Valour and Victory

  Rank Structure of the Garda

  Commissioned Ranks (ascending order) : Juvenis (First Year (Staticum) Officer Trainee : Senis (Second Year (Staticum) Officer Trainee : Coronet (or Second Leftenant) : Leftenant (Lt) : Captain (Capt) : Major (Maj) : Colonel : Major-General : General (Gen) : Field Marshall (FM)

  Non-commissioned Ranks (ascending order) : Infantryman/woman – Trooper : Cavalry) : Corporal : Sergeant (Sgt) : Sergeant Major (WO2) : Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM)

  The Canonical Day of the Order of the Grey Nuns

  Canonical candle-marks are divisions of time, developed by the Christian Church on Earth, serving as increments between the prescribed prayers of the daily round. Canonical candle-marks may also be called Offices. The Divine Office is the official set of daily prayers prescribed by the Church to be recited at the canonical candle-marks by religious orders. It is also called the Liturgy of the Candle-marks and consists primarily of psalms, supplemented by hymns and readings.

  Within the order of Grey Nuns the sisters worship three major candle-marks and four minor candle-marks.

  Major – The Officium Lectionis (Office of Leadings), also called Matins: Major – Lauds (Early Morning Prayer): Minor – Terce (Mid Morning Prayer): Minor – Sext (Midday Prayer): Minor – Noce (Mid Afternoon Prayer): Major – Vespers (Evening Prayer): Minor – Compline (Night Prayer)

  The Year

  First Month of Summer – Dunrhed : Second Month of Summer - Vadrhed : Third Month of Summer - Lokrhed : Fourth Month of Summer - Sanrhed : Fifth Month of Summer - Rakrhed : First Month of Winter – Dunthed : Second Month of Winter - Vadthed : Third Month of Winter - Lokthed : Fourth Month of Winter - Santhed : Fifth Month of Winter - Rakthed

  A Rybakian year is ten months long. There are only two seasons, summer and winter. The year begins with Dunrhed, the first month of summer because tradition states that this was the month of landing. There are four weeks, each ten days long, in a Rybakian month. A week is called a tenday.

  The Rybakian Day

  Midnight Bell - First Nightbell - Second Nightbell- Third Nightbell - Fourth Nightbell – Dawn Bell - First Bell - Second Bell - Third Bell - Fourth Bell – Noon Bell – Sixth Bell- Seventh Bell – Eighth Bell – Ninth Bell – Eve Bell – Eleventh Bell – Twelfth Bell – Thirteenth Bell – Fourteenth Bell – Midnight Bell

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  Table of Contents

  Prologue

  Chapter 1 - First Month of Summer AL 608 - Dunrhed

  Chapter 2 - Second Month of Summer AL 608 - Vadrhed

  Chapter 3 - Third Month of Summer AL 608 - Lokrhed

  Chapter 4 - Fourth Month of Summer AL 608 - Sanrhed

  Chapter 5 - Fifth Month of Summer AL 608 - Rakrhed

  Chapter 6 - First Month of Winter AL 608 - Dunthed

  Chapter 7 - Second Month of Winter AL 608 - Vadthed

  Chapter 8 - Third Month of Winter AL 608 - Lokthed

  Chapter 9 - Fourth Month of Winter AL 608 - Santhed

  Chapter 10 - Fifth Month of Winter AL 608 - Rakthed

  Chapter 11 - Second Month of Summer AL 609 - Vadrhed

  Chapter 12 - Postludes

  REUNION - A Short Story

  Characters

  Glossary

  Appendices