Units of time/length measurement FFXIV

kessy-and-haru:

morebarkthanbite:

faerie-apples:

its-one-dark-paradise:

Ilm = Inch
 Fulm = Foot (12 Ilms)
 Yalm = Yard/Meter (3 Fulms)
 Malm = Mile (1760 Yalms)

 Onze = Ounce
 Ponze = Pound (16 Onzes)
 Tonze = Ton (2,000 Ponze)

 Bell = Hour (1 Hour in game time = 2m 55s in real life)
 Sun = Day (24 Bells)
 Sennight = Week (8 Suns)
 Fortnight = 2 Weeks (16 Suns)
 Moon = Month (32 Suns)
 Year = Year (12 Moons)
 Epoch = 12 Years or one full Zodiac.

 Astral Era = Time when mankind builds up his civilizations. (Seem to average 1000-1500 years.)
 Umbral Era = Time when mankind tears down his civilizations. (Length of time varies greatly.)

http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=13330  (main post)
I highly recommend looking at the #5 post by Sounsyy!

(Also a thank you to Cam’nahl for finding this post for me <33)

((Hope you don’t mind my adding to this))

The order of and the days of the week are:

Firesday –> Earthsday –> Watersday –> Windsday –> Iceday –> Lightningday –> Lightsday –> Darksday

They also refer to years as seasons. Yda said something along the lines of ‘When I was twelve summers old.’ or something.

all this, seriously helpful. ❤ Thank you so much.