Do the different regions speak different languages? Apart from the common tongue? If so, what languages are they similar to?
Thanks for the question! I’ll turn this into a lore post. We’ve created the ancient magical language of the Elves from scratch, but the Eldrissian languages and accents aren’t something we’ve explored too heavily in (yet!).
- Admin G
L A N G U A G E S
The native language of Eldris is the ‘common tongue’.
Although there are no huge differences in language anymore in Eldris, the accents can vary. The southern people in Varthal still boast accents that are comparable to Spanish or Italian voices, the central regions are more prone to sounding English or Welsh (especially in Carn), whilst the north boast heavy voices that can be imagined as Norwegian or Swedish accents.
The ancient languge of Renorn is found in ancient tomes, temples and relics across the world. Its origins are unknown, but the Mages of the Star Tower believe it derives from humanity’s golden ages thousands of years ago. Few are truly fluent in the language, as it is technically extinct, but its influence is still visible as countries, cities and places still boast names from it.
For example:
the name Eldris literally means ‘the new land’ (el = new, dris= land)
the country Varthall means ‘the fire core’ as it used to be a hotspot for dragons and phoenixes (va = fire, thall = core)
the Netherworld’s creatures, the Nevenii, are often just called Netherspawn in the common tongue. Nevenii means ‘demon’.
(PLOT NOTE: in reality, Renorn is the language of the Elf race but the races have not been seen for thousands of years and few believe now that they actually existed at all. This will be explored in future chapters of the story.)
(NOTE: the full language of Renorn is currently 12 pages long and we think it’s a good idea if we post a few extracts up so that Mages, who are the wisest and learned of all Humans, can boast some knowledge on it.)