2026

2026-04-01 - The Quarter of Spells, Map Updates, & Calendars
2026-07-01 - Spell Search, and the Mid-Summer Wiki Refresh

2026-04-01 - The Quarter of Spells, Map Updates, & Calendars

Intro

Calendar

The world of Hiraeth has been around for more than a decade, as I grow and gain better skills in the world change and grow with me. Sometimes things I wrote in a math classroom when I should have been working on schoolwork in May 13 years ago is one of them. The calendar is one of the many things that have changed over the years, and I hope for the better. This is a small change but I think will have a good impact on play at the table. Renaming the days of the week and months to be less alien and forced, the goal is to make days and months titles feel more special and also have some holidays be.

operates on a mathematically perfect 360-day solar year. Every day represents exactly one degree of planetary rotation around the sun.

For the common folk, scholars, and adventurers, the calendar is a blend of ancient divine reverence and practical, everyday terminology.

Days of the Week

A standard week in Hiraeth now consists of a 10-day cycle, commonly referred to as a "tenday." While scholars and the devout use the ancient divine names, commoners use simplified, modern terms that closely mirror the real world. The weekend consists of the final two days, dedicated to hearth, home, and sunlight.

Day #	Ancient Name	Common Name	Origin / Meaning
1	Pythda	Lyday	Named for Pythia, Goddess of Life. The start of the work week.
2	Loronda	Moonday	Named for Loron, Goddess of the Moon. A day transitioning out of the weekend's rest.
3	Minda	Minday	Named for Minos, God of Time.
4	Voida	Wanesday	Named for Voidos, God of Space (the waning void).
5	Giada	Earthday	Named for Gia, Guardian of the Land. The peak of the agricultural workweek.
6	Matda	Forgeday	Named for Matrix, the Anvil of Destiny. A day of heavy labor, crafting, and industry.
7	Ethearda	Starday	Named for Etherea, Goddess of the Stars.
8	Nyda	Freeday	Named for Nyx, Goddess of Night. The final workday.
9	Hestda	Hearthday	Named for Hesta, Goddess of the Hearth. A day of rest and family.
10	Bethda	Sunday	Named for Bethtox, God of the Sun. A day of celebration and worship.

The Calendar Year: Seasons and Months

The calendar is built around a 364-day year. This is divided into exactly 360 standard days (organized into 12 months) and 4 Quarter Days that mark the shifting of the seasons.

Together, solstices and equinoxes are traditionally known as Quarter Days. To fit the 360-degree rotation and these 4 Quarter Days, each season operates on an identical 91-day structure:

It begins with 1 Day Outside a Month (the seasonal Quarter Day).
It is followed by two 30-day months (exactly three tendays each).
It concludes with one 29-day month.

Months vs. Zodiacs

It is important to note that the calendar months are not the Zodiacs. The months are simply the periods of time used to track the year.

The Zodiacs (often referred to in different cultures as "The Sky Signs" or "The Ascendants") are the dominant celestial constellations that happen to be visible in the night sky during those specific months. For example, a person born in the month of Novnus is born under the Zodiac of The Matrix, but the month itself is distinct from the stars overhead. Zodiacs are a possible mechanic in PC creation we are still expirementing with.

Winter (The Stillness)

Quarter Day (Day Outside a Month): The Nadir

Month #	Ancient Name	Common Name	Days	Dominant Zodiac
1	Novnus	Deepwinter	30	The Matrix (The Hero)
2	Ultcicero	Dawning	30	The Son (The Prince)
3	Concis	The Thaw	29	The Phoenix

Spring (The Growth)

Quarter Day (Day Outside a Month): The Vernal Awakening

Month #	Ancient Name	Common Name	Days	Dominant Zodiac
4	Rifis	Springtide	30	The Frog
5	Inder	Monsoon	30	The Hammer
6	Gradum	Greengrass	29	The Leaf

Summer (The Heat)

Quarter Day (Day Outside a Month): The Zenith

Month #	Ancient Name	Common Name	Days	Dominant Zodiac
7	Tristis	Highsun	30	The Horse
8	Mutare	The Turn	30	The Ship
9	The Watcher	The Harvest	29	The Iris

Fall (The Fading)

Quarter Day (Day Outside a Month): The Autumnal Balance

Month #	Ancient Name	Common Name	Days	Dominant Zodiac
10	Umbra	Leaf-fall	30	The Cart
11	Galious	First Frost	30	The Snow Wolf
12	Nocturum	Year's End	29	The Knights

Map Changes

The Map has undergone some massive changes over the last year. New countries added, coastlines refined, and the map fleshed out. You can see the changes here.

Harold Ford is an island now?

RoseWin's coast is more sweeping and mashy.

New Level Up Word

In order to build out the rites of our D&D group I put forward an anitive to come up with what we say and so dor level up Scott choose the word "Bojangles" and Wicke choose the sound from Final Fantasy.

The BIBLE 2.0!

What started off as a collection of google docs moved to a Obsidan folder syned via git has balloned to include charecter options, out dated world lore, and so much more. It is time for a soft reset. This might mean I ask for more info sometimes or help filling in some details.

I plan for this not be a shadow wiki but more of a more advanced stratchpad without the granulare details.

New Game Style Done

Some of you know that I have been engaging with a 1:1 diplomacy style game where you were a head of state. Surprise, that was actually a group game! The other states were played by other players. I thought it would be in good fun and some of you in my Friday game have already seen these conflicts really cause a trickling effect.

Spells Added

Bello in the drop down is a list of all the new spells added, their levels, school, people that can use them and a short discription.

2026-07-01 - Spell Search, and the Mid-Summer Wiki Refresh

The Hiraeth wiki has a lot more to work with this summer. The biggest update is the spell library: the Athenaeum Aetherius now has 1,842 spell pages live across cantrips and 1st-9th level magic, backed by a standalone spell-search tool, broader tags, and a few rounds of cleanup. If you have not checked the spell tools in a while, start here:

Spell Library Snapshot

The current spell-book snapshot includes:

169 cantrips
234 1st-level spells
342 2nd-level spells
301 3rd-level spells
240 4th-level spells
188 5th-level spells
130 6th-level spells
99 7th-level spells
70 8th-level spells
69 9th-level spells

Most of that work landed in June, with 1,214 documented spell-page creates, 219 existing spell pages confirmed instead of duplicated, 85 existing-page content refreshes, 151 metadata/tag fixes, and 66 legacy duplicate pages removed.

Spell Search Is Now A Front Door

The point of adding this much spell content is not just to make the wiki bigger. It should be faster to answer table questions like:

What can I cast with a bonus action?
Which spells deal fire, force, radiant, or psychic damage?
Which options are concentration, ritual, teleportation, summoning, or resurrection spells?
What can a class list actually access at a specific level?
Which spells force a Dexterity, Wisdom, Constitution, or Intelligence save?

The new search work supports normal text searches plus structured filters for spell level, school, class/list, source, role, damage type, condition, save, attack, action, duration, range, area, component, and mechanic tags.

Tags and Table Review

The June tagging pass covered the full spell book. These tags are meant to make spells easier to find by use at the table: damage, healing, control, movement, protection, teleportation, summoning, upcasting, costly components, concentration, and similar practical buckets.

There is also a new cantrip review to help with table safety. The audit reviewed 169 cantrips and sorted them into:

74 official or partner baseline cantrips
37 likely-fine cantrips
40 watch/review cantrips
18 potentially too-strong cantrips

That is not an automatic ban list. It is a review tool, we are slowly working on reviewing these potentially too-strong cantrips - shockingly they mostly come from Kobold Press books which I felt historically their content was fairly balanced.`

A Recent Timeline

The wiki existed well before this update window, but I wanted to make announcements like more regular and in late 2025 is a useful marker for the current wave of work. Rebels of Eschatia setup started around November and December. Since then, the spell library and campaign-reference tools have grown quickly.

November-December: useful recap marker for Rebels setup and pre-game material. The wiki itself predates this.
January: early 2026 page work, spell/chapter cleanup, and the start of the active Rebels session archive.
February: 33 documented local spell-page creates, plus more early Rebels session summaries.
March-April: continued setting, lore, cantrip, and spell-reference work.
May: more campaign-summary cleanup, including the Jade Creek and Blight stretch.
June: the major spell-library sprint, high-level spell verification, duplicate cleanup, tag verification, and spell-search work.

Campaign Catch-Up

For Rebels of Eschatia players, the session archive is also easier to use now. The exported archive currently runs from s01: The Silence of the Thorn on January 16 through s15: The Soul-Pull in the Deep on June 20.

Start with the full arc index, or jump into the most recent Underdark sessions:

The story links now give players a faster way to catch up on Aelion Thorne's execution, Eleni's rescue, the flight from Stomion, the Silver Branch Circus rescue, the Cat and Hound, Cato's Oathblade trouble, Jade Creek and The Static, the corrupted mine, the myconid refuge, Thara, Selen Von, and the turn toward the Ossuarian dig.