Time Warp
TRUTH IN FICTION:
While the time line of this tale skirts factual places and events, it is a mash-up of history and fantasy, an infusion of thousands of years into a web that crosses between what is real, what is make believe, and what may be viewed as a different realm of reality.
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ALTERNATIVE ALMANAC:
The course of a year is measured by the Moon and Her cycles, giving this parallel a 13 month calendar year, each made up of 28 days with seasonal changes happening approximately every 13 weeks.
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Seasonal Shifts
CLIMATE COMPASS:
The year is broken up into the traditional cross quarters, but it does not follow the default timescale of 5 days per season. Instead, each season endures for 14 days, each day corresponding with 1 week of the Lunar year. The last day of each season is revered as a "Day Out of Time" and is a celebration of the Turning of the Wheel. Those born on this day hold a special title and standing in society.
Seasons also follow the Celtic Sabbats and fall differently on the calendar compared to traditional Gregorian dates; Autumn begins in August just after First Harvest, Winter starting the second week of November ending in mid February followed by the Spring lasting until the last week of May, and Summer filling all of June, the new Mid Year Month, and July.
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WEARISOME WEATHER:
Along with these shifts, the Longer Seasons Mod and my Just A little Bit Longer, Proportional Aging Mod tweak create a chronology of 1 season lasting 2 years which is perfectly acceptable in a parallel Earth scenario. This allows the changing of seasons to be more significant.
The Voyage
THE BEGINNING:
Our story begins in the first years of the Cimbrian War (113BC - 101BC) on the edge of the Battle of Burdigala (107BC) from which our Founding Family intends to flee.​
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SETTING SAIL:
Outgoing vessels must make sail with the ebb of the tide or risk being trapped by the tidal bore.
Not much is known about the merchant ships of the Gaulish traders, but it is presumed they would be much like the Roman grain ships, with an average speed of 5.25 knots, equal to 6 mph; with a speed variable between 4.1 to 6 knots.
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MILEAGE:
The proposed route is 450 mi. and would take apx. 3 days non-stop at average speed.
Escape Route
STARTING POINT:
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Burdigala, Celtica - Modern day Bordeaux, France
PORT PIT STOPS:
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Île d'Yeu - 130 mi into the journey, taking about a day to arrive there.
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Guedel - Modern day Belle Île, 66 mi or 11 hours from Île d'Yeu.
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Enez Groe - Modern day Groix; home of Tomb of the Viking King, 3 hours North of Guedel.
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Eusa - Modern day Ushant, 17.5 hours from Enez Groe.
​DESTINATION:
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Land's End - Modern day Cornwall, 113 mi. from Eusa.
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