Gotis
Scribe
I was thinking about how a subterranean race would note the passage of time without the skies. The idea of using music hit me a few days ago.
I could imagine ancient Dwarves banging rocks together in rhythm to time out some task. "That's 50 clacks, turn those mole burgers over!" They could from there decide that a certain number of clacks equals a quack(or whatever) In my mind though, they upgraded to singing.
Singing often helps set a pace for a task. I imagine folks singing while digging or harvesting mushrooms. "Four more verses and we'll take a break!" There might even be a Dwarf whose sole job it is to sing. Maybe he's disabled in some way, or he's a priest or whatnot.
As villages grow, so would trade, and so would the need for more accurate time keeping. Timekeeper would be a paying job. Here's where someone would invent the hourglass. Of course different Dwarf groups would have differences in their verses and clacks, but through compromise(or bullying) a standard would arise.
Basically, they'd end up in the same place as the above grounders, but would have gotten there in a different way.
I'm curious what other ideas you folks have
I could imagine ancient Dwarves banging rocks together in rhythm to time out some task. "That's 50 clacks, turn those mole burgers over!" They could from there decide that a certain number of clacks equals a quack(or whatever) In my mind though, they upgraded to singing.
Singing often helps set a pace for a task. I imagine folks singing while digging or harvesting mushrooms. "Four more verses and we'll take a break!" There might even be a Dwarf whose sole job it is to sing. Maybe he's disabled in some way, or he's a priest or whatnot.
As villages grow, so would trade, and so would the need for more accurate time keeping. Timekeeper would be a paying job. Here's where someone would invent the hourglass. Of course different Dwarf groups would have differences in their verses and clacks, but through compromise(or bullying) a standard would arise.
Basically, they'd end up in the same place as the above grounders, but would have gotten there in a different way.
I'm curious what other ideas you folks have