Since the Steampunk world is set in an Earth-analogue the solar cycle is consistent with Earth’s. Years take just as long, and pass through the same seasons. The common calendaring system, similarly, takes its main organization from the familiar Gregorian calendar, simply with names shifted. The aim is to allow useful flavor without making it unreasonably difficult to reason about time.

Or in its full glory: The Holy Empire of the Angels. The empire is an aristocratic theocracy, lead primarily by the High Abbey: the clerical arm of The Church of Angelic Worship. Its seat of power is the city of Albioch, on the island of Prydani in the north sea.

The Northern Kingdoms was—for centuries—an agglomeration of independent lands, each governed by monarchs said to be descended from Lyn, a mythical woman said to have once ruled the entire peninsula. In 143 H.A., The Crown staged a bloody war of conquest, toppling the loosely organized forces of the various kingdoms in The 15 Day War. Since then, the northern kingdoms have become a vassal state administered by the Tribunal of the Five Kings.

𐡔𐡑𐡃𐡂𐡑𐡒𐡒𐡄𐡍 𐡃𐡒𐡒𐡞𐡝𐡐𐡋𐡚𐡊𐡄𐡏 𐡌𐡍𐡙𐡍𐡌𐡄𐡕𐡙𐡒𐡐𐡄𐡍 𐡋𐡆𐡅𐡕𐡀𐡄𐡇𐡒𐡆𐡓𐡓𐡗𐡝 𐡕𐡁𐡞𐡃𐡇𐡃 𐡒𐡁𐡐𐡙 𐡉𐡐𐡏𐡟𐡕𐡓𐡕𐡄𐡚𐡅𐡕𐡘𐡃 𐡛𐡗𐡌𐡎𐡚𐡆𐡂𐡇𐡝 𐡔𐡟𐡓𐡅𐡁𐡇𐡊𐡃𐡌 𐡊𐡁𐡞𐡉𐡊 𐡏𐡍𐡈𐡔𐡜𐡏