(The entire room turns pitch black, and out of the darkness, two giant, menacing eyes and a massive sharp-toothed smile appear, both glowing scarlet red. A thin layer of blood begins to pool across the entire floor, warm and thick. As the face draws closer, it suddenly dissappears and the lights turn back on. You see the one and only Agate Elk hammering at a control board with his fist with an angry expression on his face before he looks up and notices everyone standing in front of him.)
Hello, everyone! Sorry about the puddle of blood, I was trying to pull off a spooky entrance but ended up failing. So how're y'all? (He begins to pull off his shoes so that he can wring out his now blood-soaked socks.)
Hey, what the heck, man!? (Tarasque's feet are halfway covered in blood)
Sorry Tarasque!
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Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
(The entire room turns pitch black, and out of the darkness, two giant, menacing eyes and a massive sharp-toothed smile appear, both glowing scarlet red. A thin layer of blood begins to pool across the entire floor, warm and thick. As the face draws closer, it suddenly dissappears and the lights turn back on. You see the one and only Agate Elk hammering at a control board with his fist with an angry expression on his face before he looks up and notices everyone standing in front of him.)
Hello, everyone! Sorry about the puddle of blood, I was trying to pull off a spooky entrance but ended up failing. So how're y'all? (He begins to pull off his shoes so that he can wring out his now blood-soaked socks.)
Hey, what the heck, man!? (Tarasque's feet are halfway covered in blood)
In the world of Zionderia, Dwarves were created by the second Elohim child, Grodnel, the Duke of the Earth. Grodnel made the foundations and lands of the planet Zionderia, and he raised the great mountains as earth to point heavenward, as reminders of the Heavens and the Creator from which the Elohim had been born of. Grodnel's earthen landscape was placed in his eldest sibling's (Ephonel, Lady of the Sky) atmosphere of air, a cloudland that was called Oculis, the Realm of Sight. Grodnel's land held great valleys and craters, that of which the 3rd child, Oqualnel, Mistress of the Sea, filled the water and created the oceans, seas, lakes, and every body of water for the planet. These first 3 Elohim made the base of the planet to be.
Focusing on Grodnel, he was limited in his creativity, and for the longest time, wandered the surface of these empty lands, only thinking of mountains and valleys to form and carve. That was until Grodnel was given a wife, Acionel, Dutchess of Acid, to carve under his land caves and caverns, tunnels and all other subterranean passages. They together as a couple formed the underground realm, which became known as Gadol Cavernus (literally Giant Cavern), the Realm of Earth. Together they bore a child, the first grandchild Elohim. He was born in a full suit of armor, and called Metonel, the Son of Metal. He filled the earth with precious metals and stones, and created all valuable ore and jewels. The family of Elohim. Grodnnel, Acionel, and Metonel, each made a species of Dwarf, starting with Grodnel's Mountain Dwarves, melders of Earth and bearers of his power to protect and guard, the first Earth Chosen. Acionel made her Cavern Dwarves, capable of using corrosive acid to wear away and carve rawly the world around, and more war like, these Dwarves are the Acid Chosen. Finally, Metonel made the Hill Dwarves, inventors and crafters of the greatest kind, smiths and metal benders that could make the greatest of equipment, the Metal Chosen they were. That is the origin of the Dwarves, representers of three of the 13 elements of Zionderia.
Language History
It is said all Men spoke the same language when they first were born. From Elves to Dwarves to Manctopi, and even when the Humans came later, they too spoke it. It has been rumored it was a language of the heavens, known as Celestial, taught to them by the Elohim children that created them. However, when Creator spoke over the world to prophesy, He changed the languages of the Men to not understand Celestial, and therefore not their Elohim. The Elohim too could not understand their own people, and this was another reason they hid themselves from their Men, besides their shame. And thus, the language of Common was born, created by Humans to work as they sought to do, to unite the under their rule, all the world and its creatures, to make themselves and their tongue supreme over all other Men. However, while all races learned of this language and nearly every creature can speak it, more languages unique to each creature came, derived and made their own out of the Human's Common. So was the evil use of Common made into good, supporting instead of conquering the other races of Men and creatures of Zionderia.
The Dwarves forged a new language for themselves from Common, one solid as steel, and as special as gemstones. The Dwarves have always spoken this same language since its making, never changing it, as is often their way with things. It is now known simply as Dwair'shv, or Dwarvish in the Common tongue and it's form and structure relating to the metal and jewels they use in their life to build weapons. Like smithing, they crafted their language; purifying, forging, and tempering the Common tongue to produce their own.
Common Founded
To understand the language of Dwarvish, one must first understand the language of Common, or at least it's Alphabet. The language of English in our world is a near copy of Common in Zionderia. It's Alphabet letters and pronunciations all nearly the same as our own. Dwarves took the 26 letters of the Common, and broke them down into 2 sets of 13. As the Common alphabet has 21 "consonants" and 5 "vowels", two groups of letters that split the language, Dwarvish has split the 26 letters into their own groups. 13 of the letters are Metal Letters, and the other 13 are Jewel Letters.
Dwarvish Alphebet
The Letters of language itself are written in different symbols from the Common tongue, but are still related to the letters of the Common Alphabet. The 13 Metal letters each represent one of the 13 elements, and the same goes for the 13 Jewel Letters. They are shown below.
Metal Letters. These are the letters that in dwarvish grammer for the structure of the word, and are the letters that hold up the Jewel Letters, like the metal form a sword that hold upon it Jewels. They are:
B, the Silver (ice metal) Letter
D, the Steel or Titanium (metal metal) Letter
G, the Iron or Tungsten (earth metal) Letter
J, the Adamantine or Mithral (power metal) Letter
K, the Brass or Gold (fire metal) Letter
M, the Zinc or Zirconium (forest[health] metal) Letter
N, the Copper (acid metal) Letter
Q, the Nickle (water metal) Letter
R, the Platinum (holy metal) Letter
T, the Mercury (forest[poison] metal) Letter
V, the Aluminum, Tin, or Magnesium (air metal) Letter
X, the Chardalyn (shadow metal) Letter
Z the Bronze (lightning metal) Letter
Sorry, this is taking longer than I thought, here is part of it, I will continue writing more. So sorry, I am not finished.
I have made a huge homebrew setting that I am still working on putting here in DDB. Please give me feedback, I want to know all of what I am doing wrong, and what I am doing right. The thread is a huge work in progress, so everything in it from content to layout is subject to change. Please check this forum:Welcome to Zionderia
Also I have a fun thread that explores an idea about dreams based off the movie Inception. I still need to add the link but stay tuned.
In the world of Zionderia, Dwarves were created by the second Elohim child, Grodnel, the Duke of the Earth. Grodnel made the foundations and lands of the planet Zionderia, and he raised the great mountains as earth to point heavenward, as reminders of the Heavens and the Creator from which the Elohim had been born of. Grodnel's earthen landscape was placed in his eldest sibling's (Ephonel, Lady of the Sky) atmosphere of air, a cloudland that was called Oculis, the Realm of Sight. Grodnel's land held great valleys and craters, that of which the 3rd child, Oqualnel, Mistress of the Sea, filled the water and created the oceans, seas, lakes, and every body of water for the planet. These first 3 Elohim made the base of the planet to be.
Focusing on Grodnel, he was limited in his creativity, and for the longest time, wandered the surface of these empty lands, only thinking of mountains and valleys to form and carve. That was until Grodnel was given a wife, Acionel, Dutchess of Acid, to carve under his land caves and caverns, tunnels and all other subterranean passages. They together as a couple formed the underground realm, which became known as Gadol Cavernus (literally Giant Cavern), the Realm of Earth. Together they bore a child, the first grandchild Elohim. He was born in a full suit of armor, and called Metonel, the Son of Metal. He filled the earth with precious metals and stones, and created all valuable ore and jewels. The family of Elohim. Grodnnel, Acionel, and Metonel, each made a species of Dwarf, starting with Grodnel's Mountain Dwarves, melders of Earth and bearers of his power to protect and guard, the first Earth Chosen. Acionel made her Cavern Dwarves, capable of using corrosive acid to wear away and carve rawly the world around, and more war like, these Dwarves are the Acid Chosen. Finally, Metonel made the Hill Dwarves, inventors and crafters of the greatest kind, smiths and metal benders that could make the greatest of equipment, the Metal Chosen they were. That is the origin of the Dwarves, representers of three of the 13 elements of Zionderia.
Language History
It is said all Men spoke the same language when they first were born. From Elves to Dwarves to Manctopi, and even when the Humans came later, they too spoke it. It has been rumored it was a language of the heavens, known as Celestial, taught to them by the Elohim children that created them. However, when Creator spoke over the world to prophesy, He changed the languages of the Men to not understand Celestial, and therefore not their Elohim. The Elohim too could not understand their own people, and this was another reason they hid themselves from their Men, besides their shame. And thus, the language of Common was born, created by Humans to work as they sought to do, to unite the under their rule, all the world and its creatures, to make themselves and their tongue supreme over all other Men. However, while all races learned of this language and nearly every creature can speak it, more languages unique to each creature came, derived and made their own out of the Human's Common. So was the evil use of Common made into good, supporting instead of conquering the other races of Men and creatures of Zionderia.
The Dwarves forged a new language for themselves from Common, one solid as steel, and as special as gemstones. The Dwarves have always spoken this same language since its making, never changing it, as is often their way with things. It is now known simply as Dwair'shv, or Dwarvish in the Common tongue and it's form and structure relating to the metal and jewels they use in their life to build weapons. Like smithing, they crafted their language; purifying, forging, and tempering the Common tongue to produce their own.
Common Founded
To understand the language of Dwarvish, one must first understand the language of Common, or at least it's Alphabet. The language of English in our world is a near copy of Common in Zionderia. It's Alphabet letters and pronunciations all nearly the same as our own. Dwarves took the 26 letters of the Common, and broke them down into 2 sets of 13. As the Common alphabet has 21 "consonants" and 5 "vowels", two groups of letters that split the language, Dwarvish has split the 26 letters into their own groups. 13 of the letters are Metal Letters, and the other 13 are Jewel Letters.
Dwarvish Alphebet
The Letters of language itself are written in different symbols from the Common tongue, but are still related to the letters of the Common Alphabet. The 13 Metal letters each represent one of the 13 elements, and the same goes for the 13 Jewel Letters. They are shown below.
Metal Letters. These are the letters that in dwarvish grammer for the structure of the word, and are the letters that hold up the Jewel Letters, like the metal form a sword that hold upon it Jewels. They are:
B, the Silver (ice metal) Letter
D, the Steel or Titanium (metal metal) Letter
G, the Iron or Tungsten (earth metal) Letter
J, the Adamantine or Mithral (power metal) Letter
K, the Brass or Gold (fire metal) Letter
M, the Zinc or Zirconium (forest[health] metal) Letter
N, the Copper (acid metal) Letter
Q, the Nickle (water metal) Letter
R, the Platinum (holy metal) Letter
T, the Mercury (forest[poison] metal) Letter
V, the Aluminum, Tin, or Magnesium (air metal) Letter
X, the Chardalyn (shadow metal) Letter
Z the Bronze (lightning metal) Letter
Sorry, this is taking longer than I thought, here is part of it, I will continue writing more. So sorry, I am not finished.
In the world of Zionderia, Dwarves were created by the second Elohim child, Grodnel, the Duke of the Earth. Grodnel made the foundations and lands of the planet Zionderia, and he raised the great mountains as earth to point heavenward, as reminders of the Heavens and the Creator from which the Elohim had been born of. Grodnel's earthen landscape was placed in his eldest sibling's (Ephonel, Lady of the Sky) atmosphere of air, a cloudland that was called Oculis, the Realm of Sight. Grodnel's land held great valleys and craters, that of which the 3rd child, Oqualnel, Mistress of the Sea, filled the water and created the oceans, seas, lakes, and every body of water for the planet. These first 3 Elohim made the base of the planet to be.
Focusing on Grodnel, he was limited in his creativity, and for the longest time, wandered the surface of these empty lands, only thinking of mountains and valleys to form and carve. That was until Grodnel was given a wife, Acionel, Dutchess of Acid, to carve under his land caves and caverns, tunnels and all other subterranean passages. They together as a couple formed the underground realm, which became known as Gadol Cavernus (literally Giant Cavern), the Realm of Earth. Together they bore a child, the first grandchild Elohim. He was born in a full suit of armor, and called Metonel, the Son of Metal. He filled the earth with precious metals and stones, and created all valuable ore and jewels. The family of Elohim. Grodnnel, Acionel, and Metonel, each made a species of Dwarf, starting with Grodnel's Mountain Dwarves, melders of Earth and bearers of his power to protect and guard, the first Earth Chosen. Acionel made her Cavern Dwarves, capable of using corrosive acid to wear away and carve rawly the world around, and more war like, these Dwarves are the Acid Chosen. Finally, Metonel made the Hill Dwarves, inventors and crafters of the greatest kind, smiths and metal benders that could make the greatest of equipment, the Metal Chosen they were. That is the origin of the Dwarves, representers of three of the 13 elements of Zionderia.
Language History
It is said all Men spoke the same language when they first were born. From Elves to Dwarves to Manctopi, and even when the Humans came later, they too spoke it. It has been rumored it was a language of the heavens, known as Celestial, taught to them by the Elohim children that created them. However, when Creator spoke over the world to prophesy, He changed the languages of the Men to not understand Celestial, and therefore not their Elohim. The Elohim too could not understand their own people, and this was another reason they hid themselves from their Men, besides their shame. And thus, the language of Common was born, created by Humans to work as they sought to do, to unite the under their rule, all the world and its creatures, to make themselves and their tongue supreme over all other Men. However, while all races learned of this language and nearly every creature can speak it, more languages unique to each creature came, derived and made their own out of the Human's Common. So was the evil use of Common made into good, supporting instead of conquering the other races of Men and creatures of Zionderia.
The Dwarves forged a new language for themselves from Common, one solid as steel, and as special as gemstones. The Dwarves have always spoken this same language since its making, never changing it, as is often their way with things. It is now known simply as Dwair'shv, or Dwarvish in the Common tongue and it's form and structure relating to the metal and jewels they use in their life to build weapons. Like smithing, they crafted their language; purifying, forging, and tempering the Common tongue to produce their own.
Common Founded
To understand the language of Dwarvish, one must first understand the language of Common, or at least it's Alphabet. The language of English in our world is a near copy of Common in Zionderia. It's Alphabet letters and pronunciations all nearly the same as our own. Dwarves took the 26 letters of the Common, and broke them down into 2 sets of 13. As the Common alphabet has 21 "consonants" and 5 "vowels", two groups of letters that split the language, Dwarvish has split the 26 letters into their own groups. 13 of the letters are Metal Letters, and the other 13 are Jewel Letters.
Dwarvish Alphebet
The Letters of language itself are written in different symbols from the Common tongue, but are still related to the letters of the Common Alphabet. The 13 Metal letters each represent one of the 13 elements, and the same goes for the 13 Jewel Letters. They are shown below.
Metal Letters. These are the letters that in dwarvish grammer for the structure of the word, and are the letters that hold up the Jewel Letters, like the metal form a sword that hold upon it Jewels. They are:
B, the Silver (ice metal) Letter
D, the Steel or Titanium (metal metal) Letter
G, the Iron or Tungsten (earth metal) Letter
J, the Adamantine or Mithral (power metal) Letter
K, the Brass or Gold (fire metal) Letter
M, the Zinc or Zirconium (forest[health] metal) Letter
N, the Copper (acid metal) Letter
Q, the Nickle (water metal) Letter
R, the Platinum (holy metal) Letter
T, the Mercury (forest[poison] metal) Letter
V, the Aluminum, Tin, or Magnesium (air metal) Letter
X, the Chardalyn (shadow metal) Letter
Z the Bronze (lightning metal) Letter
Sorry, this is taking longer than I thought, here is part of it, I will continue writing more. So sorry, I am not finished.
Wow, that's some amazin' lore.
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Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
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The Letters of language itself are written in different symbols from the Common tongue, but are still related to the letters of the Common Alphabet. The 13 Metal letters each represent one of the 13 elements, and the same goes for the 13 Jewel Letters. They are shown below.
Metal Letters. These are the letters that in dwarvish grammer are for the structure of the word, and are the letters that hold up the Jewel Letters, like the metal form a sword that hold upon it Jewels. See first post (HERE)
Jewel Letters. These are the letters that in dwarvish grammer are for the elaboration and "explanation" of the word, and are the letters that "decorate" the Metal Letters, like the jewels upon a metal sword. Note the letters here will always defer to making the short vowel or main sound of the letter. y says ye, a says ah so on. c is a special case, it is usually transformed into k or s, but when appears in a dwarvish word, it makes the ch sound, representing the c and h that were next to each other when the word was translated, see further below for more on translation.
Another note, the associated gems have not bee picked yet, i have a list of gems that apply to each element, but it is hard to pick one of those to represent it, I haven't got there yet.
a, the Acid Jewel Letter
c, the Fire Jewel Letter
e, the Metal Jewel Letter
f, the Holy Jewel) Letter
h, the Power Jewel Letter
i, the Forest[Poison] Jewel Letter
l, the Forest[Health] Jewel Letter
o, the Water Jewel Letter
p, the Ice Jewel Letter
s, the Lightning Jewel Letter
u, the Air Jewel Letter
w, the Rock Jewel Letter
y, the Shadow Jewel Letter
All these letters, both metal and jewel, are assigned elemental meaning, and each elemental meaning symbolizes something in Zionderia that you would have to read to find out. It is another topic that enhances the knowledge of this one.
Translate Dwarvish to/from Common (finally, this is probably the part you have been waiting for lol)
The best way to explain Dwarvish is to start by translating Common words to their language using the following process. The Dwarves have named these steps affectionately after the process they make weapons.
Purify. First take your Common word and take out every letter that is a Jewel Letter, they are listed above. Then capitalize and identify the number of Metal Letters that are left as either odd or even.
Forge. Replace the Jewel Letters in the word, but their placement changes based on the number of Metal Letters there were.
If an even number of Metal Letters exist in the word, split the number of them in to two, and place all the Jewel Letters in the order they were in the word, all next to each other between the evenly split letters. You should have the first half of your Metal Letters at the start of the word all next to each other, and the last half of the Metal Letters at the end of the word all next to each other.
If an odd number of Metal Letters exist in the word, find the middle most of them, and move half of the Jewel Letters on either side of it (if their is an Odd number of Jewel Letters, the greater half will go on the left side). Then, spread out the Jewel Letters as evenly as possible amongst the Metal Letters on both half's, leaving large numbers of Metal Letters to the ends, and large number of Jewel Letters to the middle.
Note if any of the Jewel Letters are C when placed, rewrite it as S or K based on the sound it made in to word. If it happens to be placed next to an H, and therefore make "Ch", then it is written as just C, and the H disappears.
Now you have a Dwarvish word you can speak! It's pronunciation will come with practice and some accent marks like the apostrophe are added in places that you will have to just figure out. Do not worry about mispronouncing it, even Dwarves will pronounce the word any number of ways.
3. Temper. Now rewrite every letter in the Common Alphabet as a Dwarvish letter, and your word will now be its Dwarven copy. I have not developed symbols for these yet.
To show this, I have provided a couple examples below. (I have to stop here cause I gtg) the rest is simply copy paste and unedited.
Now we know how to translate from Common to Dwarvish, how to do it reverse? This is much more difficult and takes critical thinking and problem solving through experience and the process of elimination. Essentially you want to the process backwards, but I will elaborate here.
1. Look for instaces of the letter C being changed to S or K, or Ch being changed into C. If you see a C, that means it was a CH after replacement. If it is a K or S, in a weird place that doesn't follow normal placing of the letters, then it was a C. Even if it does follow it, still keep in mind it has the potential to be a C.
2. Take out all true Jewel Letters and assess the Metal Letters. This is where you really just have to be good at word scrambling, but as a general rule, every couple Jewel sounds tend to stay together, as they were in the word they came from in Common.
Dwarvish Word: Sikrle
1. The K and R would be an even number of Metal Letters, so they should be on either end of the word. However, as that is not the case, the k must actually have been a C, that would let R be the only one and there fore odd number of Metal Letters, letting the half of Jewel Letters be on either side, with the left half being bigger in this case of uneven number of Jewel Letters.
2. There is an S, so let's note it as either S or C, just in case.
3. Removing all letters with the changes we get: R, and s (or c), i, c,le
4. If we try some combinations treating S as it is, we get
• Rsicle, not a common word
• sRicle ...
• siRcle ...
• sicRle ...
• siclRe ...
• sicleR ...
None of which are common words and are therefore not right. So let's change to C and see what we get.
• Rcicle, not a common word
• cRicle ...
• ciRcle, or circle, which is a common word
• cicRle not a common word
• ciclRe ...
• cicleR ...
Only circle as an option. So Sikrle must be Circle in Common! Obviously with more Metal letters and Jewel letters this can be more complicated, with more possible combinations, correct answers and other problems. Let's try...
Dwarvish word: Rcaat'kesr
1. A C in a Dwarvish word is an obvious Ch so it is now: Rchaat'kesr
2. Again, the k is in a weird place. The K and 3 other Metal Letters would be an even number of Metal Letters, so they should all be on either ends of the word, 2 on each. However, as that is not the case, the K must actually have been a C, that would let R, T and R be the only one and therefore odd number of Metal Letters, letting the half of Jewel Letters be on either side of the middle T, with the left half being bigger in this case of uneven number of Jewel Letters. This makes it now: Rchaat'cesr.
3. There is an S, so let's note it as either S or C, just in case.
4. Removing all letters with the changes we get: R, T, R and c, h, a,a, c, e s (or c).
5. If we try some combinations with S as it is, that of which their are many, but just to name a few
• RTRchaaces,
• chRTRaaces
• chRaaTceRs
• chaRacTeRs, this is the only one that could be a word.
Only Characters is an option.
If you try S as C, you don't find anything that works.
• RTRchaacec
• chRaaTceRc
• etc.
So Rcaat'kesr must be Character in Common! Like I said it will take practice to learn it, as any language goes, but over all it is very easy to translate back and forth will a little experience, especially next to other languages like Elvish or languages in our world!
Common: What is your name?; Dwarvish: Whta is yoru name?
Common: I am very hungry; Dwarvish: I am veyr Nhgury
Common: Come at me!; Dwarvish: Kome at me!
Common: Here is a steel weapon;
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I have made a huge homebrew setting that I am still working on putting here in DDB. Please give me feedback, I want to know all of what I am doing wrong, and what I am doing right. The thread is a huge work in progress, so everything in it from content to layout is subject to change. Please check this forum:Welcome to Zionderia
Also I have a fun thread that explores an idea about dreams based off the movie Inception. I still need to add the link but stay tuned.
Thanks Tarrasque and Agate, appreciate that very much. I have a lot of stuff I want to share here on DDB, I just haven't cracked down and done that. I want feedback and pointers cause I am all alone over here with just my opinions, so anything you guys have to say is most helpful. Praise is just more than I can ask for, thanks a lot.
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I have made a huge homebrew setting that I am still working on putting here in DDB. Please give me feedback, I want to know all of what I am doing wrong, and what I am doing right. The thread is a huge work in progress, so everything in it from content to layout is subject to change. Please check this forum:Welcome to Zionderia
Also I have a fun thread that explores an idea about dreams based off the movie Inception. I still need to add the link but stay tuned.
Anybody ever just have the weight of all the [GP]ty things in life not just for you, but also for your entire generation crash down on you and make you feel even more depressed than you already are?
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Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
Thanks Tarrasque and Agate, appreciate that very much. I have a lot of stuff I want to share here on DDB, I just haven't cracked down and done that. I want feedback and pointers cause I am all alone over here with just my opinions, so anything you guys have to say is most helpful. Praise is just more than I can ask for, thanks a lot.
You're very welcome Arronlion.
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Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
Anybody ever just have the weight of all the [GP]ty things in life not just for you, but also for your entire generation crash down on you and make you feel even more depressed than you already are?
Yes, several times, it isn't a fun expierience for sure and can make you feel like life isn't worth it. Is that you at the moment, what you said (not necessarily what I said)? so sorry man. I would say more but this time I really must go.
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Hello, everyone! I'd like some help developing a character for the witch thread. His name is Dmitri (Idk his last name yet) and he's a healer. He has a softer personality and gets squeamish, but that's all I know so far. Any ideas to pad him out would be much appreciated
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Hello, everyone! I'd like some help developing a character for the witch thread. His name is Dmitri (Idk his last name yet) and he's a healer. He has a softer personality and gets squeamish, but that's all I know so far. Any ideas to pad him out would be much appreciated
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unfortunately I don't have any
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Whatever it takes Yeah, take me to the top I'm ready for whatever it takes 'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins I do what it takes
Hello, everyone! I'd like some help developing a character for the witch thread. His name is Dmitri (Idk his last name yet) and he's a healer. He has a softer personality and gets squeamish, but that's all I know so far. Any ideas to pad him out would be much appreciated
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Sorry, my fault, I am getting off now so Mr. Ramble (me) won't be in the way lol. (But i will be back one day....Mwahaha)
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Also I have a fun thread that explores an idea about dreams based off the movie Inception. I still need to add the link but stay tuned.
Anybody ever just have the weight of all the [GP]ty things in life not just for you, but also for your entire generation crash down on you and make you feel even more depressed than you already are?
Yes, several times, it isn't a fun expierience for sure and can make you feel like life isn't worth it. Is that you at the moment, what you said (not necessarily what I said)? so sorry man. I would say more but this time I really must go.
Yup, that's me right now. And you're right, in most aspects life really ain't worth it. I'm sick'n'tired of hearin' crap like "Oh, but there's so many beautiful things to see in this world!" Tfu mean, 'cause of pollution those things are significantly less beautiful, and I'll probably never get to see them anyways. Gas is expensive, and planes are even more expensive. Also, I'm tired of all the bull[GP] societal standards everyone is seemingly obligated to follow. Somebody find me a dress, I'm boutta make some people uncomfortable! An' if they try to say anythin', I'll kindly tell 'em to [GP] off.
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I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
what have I come back to?
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Whatever it takes
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes
humanity at it's peak
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I am also a eepy eeper, who likes WoF, WC, and fire.
aren't you a furry?
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Whatever it takes
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes
Sorry Tarasque!
Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
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I am also a eepy eeper, who likes WoF, WC, and fire.
Ya got a 30 x 30 foot bowl of water?
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The Language of the Dwarves
Zionderian Background and Lore
In the world of Zionderia, Dwarves were created by the second Elohim child, Grodnel, the Duke of the Earth. Grodnel made the foundations and lands of the planet Zionderia, and he raised the great mountains as earth to point heavenward, as reminders of the Heavens and the Creator from which the Elohim had been born of. Grodnel's earthen landscape was placed in his eldest sibling's (Ephonel, Lady of the Sky) atmosphere of air, a cloudland that was called Oculis, the Realm of Sight. Grodnel's land held great valleys and craters, that of which the 3rd child, Oqualnel, Mistress of the Sea, filled the water and created the oceans, seas, lakes, and every body of water for the planet. These first 3 Elohim made the base of the planet to be.
Focusing on Grodnel, he was limited in his creativity, and for the longest time, wandered the surface of these empty lands, only thinking of mountains and valleys to form and carve. That was until Grodnel was given a wife, Acionel, Dutchess of Acid, to carve under his land caves and caverns, tunnels and all other subterranean passages. They together as a couple formed the underground realm, which became known as Gadol Cavernus (literally Giant Cavern), the Realm of Earth. Together they bore a child, the first grandchild Elohim. He was born in a full suit of armor, and called Metonel, the Son of Metal. He filled the earth with precious metals and stones, and created all valuable ore and jewels. The family of Elohim. Grodnnel, Acionel, and Metonel, each made a species of Dwarf, starting with Grodnel's Mountain Dwarves, melders of Earth and bearers of his power to protect and guard, the first Earth Chosen. Acionel made her Cavern Dwarves, capable of using corrosive acid to wear away and carve rawly the world around, and more war like, these Dwarves are the Acid Chosen. Finally, Metonel made the Hill Dwarves, inventors and crafters of the greatest kind, smiths and metal benders that could make the greatest of equipment, the Metal Chosen they were. That is the origin of the Dwarves, representers of three of the 13 elements of Zionderia.
Language History
It is said all Men spoke the same language when they first were born. From Elves to Dwarves to Manctopi, and even when the Humans came later, they too spoke it. It has been rumored it was a language of the heavens, known as Celestial, taught to them by the Elohim children that created them. However, when Creator spoke over the world to prophesy, He changed the languages of the Men to not understand Celestial, and therefore not their Elohim. The Elohim too could not understand their own people, and this was another reason they hid themselves from their Men, besides their shame. And thus, the language of Common was born, created by Humans to work as they sought to do, to unite the under their rule, all the world and its creatures, to make themselves and their tongue supreme over all other Men. However, while all races learned of this language and nearly every creature can speak it, more languages unique to each creature came, derived and made their own out of the Human's Common. So was the evil use of Common made into good, supporting instead of conquering the other races of Men and creatures of Zionderia.
The Dwarves forged a new language for themselves from Common, one solid as steel, and as special as gemstones. The Dwarves have always spoken this same language since its making, never changing it, as is often their way with things. It is now known simply as Dwair'shv, or Dwarvish in the Common tongue and it's form and structure relating to the metal and jewels they use in their life to build weapons. Like smithing, they crafted their language; purifying, forging, and tempering the Common tongue to produce their own.
Common Founded
To understand the language of Dwarvish, one must first understand the language of Common, or at least it's Alphabet. The language of English in our world is a near copy of Common in Zionderia. It's Alphabet letters and pronunciations all nearly the same as our own. Dwarves took the 26 letters of the Common, and broke them down into 2 sets of 13. As the Common alphabet has 21 "consonants" and 5 "vowels", two groups of letters that split the language, Dwarvish has split the 26 letters into their own groups. 13 of the letters are Metal Letters, and the other 13 are Jewel Letters.
Dwarvish Alphebet
The Letters of language itself are written in different symbols from the Common tongue, but are still related to the letters of the Common Alphabet. The 13 Metal letters each represent one of the 13 elements, and the same goes for the 13 Jewel Letters. They are shown below.
Metal Letters. These are the letters that in dwarvish grammer for the structure of the word, and are the letters that hold up the Jewel Letters, like the metal form a sword that hold upon it Jewels. They are:
Sorry, this is taking longer than I thought, here is part of it, I will continue writing more. So sorry, I am not finished.
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holy. epic
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I am also a eepy eeper, who likes WoF, WC, and fire.
Wow, that's some amazin' lore.
Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
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Hello, everyone! I'd like some help developing a character for the witch thread.
His name is Dmitri (Idk his last name yet) and he's a healer. He has a softer personality and gets squeamish, but that's all I know so far. Any ideas to pad him out would be much appreciated
I'm fry, and I make doodles. That's why they call me FRY DOODLES. Also no pressure but check out my YouTube channel (Fry Doodles)
I'm a disabled, neurodivergent, artsy dumpster fire who's always open to chat.
I'm a sensitive little sad bean, and somewhat of a clown. But, I'm also god's favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world.
Crafter of Constellations, vocaloid enjoyer, waluigi’s #1 fan, space alien, princess-of-quite-a-lot, and certified silly goose
The Language of the Dwarves (continued)
Dwarvish Alphebet (continued)
The Letters of language itself are written in different symbols from the Common tongue, but are still related to the letters of the Common Alphabet. The 13 Metal letters each represent one of the 13 elements, and the same goes for the 13 Jewel Letters. They are shown below.
Metal Letters. These are the letters that in dwarvish grammer are for the structure of the word, and are the letters that hold up the Jewel Letters, like the metal form a sword that hold upon it Jewels. See first post (HERE)
Jewel Letters. These are the letters that in dwarvish grammer are for the elaboration and "explanation" of the word, and are the letters that "decorate" the Metal Letters, like the jewels upon a metal sword. Note the letters here will always defer to making the short vowel or main sound of the letter. y says ye, a says ah so on. c is a special case, it is usually transformed into k or s, but when appears in a dwarvish word, it makes the ch sound, representing the c and h that were next to each other when the word was translated, see further below for more on translation.
Another note, the associated gems have not bee picked yet, i have a list of gems that apply to each element, but it is hard to pick one of those to represent it, I haven't got there yet.
All these letters, both metal and jewel, are assigned elemental meaning, and each elemental meaning symbolizes something in Zionderia that you would have to read to find out. It is another topic that enhances the knowledge of this one.
Translate Dwarvish to/from Common (finally, this is probably the part you have been waiting for lol)
The best way to explain Dwarvish is to start by translating Common words to their language using the following process. The Dwarves have named these steps affectionately after the process they make weapons.
Note if any of the Jewel Letters are C when placed, rewrite it as S or K based on the sound it made in to word. If it happens to be placed next to an H, and therefore make "Ch", then it is written as just C, and the H disappears.
Now you have a Dwarvish word you can speak! It's pronunciation will come with practice and some accent marks like the apostrophe are added in places that you will have to just figure out. Do not worry about mispronouncing it, even Dwarves will pronounce the word any number of ways.
3. Temper. Now rewrite every letter in the Common Alphabet as a Dwarvish letter, and your word will now be its Dwarven copy. I have not developed symbols for these yet.
To show this, I have provided a couple examples below. (I have to stop here cause I gtg) the rest is simply copy paste and unedited.
Common Word: Characters
1. Purify. chaRacTeRs -> R,T,R (taking our c,h,a,a,c,e,s)
2. Forge. RchaaTcesR-> R(c)aaT(k)esR-> Rcaat'kesr (pronounced r(ch)ot' kesr)
3. Temper.
Dwarvish Word: Rcaat'kesr
Common Word: Circle
1. Purify. ciRcle -> R (taking our c,i c,l,e)
2. Forge. cicRle-> (s)i(k)Rle-> Sikrle (pronounced sik'rl)
3. Temper.
Dwarvish Word: Sikrle
Now we know how to translate from Common to Dwarvish, how to do it reverse? This is much more difficult and takes critical thinking and problem solving through experience and the process of elimination. Essentially you want to the process backwards, but I will elaborate here.
1. Look for instaces of the letter C being changed to S or K, or Ch being changed into C. If you see a C, that means it was a CH after replacement. If it is a K or S, in a weird place that doesn't follow normal placing of the letters, then it was a C. Even if it does follow it, still keep in mind it has the potential to be a C.
2. Take out all true Jewel Letters and assess the Metal Letters. This is where you really just have to be good at word scrambling, but as a general rule, every couple Jewel sounds tend to stay together, as they were in the word they came from in Common.
Dwarvish Word: Sikrle
1. The K and R would be an even number of Metal Letters, so they should be on either end of the word. However, as that is not the case, the k must actually have been a C, that would let R be the only one and there fore odd number of Metal Letters, letting the half of Jewel Letters be on either side, with the left half being bigger in this case of uneven number of Jewel Letters.
2. There is an S, so let's note it as either S or C, just in case.
3. Removing all letters with the changes we get: R, and s (or c), i, c,le
4. If we try some combinations treating S as it is, we get
• Rsicle, not a common word
• sRicle ...
• siRcle ...
• sicRle ...
• siclRe ...
• sicleR ...
None of which are common words and are therefore not right. So let's change to C and see what we get.
• Rcicle, not a common word
• cRicle ...
• ciRcle, or circle, which is a common word
• cicRle not a common word
• ciclRe ...
• cicleR ...
Only circle as an option. So Sikrle must be Circle in Common! Obviously with more Metal letters and Jewel letters this can be more complicated, with more possible combinations, correct answers and other problems. Let's try...
Dwarvish word: Rcaat'kesr
1. A C in a Dwarvish word is an obvious Ch so it is now: Rchaat'kesr
2. Again, the k is in a weird place. The K and 3 other Metal Letters would be an even number of Metal Letters, so they should all be on either ends of the word, 2 on each. However, as that is not the case, the K must actually have been a C, that would let R, T and R be the only one and therefore odd number of Metal Letters, letting the half of Jewel Letters be on either side of the middle T, with the left half being bigger in this case of uneven number of Jewel Letters. This makes it now: Rchaat'cesr.
3. There is an S, so let's note it as either S or C, just in case.
4. Removing all letters with the changes we get: R, T, R and c, h, a,a, c, e s (or c).
5. If we try some combinations with S as it is, that of which their are many, but just to name a few
• RTRchaaces,
• chRTRaaces
• chRaaTceRs
• chaRacTeRs, this is the only one that could be a word.
Only Characters is an option.
If you try S as C, you don't find anything that works.
• RTRchaacec
• chRaaTceRc
• etc.
So Rcaat'kesr must be Character in Common! Like I said it will take practice to learn it, as any language goes, but over all it is very easy to translate back and forth will a little experience, especially next to other languages like Elvish or languages in our world!
Pronounce almost all vowles as in short sounds.
Sample Dwarvish Words and Phrases
Common: Hello; Dwarvish: Hello (Hell'o)
Common: Greetings; Dwarvish: Gree'instg (Grē'in'stig)
Common: Welcome; Dwarvish: Welkome (wel'kom'e)
Common: What is your name?; Dwarvish: Whta is yoru name?
Common: I am very hungry; Dwarvish: I am veyr Nhgury
Common: Come at me!; Dwarvish: Kome at me!
Common: Here is a steel weapon;
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Thanks Tarrasque and Agate, appreciate that very much. I have a lot of stuff I want to share here on DDB, I just haven't cracked down and done that. I want feedback and pointers cause I am all alone over here with just my opinions, so anything you guys have to say is most helpful. Praise is just more than I can ask for, thanks a lot.
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Also I have a fun thread that explores an idea about dreams based off the movie Inception. I still need to add the link but stay tuned.
Anybody ever just have the weight of all the [GP]ty things in life not just for you, but also for your entire generation crash down on you and make you feel even more depressed than you already are?
Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
You're very welcome Arronlion.
Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
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Yes, several times, it isn't a fun expierience for sure and can make you feel like life isn't worth it. Is that you at the moment, what you said (not necessarily what I said)? so sorry man. I would say more but this time I really must go.
I have made a huge homebrew setting that I am still working on putting here in DDB. Please give me feedback, I want to know all of what I am doing wrong, and what I am doing right. The thread is a huge work in progress, so everything in it from content to layout is subject to change. Please check this forum: Welcome to Zionderia
Also I have a fun thread that explores an idea about dreams based off the movie Inception. I still need to add the link but stay tuned.
*got buried*
I'm fry, and I make doodles. That's why they call me FRY DOODLES. Also no pressure but check out my YouTube channel (Fry Doodles)
I'm a disabled, neurodivergent, artsy dumpster fire who's always open to chat.
I'm a sensitive little sad bean, and somewhat of a clown. But, I'm also god's favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world.
Crafter of Constellations, vocaloid enjoyer, waluigi’s #1 fan, space alien, princess-of-quite-a-lot, and certified silly goose
unfortunately I don't have any
they/her Always open to chat. Just send me a PM
Whatever it takes
Yeah, take me to the top
I'm ready for whatever it takes
'Cause I love the adrenaline in my veins
I do what it takes
Sorry, my fault, I am getting off now so Mr. Ramble (me) won't be in the way lol. (But i will be back one day....Mwahaha)
I have made a huge homebrew setting that I am still working on putting here in DDB. Please give me feedback, I want to know all of what I am doing wrong, and what I am doing right. The thread is a huge work in progress, so everything in it from content to layout is subject to change. Please check this forum: Welcome to Zionderia
Also I have a fun thread that explores an idea about dreams based off the movie Inception. I still need to add the link but stay tuned.
Yup, that's me right now. And you're right, in most aspects life really ain't worth it. I'm sick'n'tired of hearin' crap like "Oh, but there's so many beautiful things to see in this world!" Tfu mean, 'cause of pollution those things are significantly less beautiful, and I'll probably never get to see them anyways. Gas is expensive, and planes are even more expensive. Also, I'm tired of all the bull[GP] societal standards everyone is seemingly obligated to follow. Somebody find me a dress, I'm boutta make some people uncomfortable! An' if they try to say anythin', I'll kindly tell 'em to [GP] off.
Hi there! My name's Elk. I'm NoiSilverheart's doppelgänger. I'm a demiromantic, socially awkward Okie who may or may not be a pyromaniac. *random confetti blast*
I'm a warlock of the ArchCrone, my patron is TheFriendlyArchfey. Was Nicknamed AchatesCervus8337 by VitusW. Given the titles "Swashbuckling Scorcher", "The Unpredictable Jedi", "Burning Fury of the Ancients", and "Combustion Knight" by DrummerBoyDragonSlayer.
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