Calendar: BE and AE

Great Eclipse (Foundational Event)

Arrival of the Bonsai Sage and Infinitree during the eclipse (Sora Concept, edited) 

  • Cosmic/spiritual/elemental rupture; light and time severed.
  • Occurred during early elemental faction war.
  • All elements halted momentarily; temporal instability persisted.
  • Marked the end of the Old Cycle.
  • Simultaneous events: Infinitree anchored timelines; Bonsai Sage arrived from ruined future.

Summary


The Great Eclipse is the zero point for recorded time. Prior advanced civilizations collapsed; knowledge and tech were buried.

Epoch Structure

Baseline:

  • Month names: Janure, Febure, Masu, Apuri, Mai, Junin, Jurin, Augutsu, Sopputemu, Okutoba, Nofenba, Detsenba.

  • Seasons/climates mirror the real world.

  • Temporal distortion blocks clean BE↔AE conversion; scholarly dates use epithets (e.g., Year of the Lotus Moon).

  • BE and AE are not mathematically convertible due to temporal distortion at the Eclipse event.
     


The calendar is split into two non-convertible epochs:

BE — Before Eclipse

  • Mythic, poorly preserved era

  • Chronology is unreliable

  • Time was described as “less rooted”

  • Records overlap, contradict, or fragment

  • Used primarily by scholars, sages, and ancient entities


AE — After Eclipse

  • Standard modern dating system

  • Counts years since the Great Eclipse

  • Used universally in governance, history, and daily life


Current Age

  • Present age: 1326 AE

  • This is the year at which the game begins

Example canonical dates:

  • Hanzo's disappearance: 1313 AE

  • Start of main narrative: 1326 AE

  • Chronobonsai origin: ~674 BE (approximate)

Source KB (read-only) 
docbase/kb/calendar_be_ae.md
docbase/kb/great_eclipse_canonical_data_gaps_and_conflicts.md