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Sanctuary

2009-09-23T01:58:42Z

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[[Image:Sanctuary World Map.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[World Map]] of Sanctuary.]]'''Sanctuary''' is the name of the [[physical realm]] of man in the Diablo Universe. It is not the only realm, but it it the world in which the [[Diablo game]]s take place.

==Magic in Sanctuary==
Sanctuary is located on the [[Physical plane]] of the fabric of reality, and intermingling with this is the [[Etheral plane]], as some explain it; located "under" the plane of reality. Certain strong-willed individuals are able to harness the spiritual essence of themselves (called "[[Mana]]") and use it to channel power from the Etheral realm, creating magical effects in the physical one. Read more in the Magic article:
* '''[[Magic]] in Sanctuary'''

==Sanctuary Languages==
As most fantasy worlds, Sanctuary consists of cultures that shares different social traits. For now, the only thing that is known about these is that there is a mutual understanding of languages between the continents, and whether this is due to the fact that people speak multiple languages through their culture, of if there is a "common" language that everyone shares is unknown. Players as well as [[character]]s and [[NPC]]s in the world travel to either side of the globe, and can still communicate with people.

Names are more socially inspired though, and country names such as "[[Westmarch]]", and town names such as [[Tristram]], has a clear "Western" reference from our world, as does the architecture. [[Deckard Cain]] is a character name from a person of the west, while "[[Abd al-Hazir]]" is the name of a character from the flourishing East. If everyone shares a "common" language, they still seem to retain their own cultural names.

The only known specifically mentioned language is the [[Umbaru]] people's tongue from the [[Teganze]] area of the [[Torajan]] jungles [http://www.diablowiki.net/Writings_of_Abd_al-Hazir:_Entry_no._0009].

==Sanctuary Calendar==
This is a list of known date names and numbers from the Sanctuary Calendar (really the [[Kehjistan]]i calendar), based on journals made by [[Deckard Cain]] and [[Aust|Elder Aust of Harrogath]] in the years 1265-1266, during the war with the [[Prime Evil]]s. From Cain's notes, it looks like months are about as long as our own world's, and they obviously have both their own month names as well as week day names.

It is unknown exactly how many days are in a month, how many months there are in a year (but we can make a guess at 12), how many days there are in a week, if weeks/months/years length vary (like Earth's "Leap Year") and many other details. We currently know this:

* There are at '''least''' 9 months in the Kehjistani calendar.
* There are at least 28 days in one of the months (Kathon), and 27 in another (Damhar), indicating similar month length to our own earth.
* Kathon is the ''first'' month in a year.
* Solmoneth is the second month.
* Montath is the third month.
* Ostara is the fourth month.
* Vasan is the fifth month.
* '''There is an unknown number of months between Vasan and Jerharan'''
* Jerharan is the fourth last month.
* Damhar is the third last month.
* Ratham is the second last month.
* Esunar is the ''last'' month.

These are the dates we know to exist from the journals of [[Deckard Cain|Cain]] and [[Aust]]:

* '''1265 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Montath'''
----
* '''Unknown months'''
----
* '''1265 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Jerharan'''
*** 15th
** '''Damhar'''
*** 1st
*** 12th
*** 20th
*** 27th
** '''Ratham'''
*** 1st
*** 21st
** '''Esunar'''
*** 6th
*** 18th
*** 20th
* '''1266 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Kathon'''
*** 2nd
*** 28th
** '''Solmoneth'''
*** 11th
** '''Montath'''
*** 1st
** '''Ostara'''
*** 4th
** '''Vasan'''
*** 2nd
*** 10th

==Sanctuary Time==

Time of day is given by named hours. We have five examples in [[Aust]]'s journal. Based on the other time clues in his journal entries, we can guess that the names used correspond to the hours of the same name on Earth, with the exception that Matins and Lauds, which are synonyms on Earth, appear to be different in Sanctuary:

* Lauds - sunrise
* Sext - noon
* Vespers - sunset
* Compline - midnight
* Matins - uncertain, possibly first light of morning

There may be other named hours in the day, or times might be given in forms like "An hour past Lauds" or "Halfway from Lauds to Sext".

===Sources===
Worth noting is that these two sources would be more or less compatible if it were not for the fact that Aust is talking about events in 1265 and Deckard Cain talks about 1266. As Deckard Cain's Journal is more recently released from Blizzard, it's probably safe to say that this is the "canon" lore.
* [[Journal of Elder Aust of Harrogath]]
* [[Deckard Cain's Journal]]

===Important Events===
The only reoccurring event known at this time about sanctuary is the mysterious [[Night of Souls]].

==References==
* [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0009]]
* [[Journal of Elder Aust of Harrogath]]
* [[Deckard Cain's Journal]]
* [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Manual]]

==Footnotes==
The names of the hours, like the general pattern of angelic names and a few other details of the world of Sanctuary,
bear striking similarity to elements of Judeochristian religion on Earth but do not quite match under detailed scrutiny.

{{Sanctuary navbox}}

[[Category:Sanctuary]]
[[Category:Worlds]]

Sanctuary

2009-09-23T01:49:38Z

Weregamer:

[[Image:Sanctuary World Map.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[World Map]] of Sanctuary.]]'''Sanctuary''' is the name of the [[physical realm]] of man in the Diablo Universe. It is not the only realm, but it it the world in which the [[Diablo game]]s take place.

==Magic in Sanctuary==
Sanctuary is located on the [[Physical plane]] of the fabric of reality, and intermingling with this is the [[Etheral plane]], as some explain it; located "under" the plane of reality. Certain strong-willed individuals are able to harness the spiritual essence of themselves (called "[[Mana]]") and use it to channel power from the Etheral realm, creating magical effects in the physical one. Read more in the Magic article:
* '''[[Magic]] in Sanctuary'''

==Sanctuary Languages==
As most fantasy worlds, Sanctuary consists of cultures that shares different social traits. For now, the only thing that is known about these is that there is a mutual understanding of languages between the continents, and whether this is due to the fact that people speak multiple languages through their culture, of if there is a "common" language that everyone shares is unknown. Players as well as [[character]]s and [[NPC]]s in the world travel to either side of the globe, and can still communicate with people.

Names are more socially inspired though, and country names such as "[[Westmarch]]", and town names such as [[Tristram]], has a clear "Western" reference from our world, as does the architecture. [[Deckard Cain]] is a character name from a person of the west, while "[[Abd al-Hazir]]" is the name of a character from the flourishing East. If everyone shares a "common" language, they still seem to retain their own cultural names.

The only known specifically mentioned language is the [[Umbaru]] people's tongue from the [[Teganze]] area of the [[Torajan]] jungles [http://www.diablowiki.net/Writings_of_Abd_al-Hazir:_Entry_no._0009].

==Sanctuary Calendar==
This is a list of known date names and numbers from the Sanctuary Calendar (really the [[Kehjistan]]i calendar), based on journals made by [[Deckard Cain]] and [[Aust|Elder Aust of Harrogath]] in the years 1265-1266, during the war with the [[Prime Evil]]s. From Cain's notes, it looks like months are about as long as our own world's, and they obviously have both their own month names as well as week day names.

It is unknown exactly how many days are in a month, how many months there are in a year (but we can make a guess at 12), how many days there are in a week, if weeks/months/years length vary (like Earth's "Leap Year") and many other details. We currently know this:

* There are at '''least''' 9 months in the Kehjistani calendar.
* There are at least 28 days in one of the months (Kathon), and 27 in another (Damhar), indicating similar month length to our own earth.
* Kathon is the ''first'' month in a year.
* Solmoneth is the second month.
* Montath is the third month.
* Ostara is the fourth month.
* Vasan is the fifth month.
* '''There is an unknown number of months between Vasan and Jerharan'''
* Jerharan is the fourth last month.
* Damhar is the third last month.
* Ratham is the second last month.
* Esunar is the ''last'' month.

These are the dates we know to exist from the journals of [[Deckard Cain|Cain]] and [[Aust]]:

* '''1265 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Montath'''
----
* '''Unknown months'''
----
* '''1265 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Jerharan'''
*** 15th
** '''Damhar'''
*** 1st
*** 12th
*** 20th
*** 27th
** '''Ratham'''
*** 1st
*** 21st
** '''Esunar'''
*** 6th
*** 18th
*** 20th
* '''1266 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Kathon'''
*** 2nd
*** 28th
** '''Solmoneth'''
*** 11th
** '''Montath'''
*** 1st
** '''Ostara'''
*** 4th
** '''Vasan'''
*** 2nd
*** 10th

Time of day is given by named hours. We have four examples in [[Aust]]'s journal. Based on the other time clues in his journal entries, we can guess that the four names used correspond to the four basic solar hours as follows:

* Lauds - sunrise
* Sext - noon
* Vespers - sunset
* Matins - midnight

There may be other named hours in the day, or times might be given in forms like "An hour past Lauds" or "Halfway from Lauds to Sext".

===Sources===
Worth noting is that these two sources would be more or less compatible if it were not for the fact that Aust is talking about events in 1265 and Deckard Cain talks about 1266. As Deckard Cain's Journal is more recently released from Blizzard, it's probably safe to say that this is the "canon" lore.
* [[Journal of Elder Aust of Harrogath]]
* [[Deckard Cain's Journal]]

===Important Events===
The only reoccurring event known at this time about sanctuary is the mysterious [[Night of Souls]].

==References==
* [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0009]]
* [[Journal of Elder Aust of Harrogath]]
* [[Deckard Cain's Journal]]
* [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Manual]]

==Footnotes==
The names of the hours, like the general pattern of angelic names and a few other details of the world of Sanctuary,
bear striking similarity to elements of Judeochristian religion on Earth. These four names are the exact names used by medieval Christian monks (and modern Catholic ones) for the same hours.

{{Sanctuary navbox}}

[[Category:Sanctuary]]
[[Category:Worlds]]

Sanctuary

2009-09-23T01:45:42Z

Weregamer: /* Sanctuary Calendar */

[[Image:Sanctuary World Map.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[World Map]] of Sanctuary.]]'''Sanctuary''' is the name of the [[physical realm]] of man in the Diablo Universe. It is not the only realm, but it it the world in which the [[Diablo game]]s take place.

==Magic in Sanctuary==
Sanctuary is located on the [[Physical plane]] of the fabric of reality, and intermingling with this is the [[Etheral plane]], as some explain it; located "under" the plane of reality. Certain strong-willed individuals are able to harness the spiritual essence of themselves (called "[[Mana]]") and use it to channel power from the Etheral realm, creating magical effects in the physical one. Read more in the Magic article:
* '''[[Magic]] in Sanctuary'''

==Sanctuary Languages==
As most fantasy worlds, Sanctuary consists of cultures that shares different social traits. For now, the only thing that is known about these is that there is a mutual understanding of languages between the continents, and whether this is due to the fact that people speak multiple languages through their culture, of if there is a "common" language that everyone shares is unknown. Players as well as [[character]]s and [[NPC]]s in the world travel to either side of the globe, and can still communicate with people.

Names are more socially inspired though, and country names such as "[[Westmarch]]", and town names such as [[Tristram]], has a clear "Western" reference from our world, as does the architecture. [[Deckard Cain]] is a character name from a person of the west, while "[[Abd al-Hazir]]" is the name of a character from the flourishing East. If everyone shares a "common" language, they still seem to retain their own cultural names.

The only known specifically mentioned language is the [[Umbaru]] people's tongue from the [[Teganze]] area of the [[Torajan]] jungles [http://www.diablowiki.net/Writings_of_Abd_al-Hazir:_Entry_no._0009].

==Sanctuary Calendar==
This is a list of known date names and numbers from the Sanctuary Calendar (really the [[Kehjistan]]i calendar), based on journals made by [[Deckard Cain]] and [[Aust|Elder Aust of Harrogath]] in the years 1265-1266, during the war with the [[Prime Evil]]s. From Cain's notes, it looks like months are about as long as our own world's, and they obviously have both their own month names as well as week day names.

It is unknown exactly how many days are in a month, how many months there are in a year (but we can make a guess at 12), how many days there are in a week, if weeks/months/years length vary (like Earth's "Leap Year") and many other details. We currently know this:

* There are at '''least''' 9 months in the Kehjistani calendar.
* There are at least 28 days in one of the months (Kathon), and 27 in another (Damhar), indicating similar month length to our own earth.
* Kathon is the ''first'' month in a year.
* Solmoneth is the second month.
* Montath is the third month.
* Ostara is the fourth month.
* Vasan is the fifth month.
* '''There is an unknown number of months between Vasan and Jerharan'''
* Jerharan is the fourth last month.
* Damhar is the third last month.
* Ratham is the second last month.
* Esunar is the ''last'' month.

These are the dates we know to exist from the journals of [[Deckard Cain|Cain]] and [[Aust]]:

* '''1265 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Montath'''
----
* '''Unknown months'''
----
* '''1265 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Jerharan'''
*** 15th
** '''Damhar'''
*** 1st
*** 12th
*** 20th
*** 27th
** '''Ratham'''
*** 1st
*** 21st
** '''Esunar'''
*** 6th
*** 18th
*** 20th
* '''1266 Anno Khejistani'''
** '''Kathon'''
*** 2nd
*** 28th
** '''Solmoneth'''
*** 11th
** '''Montath'''
*** 1st
** '''Ostara'''
*** 4th
** '''Vasan'''
*** 2nd
*** 10th

Time of day is given by named hours. We have four examples in [[Aust]]'s journal. Based on the other time clues in his journal entries, we can guess that the four names used correspond to the four basic solar hours as follows:

* Lauds - sunrise
* Sext - noon
* Vespers - sunset
* Matins - midnight

There may be other named hours in the day, or times might be given in forms like "An hour past Lauds" or "Halfway from Lauds to Sext".

===Sources===
Worth noting is that these two sources would be more or less compatible if it were not for the fact that Aust is talking about events in 1265 and Deckard Cain talks about 1266. As Deckard Cain's Journal is more recently released from Blizzard, it's probably safe to say that this is the "canon" lore.
* [[Journal of Elder Aust of Harrogath]]
* [[Deckard Cain's Journal]]

===Important Events===
The only reoccurring event known at this time about sanctuary is the mysterious [[Night of Souls]].

==References==
* [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0009]]
* [[Journal of Elder Aust of Harrogath]]
* [[Deckard Cain's Journal]]
* [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Manual]]

{{Sanctuary navbox}}

[[Category:Sanctuary]]
[[Category:Worlds]]