Zork calendar

In the Zork series of interactive fiction computer games, created by Infocom and Activision, the Zork calendar is the system for assigning calendar dates to days in the fictional Zork timeline of the Great Underground Empire, formerly known as the Kingdom of Quendor.

Contents

1 Dating System 2 Days of the Week 3 Months of the Year 4 Holidays 5 See Also

Dating System

Years in the Zork (or "Quendorian") calendar are usually written in "GUE" (Great Underground Empire). GUE counts forward from the year 0 GUE, in which Quendor was created, but is often only used for dates after and including 770 GUE, in which Quendor was renamed "The Great Underground Empire".

Prior to the use of the term "GUE", dates after the year 0 were marked "AE" (After Entharion), referring to the year 0, in which Entharion the Wise began his reign. Years before this are marked "BE" (Before Entharion) and count backwards.

Apparently this system of dating was used even before the year 0, as people counted down towards this year, anticipating some historic event.

Days of the Week

There are seven days in the Quendorian Week:

• Sand Day
• Mud Day
• Grues Day
• Wands Day
• Birthday
• Frob Day^TR
• Starday

Months of the Year

There are twelve months in the Quendorian Year:

• Estuary
• Frobuary^TR (originally "Fidooshiary" before 817)
• Arch
• Oracle
• Mage
• Jam
• Jelly
• Augur
• Suspendur
• Ottobur
• Mumberbur
• Dismembur

Holidays

The following are holidays known to be observed, at least in the year 883 GUE.

Date (883 GUE)	Day	Holiday
01 Est	Sand	Entharion Day
03 Fro	Frob	Undergroundhog’s Day
29 Fro	Wand	Start of Leap Week (Antharia only)
11 Arc	Star	St. Balhu’s Day
03 Ora	Mud	King Wurb’s Birthday
04 Ora	Grue	St. Foobus’s Day
22 Ora	Star	Coronation Day
00 Mag	Sand	Zero Day
01 Mag	Mud	Mage Day
06 Mag	Star	Antharian Marble Pageant
31 Mag	Wand	St. Honko’s Day
04 Jel	Grue	Filfre Day
25 Jel	Grue	St. Quakko’s Day (maybe)
06 Aug	Sand	St. Bovus’ Day
04 Sus	1st Mud	Leisure Day
11 Sus	Mud	Double Fanucci Championships (Held during 1st week in autumn)
06 Ott	Frob	St. Wiskus’ Day
11 Mum	Star	Veterinarian’s Day
14 Mum	Grue	Curse Day
25 Dis	Mud	some ancient holiday

See Also

• Zork Timeline
• Zork