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EVERYDAY LIFE THE CURRENCY OF GALIFAR
Merchants and nobles often use letters of
There are details you don’t need to know, but
credit to handle large transactions, drawing on
that you might want to know. When something
the reserves of the dwarvish banks of the Mror
KW[\[ +8 aW] KIV R][\ [Ia ¹one copper piece” but
Holds. But most day-to-day transactions use
do the people of Khorvaire have a name for
coins of precious metal. With the collapse of the
their coins? Is there a convention for naming
3QVOLWU WN /ITQNIZ MIKP WN \PM .Q^M 6I\QWV[
characters? This ?IaÅVLMZ¼[ /]QLM is an overview.
began to mint its own currency, along with
If you want more information on a particular
[]JRMK\ ZMNMZ \W \PM [W]ZKM[ QV \PM )XXMVLQ` the Mror bankers. However, while the designs
imprinted on these coins vary based on the
But for now, here are a few useful facts about
source, each of these forces has continued to use
everyday life in Khorvaire.
the same metals, weights, and denominations set
NWZ\P QV \PM LIa[ WN /ITQNIZ UIQV\IQVQVO I [QUXTM
THE CALENDAR OF GALIFAR standard for commerce across Khorvaire.
<PM /ITQNIZ KITMVLIZ \ZIKS[ \PM aMIZ[ [QVKM \PM
3QVOLWU WN /ITQNIZ _I[ NW]VLML ][QVO \PM • The crown (CP) is made from copper and
abbreviation YK. The week is divided into seven \ZILQ\QWVITTa LMXQK\[ \PM KZW_V WN /ITQNIZ
days, with four weeks to a month and twelve on one face. The crown is the lowest
UWV\P[ \W I aMIZ ,M[XQ\M \PM NITT WN /ITQNIZ \PM denomination of coin minted under the rule
nations of Khorvaire still use this calendar. WN /ITQNIZ _PQKP [XI_VML \PM [IaQVO ¹1V
The seven days of the week, in order, are Sul, /ITQNIZ M^MV \PM JMOOIZ[ PI^M KZW_V[ º
Mol, Zol, Wir, Zor, Far, Sar. • The sovereign (SP) is made from silver,
The twelve months are named after the twelve and bears the face of a living or recent
moons that orbit the world: Z]TMZ )V ]V[SQTTML TIJWZMZ KIV M`XMK\ \W
1. Zarantyr (mid-winter) earn a sovereign for a day’s work.
2. Olarune (late winter) • The galifar /8 Q[ UILM NZWU OWTL 1\
Therendor (early spring) JMIZ[ \PM QUIOM WN /ITQNIZ 1 \PM NW]VLMZ WN
the old kingdom.
4. Eyre (mid-spring)
• The platinum dragon (PP) bears the
5. Dravago (late spring)
image of one of the dragons of legend.
6. Nymm (early summer)
With a value of one hundred sovereigns,
7. Lharvion (mid-summer) these coins are used only by the wealthiest
8. Barrakas (late summer) citizens of Khorvaire, and the average
peasant may never see such a coin.
9. Rhaan (early autumn)
There are a number of other coins in circulation,
10. Sypheros (mid-autumn)
such as the double crown of Breland or the
11. Aryth (late autumn) [QT^MZ \PZWVM WN +aZM _PQKP PI[ I ^IT]M WN Å^M
12. Vult (early winter) sovereigns. Still, all of the major nations make
use of the four basic coins described above.
King Jarot ir’Wyrnarn died on Therendor 12,
894 YK. The Day of Mourning occurred almost
M`IK\Ta I KMV\]Za TI\MZ WV 7TIZ]VM !! A3
By default, a new Eberron campaign begins on
Zarantyr 1, 998 YK.
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