If Athas's sun sets-up beyong the sea of silt.(called, long ago, The Sunrise sea), then how could the Rhul-thaun community possibly have the same time zone of lets say the tyr region since we all know that the Jagged Cliffs has its back on sunrises and more to it, the ringing mountain are surely a sun-block for at least 2-3 ours(before the sun gets high enough.)
So what i think is that when the sun is finaly spreading its rays on the Rhul-thaun villages, there as been already a few ours of morning activity in the Tyr region. And becose some of those same villages (who are situated further down on the cliffs) would themselves have some sort of a different time zone from lets say Thamasku.
Strangely, the first village to *wake-up* would be Sol-fhen(see your map why) then Thamasku. From there, one after the other sunrise would shine on all the other Rhul-thaun villages depending on where they are positionned on the cliffs.
what do you thinkl!! any comments?
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Originally posted by xlorepdarkhelm
Plus, in Real Life, the unified set of time zones is rather recent (like developed within the last 100 - 150 years, IIRC). Much like the fact that the concept of daylight savings time is also a recent development. It just doesn't make much sense to use a modern contrievance like that for a fantasy world.
I have issue with the daylight savings thing too.
It was a stupid idea then, and it's a stupid idea now.
You other 47 states should follow AZ, IN, HI's lead. :P
I just don't see the need for non-standard time zones, in any reality, heh.
Originally posted by xlorepdarkhelm
Plus, in Real Life, the unified set of time zones is rather recent (like developed within the last 100 - 150 years, IIRC). Much like the fact that the concept of daylight savings time is also a recent development. It just doesn't make much sense to use a modern contrievance like that for a fantasy world.
When I mentioned time zone, I said it so you would understand what I ment in my post. Not to realy use it as such. All I was implying was the fact that all the Rhul-thaun villages couldn't *wake-up* at the same time. When your(mine) intations are to write a story about a race as complexe as the rhul-thaun, I think this little detail could be important within the whole community of halfling since, like I said previously, not all the villages begin their daily activities at the same time.
Of course the fact that the sunrise in the tyr region happens lets say 4 ours before the first sun ray reaches Sol-fhen is merely a insignificant detail from the Rhul-thaun point of view. But within the Jagged Cliffs community, it could have its reasons to *be*.
I also like to assume that the Mist bordering the jagged Cliffs are light infusing(sorry if it's not the right word) The mist help the environnemental lighting. This means that were it shoul be dark or gloomy, it's sky-covered-day-like lighting.(wish I could find the right word to use
)Like most ancient societies, time on Athas would be judged by the sun, stars and moons.
Times are,
Dawn
Mid-morning
Noon
Afternoon
Dusk
Evening
Midnight
Early Morning
Everyone would wake up at dawn, eat a small breakfast, work until around noon, eat a small lunch than come home right before dusk to cook a larger dinner. Probably drank at a pub afterwards and be home before 9:00. In societies with no electricity, daylight hours are the only real hours they could work.
Nobles probably get up later. A slave wakes them at mid-morning (possible hung-over from from drinking the night before, (they party every night).
Merchants would probably work until after Midnight, but they would always be up at dawn.
A SK probably finally goes to sleep around Early Morning as wakes up at dawn. They probably only get under 3 hours of sleep a night.
Originally posted by Ral of Tyr
A SK probably finally goes to sleep around Early Morning as wakes up at dawn. They probably only get under 3 hours of sleep a night.
That's assuming that they sleep at all.
Originally posted by xlorepdarkhelm
That's assuming that they sleep at all.
Which I seriously doubt they do....
I also like to assume that the Mist bordering the jagged Cliffs are light infusing(sorry if it's not the right word) The mist help the environnemental lighting.
I wouldn't neccessarily agree here. The mist, when at its worst, would likely be thick enough to stop the sun's light from getting through. If it were only a lightly misted day, then perhaps it would be thin enough to diffuse the sunlight a bit. On an average day though, it may vary in thickness as pockets of dense mist roll about, creating roaving patches of darkness. The sun would, except for on a clear day, almost appear as a vague splotch of bright light.
Something to keep in mind: on the mid and lower cliff villages, they would only receive direct sunlight for about 6 to 8 hours (from noon when the sun is overhead and has begun to pass over the jagged cliffs to dusk as it sets over the kreen empire). Coupled with the fact that the mist is thicker as you travel further down the cliff, you'd have some very gloomy villages indeed, ones that may receive too little sunlight for normal plantgrowth and may rely far more on life-shaping and trade for their foodstocks.