Appendix
Terminology
Currency
The oldest coinage in Tagnaas comes from around Lake Friathwa, and variations on their names for different coins spread outwards from there. The names of Imperial coins still bear their influence.
| Coin | Conversion | 5e Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Pond (pd) | 10 Gulden | Platinum |
| Gulden (gl) | 10 Stuiver | Gold |
| Stuiver (st) | 10 Grote | Silver |
| Grote (gr) | - | Copper |
Calendar
With one global Empire, everyone follows the same calendar, simply referred to as the Imperial Calender. All dates are relative to the birth of the First Emperor, with the first month starting around the end of the Annual Inversion.
Dates before this are demarcated Before the Empire (BE), so for example 400 years before the First Emperor was born would be 400 BE. Years afterwards are considered part of the Imperial Age (IA), so 400 years after the birth of the First Emperor would be 400 IA.
The year is broken up into 11 months, the first 10 being 28 days long, and the last being 35 and centered around the Annual Inversion. They are in order: Hantezziya, Tanpedan, Teriyana, Mieana, Pantan, Sweksan, Saptaman, Aitatan, Nuntatan, Dekuman, and Hatkesnu. Every 5th year an additional monthless day is added to the calendar after Hatkesnu called Emperor's Day, except every 35 years when two Emperor's Days must be added. Every 385 years that second day must be skipped.
The first ten months have 4 7-day weeks which are named Rising, Ahead, Falling, and Behind. Hatkesnu adds a fifth week called Relief, when the storms on the East begin to weaken before the end of the Inversion. The days are then simply numbered 1st to 7th. So, an example full date could be: 2nd Falling Sweksan, 1568 IA.
Society Positions
- Specialist - Field agents who go out into the world at large to contain magical and mysterious creatures, effects, and artifacts.
- Investigator - An operative that lives among the general population and does preliminary investigations of mystical happenings and provides field support to specialists.
- Curator - Those who care for the contained creatures and artifacts and who live full time at Soteria. Additionally, they provide information, equipment, and briefings to the specialists.
- Assistant - The functionaries who keep the facility running, ranging from administrative to maintenance staff. They understand the mission at hand but do not have access to the containment facilities.
- Artificer - Engineers and mages who work closely with curators to investigate and learn from contained entities and develop new tools for specialists to use in the field.
- Councilor - A member of the 10 person council consisting of former Specialists and Curators. They are entrusted with all of the knowledge and access to contained entities and are the decision-makers of the society. Each has several teams of specialists operating under their direct supervision.
- Elder - The oldest member of the council and final decision-maker in the event of a divided council. His specialists primarily remain at Soteria in case of emergencies and are the most capable of operators.
- Cleaner - Former specialists who have shown themselves to be extremely capable and completely dedicated to the Society's cause. When a case goes wrong, they make sure that the secrets of the Society do not escape into the wider world by any means necessary.