<div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/82/Hammam2.jpg)</div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Crimson Palace</strong></span></div><br/>The Crimson Palace is a Djaffir bath, one of the few in Sha’ib and generally frowned upon by the Clerics of Asaheem.  This has not stopped the bath from being quite popular with both visiting Djaffir, but local Hadaree as well.   The traditional bath starts in the relaxation room where hot air continuously flows through allowing the bather to perspire freely. Bathers may then move to an even hotter room (known as the hot room) before they wash in cold water.  After a full body wash and a massage the bathers retire to the cooling room with its spring fed pools for a period of relaxation.  Attendant are rotated through to help with bathing, massage and other delights depending on how much is paid in advance as some delights are only available from certain attendants.<br/><br/>The owners of the Crimson Palace (named after their home, The Crimson Fortress) are Necip alim-Setinok and Ajda alim-Setinok.  They are brother and sister and have made a small fortune with their bath in Sha’ib.  It is Ajda that is the brains behind the endeavor, but Necip is the face of the Bath, being unnaturally friendly and charismatic.<br/><br/>The Crimson Palace does hire entertainers and employ slaves, though no slaves are forced into attending in ways that make them uncomfortable.  They are however given a stipend of dinar if they do and many an attendant has bought their freedom from the Palace.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/4a/SacramentumG2.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center">Post Header</div><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatleft][img height=200 padding=5]&lt;insert image&gt;[/img][/floatleft][hr][b]Name:[/b]<br/>[b]Race/Culture:[/b]<br/>[b]Location:[/b] <br/>[b]Day/Time:[/b] &lt;Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Evening are fine&gt;<br/>[b]Tagged:[/b] <br/>[hr]<br/></code></pre><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Seasons and Months</strong></span></span></div><br/>The year is broken down into three major seasons: Alak Arkhet (Flood), Alak Paret (Harvest), Alak Shemu (Dry), and a short “holy” season. The major seasons consist of four months of 32 days each. Within each season, the months are called Amt (First), Baot (Second), Anshi (Third), and Tamith (Fourth). Holy season is a single 32 day month at the end of the calendar, and is called Alak Neteru (Season of the Gods) by the Faithful and Alak Suha (Season of Contemplation) by the Devoted.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Days &amp; Weeks</strong></span></span></div><br/>Each month is broken down into four weeks of seven days, plus four extra days at the beginning. The weeks are<br/>numbered using the same notation as the four months of the each season. The seven days of the week are called Yaus al-Maat (Day of Balance), Yaus al-Kemi (Day of Flour), Yaus al-Hamala (Day of Lambs), Yaus al-Sesht (Days of Scribes), Yaus al-Niwt (Days of Houses), Yaus al-Ittrou (Day of the River), and Yaus al-Nefar (Day of Freedom).<br/><br/>The first four days of each month, which always fall during the new moon, are sacred holidays, being considered<br/>very unfortunate times to do anything except pray to the gods (Faithful) or contemplate the Hamad in order<br/>to ensure one is living in accordance with Asaheem's way (Devoted). It is especially unlucky to conduct business<br/>deals, weddings, funerals, battles, or anything else of significance during this time. As a result, the four religious<br/>holidays have no name, and when citizens must refer to one of the four days, they do in general terms such as,<br/>“tomorrow” or “in two days.”<br/><br/>In order to give a specific date list the week number, the day, the month number, and the season. For instance,  Anshi Yaus al-Sesht boat Alak Paret translates literally as, “The third Day of Scribes in the second month of Harvest Season.”  Using the translation is fine.<strong>We are starting the game on: The first Day of Houses in the first month of Harvest Season</strong><br/><br/><div align="center">Calendar (http://plothook.net/tools/calendar.html)</div>