All the knowledges about Dracca's universe
Units of measurements
Islands and creatures on Dracca use the Global Dragonic Unit System (GDUS), since more than four centuries. Still, some rare places prefer their own independent system.
Weight
These units are based on crystal and mineral references, making these very accurate.
| Unit | Value (skaljas) |
Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Pollhen | 1/100th | 10mg |
| Karat | 1/5th | 200mg |
| Skalja | 1 | 1g |
| Rokail | 500 | 500g |
| Ovail | 4000 | 4kg |
| Dragail | 256000 | 256kg |
Length
Height
The height of a living element (vegetal or animal) is based on "spike". Its multiples are based on dragons members, making these easy to use units, even if they are not very accurate.
| Unit | Value (spikes) |
Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Scale | 0.125 | 1.25mm |
| Spike | 1 | 1cm |
| Claw | 8 | 8cm |
| Blade | 64 | 64cm |
| Crest or Tail |
256 | 2m 56cm |
Distance
Distance units come from the marine and aeronautics.
| Unit | Value (toises) |
Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Ghemme | 32/10000e | 3,2mm |
| Claw | 2/100e | 4cm |
| Paw | 3/50e | 12cm |
| Toise ou Brasse |
1 | 2m |
| Arpent | 16 | 32m |
| Lieue | 1024 | 2km 48m |
| Encablure | 93 | 186m |
| Mile | 926 | 1km 852m |
Time
Time units are based on the very regular movements of the stellar system.
| Unit | Value | Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Second | 1 | 1s |
| Minute | 64 seconds | 64s |
| Hour | 64 minutes | 1h 08m 16s or 4096s |
| Day | 24 hours | 1d 03h 18m 24s or 98304s |
| Octain | 8 days | 9d 2h 27m 12s or 786432s |
| Season | 25 octaines | 227d 13h 20m 00s or 19660800s |
| An | 4 seasons | 2,5years or 78643200s |
Area
Area are rarely measured, and they usually only serve to talk about the size of a clan's land, or a cave and home in general.
| Unit | Value (acre) |
Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Acre | 1 | 4m² |
| Vergée | 256 | 1024m² |
| Region | 4096 | about 1ha or 16384m² |
| Land | 16777216 | about 67km² |
Volume
Liquids
Liquids units are based on the size of a drop of melted Topaz at the surface of the planet. They are also used for gas.
| Unit | Value (drops) |
Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Drop | 1 | 1cl |
| Roquille | 3 | 3cl |
| Demiard ou Demi |
24 | 24cl |
| Chopine | 48 | 48cl |
| Pinte | 100 | 1L |
| Quade | 200 | 2L |
| Velte | 800 | 8L |
| Feuillette | 12800 | 128L |
| Dragette | 1600000 | 16m3 |
Solid
Solids are based on gems size, and are only used to measure volume of the solids.
| Unit | Value (minots) |
Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Minot | 1 | 1mm3 |
| Mine | 1024 | about 1cm3 |
| Pierret | 1048576 | about 1000cm3 |
| Roket | 1023410176 | about 1m3 |