[Alternate Calendars] Names for eleven weekdays

[vicky_molokh]

Greetings, all!

In an embarassing oversight, while everything in Æthereal Sun's calendar adds up nicely, the months and weekdays are left unnamed. This isn't an issue for the 12-month and 7-weekday calendars. The 8-month calendar is kinda accepted without issue too. However, the players seem a bit uncomfortable with calling weekdays (of the 11-day week) by numbers without names. While I once had a rather flavourful names for all 28 days of the month in the rather theological/mythical Skyfallen Chronicles, I'm finding myself out of ideas for the techno-fantasy of Æthereal Sun.

Any inspiration / advice / ideas / etc.?

Thanks in advance!

[jeff_wilson]

If you can give us some particular associations with days of the week, it would help. Is there a weekend? A sabbath day?

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

If you can give us some particular associations with days of the week, it would help. Is there a weekend? A sabbath day?

The 11-day week can be split two ways:

Method A: 8 workdays, then 3 days off work as a weekend.
Method B: 4 workdays, 1 day off, 4 workdays, 2 days off.

The first method is much more prevalent, and is considered more 'serious'/'responsible'/'stable', while the second method is primarily associated with freelancers, people in dangerous professions etc., even though this isn't always so. Some city-states actually live by Method B overall, but they're a minority.

[Hans Rancke-Madsen]

Sunday
Moonday
Starday
Airday
Waterday
Earthday
Fireday
Seaday
Landday
Skyday
Godsday


Hans

[Mister Ed]

Originally Posted by Hans Rancke-Madsen

Sunday
Moonday
Starday
Airday
Waterday
Earthday
Fireday
Seaday
Landday
Seaday
Godsday


Hans

Wouldn't it be confusing having two "Seaday"s?

[Hans Rancke-Madsen]

Originally Posted by Mister Ed

Wouldn't it be confusing having two "Seaday"s?

Sorry. Yes, one of them should have been Skyday. I'll edit.


Hans

[Frost]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Greetings, all!

In an embarassing oversight, while everything in Æthereal Sun's calendar adds up nicely, the months and weekdays are left unnamed. This isn't an issue for the 12-month and 7-weekday calendars. The 8-month calendar is kinda accepted without issue too. However, the players seem a bit uncomfortable with calling weekdays (of the 11-day week) by numbers without names.

One quick and dirty way to fix this would be to stick with the numbers but translate them into some suitible placeholder for an aincent or scholarly language. For example at least one of my campaigns has had a five day week with days named for the latin for first to fifth.

Alternatively you might try contractions or distortions as an example se'nday in stead of seventh day.