World of Greyhawk Calender The World of Greyhawk & The World of Greyhawk Wiki The current year for our World of Greyhawk campaign is set during 579CY. Inspired By Gary Gygax

The Greyhawk Calendar is the most common system for tracking the days and months of the Common Year in the Flanaess.

Months, Festivals & Seasons
The year consists of 364 days, split into twelve months of twenty-eight days each, and four seven-day festivals, each placed at three-month intervals. Diverse cultures have their own names for the months and festivals. The months and festivals are commonly referred to as the Dozenmonth of Luna and the Four Festivals.

The months and festivals are based on the cycles of Oerth's moons, Luna and Celene. Luna has a twenty-eight day cycle, while Celene's cycle is ninety-one days. Celene is full at the midpoint of each festival week (the fourth day), while Luna is full at various times throughout the year. Notably, both moons are full on Richfest 4.

There are five seasons—two summer seasons, low summer and high summer, totaling six months, while winter, spring, and autumn are each only two months long.

MONTH	NAME	SEASON
1	Fireseek	Winter
2	Readying	Spring
3	Coldeven	Spring
4	Planting	Low Summer
5	Flocktime	Low Summer
6	Wealsun	Low Summer
7	Reaping	High Summer
8	Goodmonth	High Summer
9	Harvester	High Summer
10	Patchwall	Autumn
11	Ready'reat	Autumn
12	Sunsebb	Winter

Days of the Week
A week is sometimes called a sennight and periods of two weeks are commonly called a fortnight.

The names of the days of the week used in the Common Year calendar are adopted from the Flan calendar.

The days are reckoned in weeks of seven days each. In order, the days of the week are: Starday, Sunday, Moonday, Godsday, Waterday, Earthday, and Freeday. Godsday is commonly associated with worship, and Freeday with rest. The remaining days are considered workdays.

The Touv Calendar uses different names for the days of the week. They are "named for the major Touv gods or their areas of influence" — Uday, Sunday. Rainday, Lawday, Lifeday, Goldday. Kunday

An interesting feature of the Greyhawk calendar is that the days of the week always occur on the same calendar date every year, a result of the year having a number of days evenly divisible by seven.

The first of the month is always a Starday, and the rest follow as shown below:
• Starday is always on the 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd of the month.
• Sunday is always on the 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd of the month.
• Moonday is always on the 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th of the month.
• Godsday is always on the 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th of the month.
• Waterday is always on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th of the month.
• Earthday is always on the 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th of the month.
• Freeday is always on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of the month.

• Holidays

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Gran March The World of Greyhawk & The World of Greyhawk Wiki The current year for our World of Greyhawk campaign is set during 579CY. Inspired By Gary Gygax

Gran March occupies the fertile plains east of the expansive Dim Forest and west of the Lortmil Mountains, bounded by the northernmost fork of the Sheldomar River in the south. A poorly defined “open” border marks the north, where nobles often keep court in both Bissel and Gran March. These days, there seems to be little difference between the two governments, though the land within 30 miles north of Hookhill is considered part of Gran March proper.

This territory also includes portions of the Dim Forest and the Rushmoors, a haunted fen that has plagued the southern march for much of its long history. The northern baronies enjoy a temperate, dry climate not unlike that found in Bissel. The south, however, is a land of dark mists and frequent showers, particularly near the forest and swamp.

Gran March is an exceptionally martial nation. At age fifteen, all fit people enter mandatory conscription through local lotteries, for a period of up to seven years. It is a testament to the martial prowess of the nation’s young people that many continue after their required service, and those who do not are generally members of local militias. Internationally renown mailed cavalry forms the core of Gran March’s impressive army. Armed with lances, crossbows, and swords, these riders are the bane of anyone standing in their way. The Knights of the Watch and Knights of Dispatch "both from the kingdom of Keoland" offer support and welcome tactical expertise. The total standing army includes more than eighteen thousand soldiers. At least three times as many trained troops can be called up within a single week. Gran March is one of Keoland's oldest holdings, tracing its history back more than nine hundred years. Legend holds that, after the defeat of Vecna and the dissolution of his empire (placed in the northern part of the Sheldomar Valley in some accounts), the nascent Keolandish crown created an order of knights in the frontier region. The Knights of the March were ordered to bring law to the land and to quell the warring of the native Flan factions. Eventually, the leader of the knighthood was named commandant of Gran March, a title that carried with it control of the land between the Rushmoors and Lortmils.

Life in Gran March was peaceful and safe, as few dared oppose the powerful commandant. When a perceived threat from within beset the nation, the Knights of the March sprung upon it fiercely and decisively. Sometimes, such reprisals came with little warning, often against seemingly upstanding members of the lesser aristocracy. The knights followed the secret teachings of their own inscrutable doctrine, and they showed no interest in explaining their actions to commoners.

The early 300s CY brought the Baklunish Brazen Horde to Ket, causing much consternation in the courts of the east and south. In order to protect his holdings against this Paynim threat, King Tavish I of Keoland ordered the foundation of the Knights of the Watch, built upon the basis of the Knights of the March and commanded by its leaders. This new, international knighthood quickly spread to Geoff, Bissel, and the heart of the empire, all the while retaining strong roots and key leadership in Gran March. Indeed, the commandant became titular ruler of the massive knighthood, as well as leader of his nation.

With the dawning of Keoland’s wars of aggression, in 350 CY, Gran March gained international notoriety as the primary staging ground for the Second Expeditionary Army, which invaded Veluna from the southwest. After the success of that campaign, the capital of Hookhill became an important caravan stop to points north, which served to increase the wealth of the province. By 415 CY, life in Gran March had grown extraordinarily difficult, thanks in part to Commandant Berlikyn, a harsh ruler who demanded nothing less than the most of his citizens—the most labor, the most money, the most effort. The king in distant Niole Dra knew nothing of Berlikyn’s tactics, seeing only the impressive results. In appreciation, Tavish III appointed the commandant to be the supreme commander of all the northern provinces, which at the time included Gran March, Bissel, and much of Veluna. A period of bitter oppression reigned in the north until Berlikyn was slain in the Small War.

The death of the commandant of Gran March and the loss of Bissel and the Velunese territories to Furyondy forced a change in Keoland’s policy in the north. Aware that the local nobles would not tolerate a harsh commandant, the king allowed them to elect one of their own number to the position, and forevermore split the title from that of the “Marcher Lord,” titular head of the Knights of the Watch. The government and knighthood remained closely allied.

For much of the modern era, Gran March has existed as a prosperous trade center along Keoland’s northern merchant routes. Perhaps thanks to the influence of the Knights of the Watch, the nobles of Gran March have always enjoyed strong relations with their neighbors in Sterich and Bissel.

Notable Settlements
• Orlane
• Westbridge