When a coven of vampires begin using the brothel district in an opulently corrupt merchant republic as their hunting ground, it's up to monster slayer Vero to uncover their lair and destroy the predators. Along the way she finds herself drawing clos...
The Calendar is divided into twelve lunar months of exactly twenty-eight days each. Additionally, there are holidays on each solstice and equinox which are not considered part of any month. Together these form a three-hundred-and-forty-day solar year. The years are thus also grouped into seven-year cycles, when the start of a new year coincides with a new moon it is known as a jubilee, and is considered the most profound holy day of all. Within the lands of the High King of the Elves, Imperial, and former Imperial territory each month is named after a particular constellation, each of which has superstitions associated with them.
Winter months: The Stronghold, The Grail, and The Knave
Spring months: The Maiden, The Mare, and The Stallion
Summer months: The King, The Warrior, and The Dragon
Autumn months: The Hierophant, The Tome, The Spider
Each month is further subdivided into four weeks of seven days each. Traditionally six days are devoted to work and one to rest, however which day is considered the rest day varies both by religion and by region.
In human lands the years have historically been divided into the Imperial and Pre-Imperial eras, based on the semi-mythical founding date of the Imperial City. However, in Velois, Lusitan, Whitegate, and the other smaller human nations who liberated themselves from the modern Imperium, they use the new Modern Era dating system which traces its origin to the break-up of the original Human Imperium.
Timeline of recent history
Summer, 712 ME – Vero is adopted by Master Slayer Aquinas and begins training with him.
Spring, 713 ME – The War of the Bastards begins in Velois.
Winter, 716 ME – The Kaiser of Teutonia is taken by a sweating sickness, his only heir dies in the same epidemic within weeks. Due to feuds between the electors, the grand princedom would remain without a monarch for more than a decade.
Spring, 716 ME – The War of the Bastards ends. Louis VII becomes the sole king in Velois after having his captive half-brother assassinated in prison.
Summer, 716 ME – Master Slayer Aquinas is killed, leaving Vero on her own.
Autumn, 716 ME – Vero cleanses the tower of Kaer Longus for the Marquis de Fer and eventually becomes his mistress. He raises her to the noble rank of Dame.
Spring, 717 ME – Vero leaves the Marquis to become an independent slayer once again.
Winter, 724 ME – Vero arrives in Whitegate short on money after a misadventure under the Ruby Mountains. She works as a laundress there and takes a room with the prostitute Theodora.
Summer, 724 ME – Vero destroys a coven of vampyres in Whitegate and begins traveling with Dora as her common law wife.
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Most of my attempts at generating an AI image of Vero ended up looking incredibly cursed, but this one looks fairly okay. Her teeth are a little crooked, but that would be a more historically accurate representation, since it's only in modern Hollywood that everyone has perfect teeth.
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