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Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:07 pm
by jalapeno_dude
here's Avirber 6, one of the farthest other planets identified
I am intrigued!
On a totally unrelated note, there's been a lot of discussion of the inherent bias of Draconic-as-a-language w/r/t shrens. Are shrens and shrenhood the only example of this, or are there other examples of Draconic arbitrarily declaring some things inherently-not-awesome that just haven't come up?
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:11 pm
by Alicorn
I have nothing about this planet except its shape and name, made up for the thread. I just assume that some Elcenians have pursued astronomy and name the things they look at.
I don't have any other examples of strong inflexible connotations in Draconic.
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:12 pm
by jalapeno_dude
*now has headcanon that Draconic declares brussel sprouts to be inherently non-awesome*
Can Elcenians summon people from other planets, or is that only limited to other worlds/universes entirely?
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:41 pm
by Lambda
Kaylo yoinked Matilda from elsewhere on the planet, and I assume that whatever he did to accomplish that probably doesn't have a range limit.
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:12 pm
by Alicorn
Summoning is interworld. Calling is the intraworld version and does not have a range limit.
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:25 pm
by DanielH
I know that worlds can catch ialdae. However, there's another sentient being in Elcenia which cannot be said to be in any specific location. If the reservoir caught ialdae, how would that show up on the map?
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:00 pm
by Alicorn
The reservoir is more nowhere than everywhere.
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:53 am
by Bluelantern
jalapeno_dude wrote:*now has headcanon that Draconic declares brussel sprouts to be inherently non-awesome*
I was background assuming that Draconic is speciest
in favor of Dragons themselves as relation to everyone else? I mean, there is the whole tons of magic and everything, but the praise to dragons is just inherently strong.
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:57 am
by DanielH
You mean that Draconic was especially pro-Dragon? Yeah, I considered that too. It seems plausible, but it’s hard to be sure. There are enough words that don’t end in -aki that could apply to all the other species.
I’m curious about linguistic evolution in Elcenia; it seems like all the languages would be strongly influenced by Draconic even if nobody else can speak it. Loan words like “shren” should be all over the place, for example.
Re: Elcenia Spoilers
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:01 am
by Alicorn
Yes, there are plenty of Draconic loanwords. Most of the languages' words for the world are derived from Draconic "Elcenia", for instance.