The Sky

The sky ranges from deep purple to orange to even blue near cities close to the desert. In cities like Eclipse, which are closer to the Ice, some stars are visible in the sky. Time is gauged by the rotation of the stars, which is in a 24 hour cycle. People will generally sleep for 6-8 hours, and then be awake. Each town has its own 'time' that it typically counts as sleeping time, but you can expect markets to be open at almost any time of day, as traveling merchants are all used to different sleep schedules. It's not uncommon for some workers to have an 8-hours awake, 4-hours asleep schedule either, depending on their job.

Cities like Green Island and Dragon's Ford may abandon the 24-hour cycle altogether, instead opting for a 10 and 20 hour or a 5 and 10 hour cycle. A common work schedule in Dragon's Ford is 5-5-5: 5 hours asleep, 5 hours at work, and 5 hours for leisure. Manual labor may even do a 4-2-2-2-2 cycle: 4 hours asleep, 2 at work, 2 at rest, 2 at work, and 2 for leisure. This is due to the heat and humidity of the area, as they do not have the same augmented work temperatures that Green Island does.

Years can be measured by the moon, which is on an approximately 100 day cycle (In Earth days).