Time Cycle

The universe of Whitefall does not follow the time and year cycle we all know today. It has a separate time cycle with different lengths of a year. Many things are similar to the system we know today, but a lot is at the same time different.

Introduction
One year is never the same lenght. Due to the unatural balance of the moon and the sun, each year variates in how many months it is. This can be between 11 months, to 15 months depending on a lot of factors what will affect this cycle, and it's impossible to predict how long a season will be. Usually they follow the basic guideline of short years are always followed by long years, and even rarely perpetual years. A year is considered a year no matter how long it is. If a Cait is born in a month that doesn't appear the next year, the Cait is considered one year older when the year starts over (similar to how we have leap years).

Winters tend to be longer in Velost Helshire due to it's northern-based climate. For short years, certain places won't even experience summer, while other years it can lead to drought and dry seasons. The lenght of the seasons varies a lot but usually they remain somewhat the same lenght each year but they don't have four seasons, they have only two; Winter and summer.

A year is considered normal between 11 and 14 months.

Perpetual Year
In a few yet rare cases, a year extend unusually long, and they can last up to 20 months. These cases are called perpetual years, and they're rather rare. The longest perpetual year to ever be recorded was 23 months long. A year is not considered this before the passing of the 16th month. The last perpetual year was 3866, known as "Year of the Snake."

Months
Velost Helshire follows the month name system we know for simplified, but the extra months has gained new names.
 * 1) January
 * 2) February
 * 3) March
 * 4) April
 * 5) May
 * 6) June
 * 7) July
 * 8) August
 * 9) September
 * 10) October
 * 11) November
 * 12) December
 * 13) Perryn
 * 14) Esston
 * 15) Elmem
 * 16) Rynche
 * 17) Yerus
 * 18) Turver
 * 19) Fychis
 * 20) Delcha

If a year passes this limit, they get the last month twice. Example:

21 months; Delcha the first. 22 months; Delcha the second.. and so on.