The New Manner of Elf Folk in the Keeping of Time and the Five Seasons

by Dalto Banderal, oft called The Scribe

The clever Elf peoples have taken to subdividing the four Seasons we bequeathed them. Instead of just referring to Planting, Weeding, Harvest, and Fallow, each season is comprised of three Mons or peaks.

But they didn't stop there. Each Mon is further subdivided into four weeks and each week of seven days. It can scarcely be imagined what use the Elves would have for such exactitude, but it is not without testament to their desire for clarity in language. I note that this developments will eventually make obsolete the words we often use in day to day conversation such as Yesternonce and Yondmorrow.

With so much innovation, it seems that new words must be made daily to keep up with the words that new words beget. At any rate, it seems that the Mons of the year have taken their names from the 12 Sorors of the Elven Regns. They are these:

Fallow Season
Decelas
Janolas
Febolas

Planting Season
Marlenair
Aprenair
Mayalenair

Weeding Season
Junisil
Julasil
Augresil

Harvest Season
Settedair
Ottendair
Novendair

Wearily I note that the Elf Week is comprised of 7 days and each is also named. These for a specific creation of the Ere of All. First, the Forge of Life, Second the Lantern of Night, Third for Erenth itself, Fourth the Air, Fifth for Water, Sixth for Fire, and finally a day of merriment, dedicated to the Aenirasa, of whom the Satyr is the most given to celebration.

So then, the days of the Elf week are these:

Suns
Moons
Thews
Winds
Waves
Fires
Satyrs

Believe it or not, the Elf Day is made of Six Watches: Three of which are named by numbers and three are named with the event most associated with them. A day begins with the watch of Dawn. It is in this period that the Sun, the Forge of worlds, will rise, regardless of the Mon or Season.The 2nd watch follows after and it is sometimes called the short watch because it is drawn short in some seasons and some places by the swift coming of noon. The Noon Watch begins when the Forge is at its highest point in the day sky – directly overhead. And it is by this watch that their sages intend for all calendars to be adjusted each and every day. The 4th watch follows the Noon Watch, which is followed by the Night Watch, and finally the 6th watch

So the Watches of the day are these:

Dawn
2nd
Noon
4th
Night
6th

[the rest of this tome has been turned to dust due to the passage of time]