Hidden Months

On the First Day, after the death of Aopros and the beginning of Time, Ophros was born from the memories of Aopros. Dedicated to the concept of Time and its protection, Ophros built Watchwork Tower at the end of the Clockspine of Pryiam, and then traveled to the Otherside of Pryiam to retrieve the Bronze Chroniker, Sylvieria's first timekeeping device (imbued with power over the flow of Time), from the Clockwork remains of Aopros.

Ophros mounted the Chroniker in the topmost room of Watchwork Tower. He took two of his original twelve silver eyes and created the Silpherenyes: cycloptic, impish Guardians to watch over Aopros' device. In doing so, Ophros removed a bit of Time from the normal flow of events, creating Hidden Time. The Silpherenyes, Iriph and Eraph, became the wardens of the Hidden Time, including the Hidden Months of Irist and Erast.

Irist and Erast are not encountered through the movement of Pryiam on the Starwheel, and they do not have an attendant Decaphrost warden. Time does not move through Irist and Erast, instead, it stands still within the Hidden Months. It is only through supernatural or magical means that Irist and Erast can be entered. A kind of immortality can be granted if a mortal's essence is housed in Irist or Erast.

Irist and Erast do not appear as part of the Sylvierian calendar.

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