The Year of the Bat is the ninth in the twenty year cycle of Titan, shared across all civilised cultures and many semi-civilised ones. It is said that a person born during the Year of the Bat is predisposed towards the hours of the night, using such time to pursue very high-brow arts, such as language or sorcery. Astrologers claim that good matches for a Bat Person can be found among those born in the Years of the Snake and the Owl, whilst the worst are to be found among those born in the Years of the Ox and Goat.