ike the solstices and the equinoxes to divide the years into three types, Long Winters, Long Summers, and Short Years. In a 38 year cycle there are 21 Long Summers, 10 Long Winters, and 7 Short Years.
The year starts on the first new moon after the Spring Equinox. Long Summers and Long Winter years have 13 moon cycles, and last 370-371 days. The S
The current (7th) Earl is Sean Alpin.
He is 72 years old (born 702), and is currently a widower. He wa... yss:chars:daels:riata|Glasholm]], for thirty-nine years before she died when the old Queen was captured a... immediate aftermath that spanned the first twelve years of his life, and the old King's death at the hand... ry to ensure the integrity of the kingdom. In the years that followed the Earl spent most of it either as
rent Earl is Bhaltair Gilranald.
They are is 36 years old, and is currently married to Eilidh [[:skyss:... nd the tradition takes time to establish. Some 25 years on there are signs of it returning, but it will c... |
==== Recent History ====
Bhaltair spent four years as the regent, from 765-9. Initially he was chose
ut famously only of daughters. She's at least 500 years old, but very strongly of divine blood, such that... er grandmother's perambulations when she was five years old. Fluent in several languages.
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