-Death-Characters-862981347)
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A work-in-progress map of the realm of Clandestina (full size: https://i.imgur.com/gIbo0KR.jpg)
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Here's a quick calendar that compares the Noctuinian one to ours (assuming you are in the Northern Hemisphere on the plane of Cardinalis). There are 364 days in the year, so the days of the month, and of the week, and the moons will always line up.
Month Days Moons Special Days Extra Notes Prima
Martius
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(March) 30
Sap Moon: 15th
Springtime: 1st
Springfinding: 21st
Beginning of the Year
Has two names
Aprilis
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(April) 31
Frog Moon: 13th
Midspring: 31st
Maius
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(May)
30
Fairy Moon: 10th
Juvenis
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(June)
31
Rose Moon: 8th
Summertime: 1st
Summerfinding: 21st
Iovilios
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(July)
30
Bood / Thunder Moon: 5th
Midsummer: 30th
The moon has two different names
Agostis
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(August)
30
Grain Moon: 3rd
Septembrie
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(September) 31
Harvest Moon: 1st
Blue Moon: 29th
Autumntime: 1st
Autumnfinding: 21st
Has two full moons during the month
Octombrie
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(October) 30
Hunter’s Moon: 26th
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Midautumn: 30th
Noiembrie
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(November 31
Frost Moon: 24th
Decimbrie
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(December) 30
Moon of the Long Night: 21st
Wintertime: 1st
Winterfinding: 21st
Vndecimbrie
Ianuarius
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(January) 30
Wolf Moon: 19th
Midwinter: 30th Has two names Dvodecimbrie
Februarius
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(February) 30
Snow Moon: 17th
Has two names
And here's one for the days of the week:
Days Iunday
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(Monday) Dvoday
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(Tuesday) Trisday
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(Wednesday) Qvattorday
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(Thursday) Vijfday
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(Friday) Hexday
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(Saturday) Siwenday
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(Sunday)
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I start mentioning money in the latest chapters and I didn't want to go with the usual 'gold/silver/copper' coins we usually see in fantasy, so I came up with a system based on historical names and roughly the historical equivalents to modern money.
(Most people would have to live off of about $8 a month - so $2 a week. I assume that's roughly the same as my retail job that got me about $200 a week, so we're multiplying by 100 to get 'modern' money numbers from Victorian dollar amounts).
Some of those banknotes seem ridiculous if you look at them from a 'how much are they worth now' point of view, but to better show off how much money the ruling class could make:
A duke of that era could make $500,000 in Victorian dollars a year ($50,000,000 modern)
An army officer could make only between $400 - $600 a year ($40,000 - $60,000 modern)
Common folk had to deal with only making $90 - $100 a year ($9,000 - $10,000 modern)
Banknote/Coin name Victorian Equivalent (US dollars) Modern Equivalent (US dollars)
Couronne
$12
$1200
Soleil
$6
$600
Half-Soleil
$3
$300
Livre
$2
$200
Half-Livre
$1
$100
Quarter-Livre
$0.50
$50
Sol
$0.10
$10
Denier
$0.06
$6
Half-Denier
$0.03
$3
Liard
$0.01
$1
Half-Liard
$0.005
$0.50