Reckoning

A reckoning is a system of counting years in NearRealm. Various nations and races have their own various reckonings which all count from a starting date significant to them. Most of these and their differences are unknown to the layman, leading to confusion as to different methods of date keeping. To alleviate this, scholars of Ma Abaad created the notion of reckonings and attempted to create their own standard to be adopted across the kingdoms of man. Suffice to say, this was wholly unsuccessful, but their catalogue has proven useful and their ideal has evolved into the Eldar Reckoning detailed below.

There are many obscure or antiquated reckonings, but the major methods of counting the passing years are as follows: Some examples of rare or unused reckonings are:
 * New Doualish Reckoning (NDR), beginning just before the winter solstice, the doualish calendar marks the years since the founding of New Badoual. Since this coincides closely with the suspended eclipse of the same year it is the official reckoning of the High Church of Pelor and many nations around the Gulf of Pelor.
 * Ald Reckoning (AR), beginning since the supposed crossing of the titan Karr into the frigid lands to the west. Historians have easily proven this dating far too recent, yet the aldling calendar remains unchanged. It starts at the first snow of each year, from which the doualish reckonings take the new year, but is 370 years ahead of the NDR.
 * Earthold Reckoning (EoR), created by ancient dwarves who dwelled deep within the earth, this reckoning is rarely used outside of used mountain homes due to varying disputes as to the current year or season since their genesis.
 * Doualish Reckoning (DR), also known as the Old Doualish Reckoning, marks the time since the founding of Old Badoual. Superseded by the New Doualish Reckoning in late winter of 443 DR.
 * Eldar Reckoning (ER), a purely theoretical reckoning used by historians and mages, it seeks to pinpoint either the time from which the titans fell, were born, or the creation of the planes themselves. Since these dates have great inaccuracy and are the subject of much research, this reckoning under constant evolution and should never be used for archival purposes.