The Eldren Calendar

"It is my hope that in this system, all scholarly communities may find a standard on the measuring of years."


 * ~Eld Adalbjorgarson

The Eldren Calendar is the most commonly used form of date-keeping in the Outer Lands, and is the standard in many nations.

Origin
After the Inner Land was destroyed, humans were scattered across the Outer Lands. The calendar system used by the Innerlanders was forgotten by most people, and eachh Latecomer nation used its own system. A monk by the name of Eld Adalbjorgarson, whose job was to translate historical texts into his people's language, became frustrated with this. Having copious free-time, he created a new calendar system combining elements of several common systems, named it after himself, and vigorously promoted it to his peers. It caught on and spread throughout the world quite quickly.

System
Years are measured from the destruction of the Inner Land. Years which took place before the Great Cataclysm are refered to as "Before Cataclysm" or BC, which years which take place afterwards are refered to as "Post Cataclysm" or PC. Thus two-hundred years before the cataclysm would be called 200 BC, the Cataclysm itself occured in 0 BC, the year after that was 1 PC, and the current year is 3040 PC.