DORIMGHEN DAILY FACTS

LANGUAGES

Each country on Dorimghen has its own language and dialects, but for practical and commercial purposes, it is the language of the Ardun Empire that is the most widely spread on the continent. It is called the Dûnic and can be considered the closest to a common language. Most people understand it at least partially. This language uses a written form in a runic alphabet composed of 44 consonants, representing 20 sounds that can be pronounced with or without a breath to lengthen them,   28 vowels (single and composed), with short or long sounds and 6 signs to alter the tone of the syllabs. It is a tonal language, with 5 tones (high, low, rising, descending and flat) that give different meanings to the syllabs. (Ex:  Tay with a descending tone means "don't", and Tay with a rising tone is a word used to introduce a question.)

There is no separation between the words. When writing in Dûnic, breaks appear only to mark the end of a sentence.

The names mentioned in the various descriptions of the continent are all in Dûnic.  Sometimes, because of its widespread use, this language is also known as Ghenic.

 

CALENDAR

Dorimghen uses the Ghenic calendar, originally created by the Ardun Empire.

One year is made of 384 days, that form 12 months of 32 days. Every 12 years, one day is added at the end of the year to compensate for the slight difference between this system and the actual orbital period of Sharene. This extra day is called the TUNAR. A year with 385 days is called a Tunar year.

The year is divided in 6 seasons of 2 months:

-DRASIL (Winter)  Months: ARAD and GUDUR

-KARMAL (Renewal) Months: ELMA and SUIRA

-KARSIL (Spring) Months: ISUIL and FINIL

-TULVAS (Summer) Months: ETAS and THAEL

-GELOS (Autumn) Months: KYROS and GENAR

-DRAMAL (Fall) Months: DRATH and MORAD

Each months is divided in 4 weeks of 8 days:

The weeks are : PREA, EREA, MOREA and TAREA

The days are : OLYS, GALYS, PALYS, VRALYS, DARALYS, ITOLYS, SYLYS and ARTH.

Each day is divided in 24 hours.

These hours are split in two parts, from midnight to noon, and noon to midnight.

They are split in 6 watches of two hours, with the low watch in the morning and the high watch in the afternoon. Thus, the first low watch goes from midnight to 2 in the morning, and the 6th high watch from ten in the evening to midnight.

The watches are numbered from one to six. The first hour of a watch is called AST, the second hour is ORT.

Thus, the time of the day can be expressed like, for instance, "Ast 3rd high watch" (for 4pm).

 

The current Campaign year according to the Dûnic calendar is 5301.

 

 

DEITIES

Many gods are worshipped all over the continent, by human and other species. The main Ghenic pantheon though, present all over the land is the Dûnic pantheon. Here are below the major gods of Dorimghen.

DUNIC GODS and Warhammer equivalents

ARMATHON (Myrmidia) God of Valor. Neutral

EBISHA (Shallya) Goddess of Healing and Mercy . Good

THORYM THE CARVER (Grungni) Chief God of Dwarves. Neutral

ELERIA (Esmeralda) Goddess of Telerions (Halflings).  Good

FRESIA (Rhya) Goddess of the Woodlands. Neutral

GRAMAK () God of Gnomes. Neutral

ELLION (Verena) the Two headed God of the Suns. Neutral

ALVELINTHEL (Liadriel) Chief God of the Elves. Good

DORMAG (Ulric) God of Strength. Neutral

JAELLA (Morr) Goddess of Death and Magic. Neutral

BRADANGON (Ulric) God of Retribution. Neutral

ASCOR (Morr) God of Magic. Neutral

DARNUC (Taal) God of Roads and Canals. Neutral

ALKEAS (Taal)God of Nature. Neutral

IRSOTH (Manann) God of the Sea. Neutral

ESPERETH (Ranald) God of Thieves. Neutral

VISHIL (Manann) God of the Winds. Neutral

ARTHYL (Khaine) God of Tyranny. Evil

RACHMA (Morr) God of Death. Evil

VRATH (Malal) God of Secrets. Evil

SHADRAKH (Khaine) God of Slaughter. Evil

ORGHASH (Khorne) God of Orcs. Evil

SHATAN (Morr) God of Evil. Evil

NARVOD (Nurgle) God of Pestilence and Chaos. Chaotic

TRAZM (Khorne) God of Destruction and War. Chaotic

ESHKEZM () God of conspiracies and deceit. Chaotic

URU Great God Of Order. Lawful

AAKAA Goddess Of Law. Lawful

INI God of perfection. Lawful

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