Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I had a printout of some stuff on the vahnatai language. Can anyone tell me where I can pull this off of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 http://encyclopedia.ermarian.net/index.php/Novah Is that what you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Yeah, that was the one I was thinking of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toenail Returns Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I think there's something like that in Drakefyre's Demesne. EDIT: Yeah, there is. Check Vahnatai Week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 I was looking for a particular one that Thuryl gave the adress to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 It's the same one. The Encyclopedia Ermariana just has a little bit of pretty wikification. —Alorael, who demands citation and not original research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 So it's probably different to the Novah lexicon I saw a few years ago. Is there an orignal version floating around or is it Drakey's Demesne? EDIT:Just out of curiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 It's basically the same - the one on my website is older but there are very few changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I think the only addition is some conjecture on sentence building, as well as a sample sentence. The other stuff is all Drakey's (though I think he worked with another Blades designer whose name I forgot; this may date back to the 90's). Assuming you believe in it (the vocabulary is, after all, fan-lore), it's useful for analyzing certain Vahnatai names from the series. Which served as the basis for the conjecture though, so it's not particularly informative. You will find that "Glantris" does not mean "Fountain of Sapphires" because tris means sapphire and glan means fountain, but that glan means fountain and tris sapphire because "Glantris" was chosen to translate to "Fountain of Sapphires". As far as making up Vahnatai speech (whole sentences) for a scenario, you'll find you're mostly on your own. Rather than rely on the players' ability to translate, it is advisable to indicate what you meant to say. It just wouldn't do for a player to have to look up "s'daah mat sis'pil'ghel" and conclude that their Vahnatai companion called their mother a big hippo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Quote: Originally written by Henry Anthony Wilcox:I think the only addition is some conjecture on sentence building, as well as a sample sentence. The other stuff is all Drakey's (though I think he worked with another Blades designer whose name I forgot; this may date back to the 90's). Akhronath. I'm pretty sure Akh was responsible for a substantial part if not a majority of the lexicon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Akhronath also came up with a magic language he called Soruharva, incidentally. I have always figured he had a greater vocabulary for it than the bit he published on his site, because he translated Tolkien's "Ai laurie lantar lassi surinen" poem into the language and many of the words used aren't listed. Meant to mail him some time, but never really got around to it. Anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 It was Wyrmfire, not Akhronath. EDIT: And he did about a third, I did about a third, and *i did about a third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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