A quick question. [Archive] - Wizards Community

A quick question. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Yunkel
02-01-07, 03:07 PM What is the meaning of DR? i.e. 1373 DR The year of the rogue dragons.

Your help is appreciated.
Seraphim of Elves
02-01-07, 03:08 PM Dalesreckoning
Borris
02-03-07, 06:21 PM The year of the Dalereckoning was marked by the raising of the Standing Stone and the pact between the elves of Cormanthor and some human settler, allowing the latter to create the Dalelands.

The elves of the Elven Court set the important event's year as year 1 of the Dalereckoning era, and so did the humans, in one of the first human calendars. Thus, over the next few centuries, this calendar became widespread everywhere elves or humans live on Faerūn.
Faraer
02-03-07, 06:34 PM Bear in mind that

-- the raising of the Standing Stone is both a cause and a figurehead of the rise of human culture in the northern Inner Sea lands, and so Dalereckoning has quite widespread acceptance

-- but on the other hand, it's not as ubiqitous as the sources suggest -- they sometimes use DR for simplicity and to avoid confusion. For instance, Cormyreans use Cormyr Reckoning instead, dating from the beginning of House Obarskyr and therefore 25 years ahead of Dalereckoning.
Old Sage
02-03-07, 07:57 PM Indeed. Dalereckoning is influential because it's the symbolic beginning of human culture in the northern Inner Sea lands.

There were myriad dating systems used prior to humans being allowed, by the Elven Court, to settle in the Dalelands region (which is what the Dalereckoning and Standing Stone represent). Cormyr had (and still uses) a dating system of its own (Cormyr Reckoning... which marks the foundation of House Obarskyr).

The North, specifically Waterdeep, has a younger system -- North Reckoning -- marking the time of Ahghairon become the first Lord of Waterdeep. Waterdeep Years, another method of marking time in the region, records the time the region that would become the City of Splendors was first used as a trading post.

The Mulhorandi system is another old dating tradition -- marking the foundation of Skuld.

All three FRCS cover the details about the dating systems of the Realms. Additionally, Ed has also talked a little about dating methods in the Realms in his replies at Candlekeep.
Yunkel
02-04-07, 12:07 PM Thanks for the lore!.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Yunkel 02-01-07, 03:07 PM	What is the meaning of DR? i.e. 1373 DR The year of the rogue dragons. Your help is appreciated.
Seraphim of Elves 02-01-07, 03:08 PM	Dalesreckoning
Borris 02-03-07, 06:21 PM	The year of the Dalereckoning was marked by the raising of the Standing Stone and the pact between the elves of Cormanthor and some human settler, allowing the latter to create the Dalelands. The elves of the Elven Court set the important event's year as year 1 of the Dalereckoning era, and so did the humans, in one of the first human calendars. Thus, over the next few centuries, this calendar became widespread everywhere elves or humans live on Faerūn.
Faraer 02-03-07, 06:34 PM	Bear in mind that -- the raising of the Standing Stone is both a cause and a figurehead of the rise of human culture in the northern Inner Sea lands, and so Dalereckoning has quite widespread acceptance -- but on the other hand, it's not as ubiqitous as the sources suggest -- they sometimes use DR for simplicity and to avoid confusion. For instance, Cormyreans use Cormyr Reckoning instead, dating from the beginning of House Obarskyr and therefore 25 years ahead of Dalereckoning.
Old Sage 02-03-07, 07:57 PM	Indeed. Dalereckoning is influential because it's the symbolic beginning of human culture in the northern Inner Sea lands. There were myriad dating systems used prior to humans being allowed, by the Elven Court, to settle in the Dalelands region (which is what the Dalereckoning and Standing Stone represent). Cormyr had (and still uses) a dating system of its own (Cormyr Reckoning... which marks the foundation of House Obarskyr). The North, specifically Waterdeep, has a younger system -- North Reckoning -- marking the time of Ahghairon become the first Lord of Waterdeep. Waterdeep Years, another method of marking time in the region, records the time the region that would become the City of Splendors was first used as a trading post. The Mulhorandi system is another old dating tradition -- marking the foundation of Skuld. All three FRCS cover the details about the dating systems of the Realms. Additionally, Ed has also talked a little about dating methods in the Realms in his replies at Candlekeep.
Yunkel 02-04-07, 12:07 PM	Thanks for the lore!.