The Ancient Language: 6

The Rebellion of Avunravel

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Once corrupted Avunravel began teaching his powers to others and so like the Uvomelu are corrupted Somele, so he voluvomata da, corrupted them. Those who survived became known as vunbel. Vunbele live peacefully enough now amongst humans. But many Bele fear their magic. Having lived amongst vunbele myself I find they are more paranoid about magic than we are.

The Song of the Fall tells of Avunravel leading his new peoples against the Kings. He led humans to rebel against the Old Kingdom and the Somele. The Song states that these humans did so despite what Serpent taught:

Those who die heroically will return in the End Times at the same time as the First Beat returns to fight the Echo.

Chulatol varomadol da cha remele da samamadol vel U-aras, Asom da samamadol lab velomadol nul Usom vol de dadorol ras.

Ignoring such advice Avunravel attacked. He practiced necromancy, choosing the worst crime, seizing the souls of the dead from the stars themselves and forever keeping them from helping Asom. No greater evil could be imagined.

The Necromancer led his forces against the Old Kingdom in hunger. Many then proved themselves hero. (Suggesting they died.) The Serpent led the heroes into battle and together falling they drove the Necromancer away. But the Necromancer had already tainted his side, those so cursed became elves.

Avunravel ebromada da dul velol se nel Muner Derobel vul relrar. Osomedas da somedas da remele. Saladaromel eboromadol da nele remele ro velom anvaromedas doromedas da nul Avunravel osa. Lad Avunravel voluvomada da at dul velol, chulu somedas da at vunbelu.

Vocabulary

Voluvom	Verb	To corrupt
Vunbel	Noun	Corrupted Human/Elf
Varom	Verb	To Die
Remel	Noun/Adj.	Hero/Heroically
Samam	Verb	To come
U-aras	Noun	End Times
Ras	Noun	Time
Velom	Verb	To Fight
Eborom	Verb	To Lead
Velol	Noun	Army
Relrar	Noun	Hunger
Osom	Verb	To Prove
Saladaromel	Proper Noun	The Serpent
Dorom	Verb	To move

Grammar

Relative Clauses are denoted by the particle chul modified by the conjugation agreeing with the relative verb.

To indicate purpose the particle Lab is used.

Verbs are all conjugated to denote whether the action is honorable – and thus deserving of praise and eventual ascension into the stars, or a normal action. Unlike nouns there is no case for evil actions. As they say inaction can be as bad as doing harm.

Honorable/Normal	Singular	Plural
1st (I/We)	-am/-a	-amos/-as
2nd (You/You all)	-ero/-esa	-eros/-esas
3rd (He/she/it/They)	-adol/-ada	/-edas

There is no plural honorable 3rd person conjugation. Typically heroic actions are described with each hero being described separately or simply use the non heroic form.

The Ancient Language: 4

Chapter II: Legends of the World’s Creation

Verbs & Adverbs

The stories and creation of the world are long lost. Many in Remas Boral have their theories but most legends relate to the Old Kingdom and not much older.

However some “wizards/scholars” have delved deep into the records of the world and examined the old ruins of the Old Kingdom for their inscriptions and carvings.

The wizards of Remas Boral think the world didn’t exist at some point. Eventually the beat came. We call this Asom. One saying said by many is:

The beat comes before the echo.

Asom somadol da nul Usom

Colloquially people use this to indicate that causes come before effects, but wizards have guessed that the beat was what created the world. Magic often relies on, (word for rhythm), rhythm and those who have strayed use, (word for discord), discord.

In contrast the inhabitants of the Southern Islands tell a longer story about a drum beater who leads the rowers in their pace. Her creator the Sea loved her, but when she hit her drum it created an echo and the Sea thought the echo was weak and beautiful and the Sea used all its power to protect it.

Regardless it is established through the Teachings of the Serpent that all Wizards agree on that Asom created the Somele and the Somele seeing the beauty in the world created gardens, what we today call Sel.

As beautiful as the first garden.

Somada elalaron dadorol re Asel.

Vocabulary

Asom	Noun	The First Beat
Som	Verb	To Exist
Dadorol	Adj.	Similar
Elalaron	Adj.	Beautiful

Grammar

Verbs are relatively simple to learn in the Ancient Language. There is no tense or aspect, instead these are conveyed with particles. Conjugations will be described in the next section.

Particles:

Now	Da
Continuing	Cha
Finished	Ad

The fricative sound “ch” exists very rarely in the Ancient Language outside of verb tenses.

The tense and aspect are give thus:

Present		Verb		Soma	I am
Future	Now	Verb		Da soma	I will be
Past		Verb	Now	Soma da	I was
Continuous	Verb	Now	Continuing	Soma da cha	I continue to be
Finite	Verb	No	Finished	Som da at	I have been

The Ancient Language: 5

Fragments of the Song of the Fall of the Old Kingdom:

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Humans eventually emerged in the world and were taught by the Somele and learned language and how to be heroes. The Old Kingdom rose led by the best of men. The Song of the Fall of the Old Kingdom is one of the few pieces of their history.

The people of Remas Boral and all of the world believe that the Asom calls those who die heroically to be stars and when Asom finally turns to face Usom those stars will be allowed to fight at her side. The song teaches this lesson as well as the origin of the one we to this day call the Avunravel, the First Necromancer.

The Song only remains in fragments. Modern wizards and singers have attempted to restore the piece but here I will only recount the original fragments in the order wizards agree they probably were sung.

The first fragment introduces the temptations humanity faced even as Serpent and the Somele taught us language and to be heroes.

But the echo never rested, devoted to its jealousy it sent the Uvomelu to meet the humans in caves or in the dark of night. The Somele only taught language, the Uvomel taught power. The human known now as the Necromancer chose power.

Lad Usom usumomada, malnaler re dul modverol, Usom lorosomada da nulu Uvomelu re varomerdas nolo belo va vulu rasolulu ob vulu erunu erobu. Somele sol erabameras da nel asomeler. Uvomelu erabameras da nul rovul. Bel melemada vunravel somada Avunravel roluromara da nul rovul.

Vocabulary

Lad	Adverb	However
Su	exclamation	Yes
Una	exclamation	No
Sumom	Verb	To rest
Malnaler	Adj.	Certain/Sure
Modverol	Noun	Jealousy
Lorosom	verb	To send
Varom	verb	To meet
Bel	Noun	Human
Rasolul	Noun	Cave
Erun	Adj.	Dark
Erob	Noun	Night
Sol	Adj./Adverb/Noun	Alone/Only/One
Erabam	Verb	To Teach
Asomeler	Noun	Language
Rovul	Noun	Power
Melem	Verb	To know
Vunravel	Noun	Necromancer
Rolurom	Verb	To choose

Grammar

Negation of a verb: When something is “not” doing an action the verb is modified with a u- at the beginning of the verb.

To express two things together you can add the prefix An- to the beginning of the noun. To indicate one thing or another you use the particle ob between the two things.

The Ancient Language: 3

Derobelo Nol Remas Boral – Kingdoms of the Great Valley

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The first kingdom in the Remas Boral was the ancient kingdom of men before the War of the Necromancer. This was the Old Kingdom, Muner Derobel. They built many structures in the valley. Crossing the Dusom Cha Baral is a massive bridge, carved to look like to kings crossing arms. Their identity is long lost. Today it called Dele Tabele Sarasanol, Brother’s Bridge.

To the south is the Somubel Dele Rubele Lodore, so called because of two massive stone hands jutting from the Earth. The western kingdom holds their foremost port there within the ruins of the ancient buildings.

On the eastern side of the Dusom Cha Baral is the kingdom of Somalurala, named after its capitol Somubel Nala Solurala, the City on Cliffs. It is built upon the lowest step of the Ramele Badarele.

The king of Derobel Somalurala is Robel Borel and my brother. Our glorious ancestor is Nuremel Borel, the great warrior who held the cliffs as the survivors of Muner Derobel fled to safety in the Ramele Badarele.

On the western side is the Derobel Dolo Ruberemas, The Kingdom of Glorious Ruins. It’s capital city is built upon one of the great rocks left by the rampaging ice wall. As a city built upon a stone it is called El Lunvelor, the Stone Fortress.

Now I will continue with legends and sayings of the two Kingdoms.

Vocabulary

Derobel	Noun	Kingdom
Muner	Adj.	Old (Historical)
El	Noun	Stone
Lunvelor	Noun	Fortress/Castle
Somubel	Noun	City
Tabele	Noun	Brother
Sarasanol	Noun	Bridge
Rubel	Noun/Adj.	Ruin/Ruined
Lodor	Noun	Hand
Robel	Noun	King
Nuremel	Noun	Human Hero

Grammar

There are also prepositions that can be used. These are not modified but precede the noun they relate to.

Up to	So	Over	Sa
Down to	Bo	Under	Ra
From	Me	On top of	Na
Toward/to	Re	Out of	Le
Into	Ro	Inside	Va
At/Beside	De	Against	Se
Away	Osa

The particle Re is often used in comparisons as well.

 

The Ancient Language: 2

Remas Boral – Great Valley

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In the ancient tongue of the Somel the Great Valley is called Remas Boral. It exists between two mountain ranges, once the Range of Sel: Badarele Dele Sele, carved in two in ancient times.

The destruction of Badarele Dele Sele occurred long before the Old Kingdom rose in the Valley. In those days the people of the valley claim a great battle happened between Somel and Uvomel. A giant wall of ice struck the Daraele Dele Sele and carved out two new ranges, much smaller than before.

These two ranges are, Badarele Dala Solurala, the Range of Cliffs, and Ramele Badarele, the Eastern Ranges. North of the two ranges are the remains of Badarele Dele Sele, now known as Badarel Del Somel.

From the peaks of the two Badarele are steps formed from the advances and retreats of the wall of ice. As the ice finally retreated into Badarele Del Somel the melting ice still flowed into the sea. Its original name has been lost but the current kingdoms of Remas Boral call it the River Thirst: Nelraralsan.

So long has Nelraralsan flown down from the hard stone of Badarele Del Somel that it has carved a great crevasse down the middle of Remas Boral. This Crevasse is named Dusom Cha Baral, the Echoing Crevasse, after the roar of the river falling into it. Many of the wise claim that the voice of Asom can be heard from the surface of the river.

Nelraralsan falls over tall cliffs and its spray creates rainbows and so the cliff is called Solural Dala Sularusa.

Vocabulary

Somel	Noun	Stone Dwellers
Uvomel	Noun	Corrupted Stone Dweller
Boral	Noun	Valley
Usom	Proper Noun	The Echo
Ramel	Noun	East
Alasan/Ralsan	Noun	River
Badarele	Noun	Range
Badarel	Noun	Mountain
Nelrar	Noun/Adjective	Thirst
Baral	Noun	Crevasse
Dusom	Verb	To Echo
Solural	Noun	Cliff
Sularus	Noun	Rainbow

Grammar

Nelraralsan is constructed from Nelrar and Ralsan, the old word for the rivers of the world. Rivers named more recently are instead called Alasan. Since the fall of the of the Old Kingdom there are several words with older forms that are used for certain places or titles but not elsewhere.

The Ancient Language: 1

Chapter I: Locations in Remas Boral

Nouns and adjectives

Remas Asel – Great First Garden of the Stone-Dwellers

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The disc of the world. In the north is the Great Valley and in the South are the Southern Islands. Beyond the borders of the human realm are other lands uncharted by our people.

The Southern Islands are separated from the Great Valley by the Sea of Light, called Seralsan Dal Ularus. The sea crosses the entire disc and above it hovers the sun that lights the world.

Vocabulary

Remas	Adj.	Great
Asel	Noun	First Garden of the Stone Dwellers
Sel	Noun	Garden of the Stone Dwellers
Seralsan	Noun	Sea
Ularus	Noun	Light

Grammar

Nouns in the Ancient Language have gender and cases denoted by particles. There is no nominative case particle though plurals are denoted with a vowel added to the end of the word in agreement with the gender.

The only singular gender denoted in a nominative word are heroic nouns. These are preceded by either Remel or Nuremel, the titles for heroes.

Plural particles are meant to agree with the noun, typically by adding the same vowel as the particle to the end of the word.

	Stone/Heroic (el)		Nature (ral)		Non-heroic (ol/el)		Undead/Evil (ul)
Accusative	Nel	Nele	Nal	Nala	Nol	Nolo	Nul	Nulu
Genitive	Del	Dele	Dal	Dala	Dol	Dolo	Dul	Dulu
Dative	Vel	Vele	Val	Vala	Vol	Volo	Vul	Vulu

The Ancient Language: Introduction

The Ancient Language is a basic (and I’m sure incomplete and imperfect) language made for a new fantasy setting. Scenarios and setting notes for the world will be released at a later date. Look for Bridge of Brothers and other free scenarios soon!

Common Tales and Sayings of the Great Valley of Remas Asel

With Accompanying Lessons of Vocabulary and Grammar

By Renlaradel Borel Tarobel

I, Renlaradel Tarobel have traveled as far as the southernmost Islands and as North as the Badarel Del Somel. As brother to the Robel of Somalurala the greatest kingdom of the Great Valley, I have been chartered to document the language and sayings of the Great Valley. I have spent three years walking amongst the people of the Valley and recording their sayings and stories. May this work make me a Nuremel.

Here is the total of my work.