Natanaj he/him Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I was thinking, that a good way to refer to when we think certain books take place is with a harmony-based calander. When we speculate how many years something happened before Hero of ages we could say PS or Before Sazed and anything after harmony AH or Anno Harmony which is latin for Year of Harmony. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 It's too arbitrary. It's not a bad choice, but there are better ones - for which we don't know exact dates - so I wouldn't want us to adopt this calendar only to have it replaced by a new one several years down the line. Until the Shardworlds start to mingle, I think we should avoid a more universal calendar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawToast225 he/him Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I agree. It's a good idea, though. Keep it in the back of your mind for later. Much later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oudeis he/him Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 How would we account for a "year" on each planet being different lengths of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen Rope he/him Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 If the ascension of Harmony is how the calender is based then a year would be a year on Scadrial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawToast225 he/him Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I'm sorry, but that is a terrible way to base the time. It should be a year in Elantris based on the time the magic system was fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter he/him Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I'm sorry, but that is a terrible way to base the time. It should be a year in Elantris based on the time the magic system was fixed. Why is it terrible? It's no less arbitrary than the restoration of Elantris. Unless you mean that Harmony's Ascension is in the middle of the timeline whereas the Elantris is restored near the begining? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanaj he/him Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 The reason i chosed sazed's ascension is because everyone seems to already use relation to HoA to determine when something is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawToast225 he/him Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Why is it terrible? It's no less arbitrary than the restoration of Elantris. Unless you mean that Harmony's Ascension is in the middle of the timeline whereas the Elantris is restored near the begining? That is what I mean, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperity he/him Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 How would we account for a "year" on each planet being different lengths of time? That only really matters if two planets are interacting with each other which isn't exactly happening yet. We might see usage of subjective shiptime if we're lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjustice99 she/her Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I vote using BS (Before Sazed) as the Before Harmony mark just because it can be misinterpreted to be something different which I find slightly amusing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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