TheSovereignGrave

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

Nonono, animals don't have language. Period. They communicate, but it's not language and it isn't possible to communicate complex thoughts. They have an instinctual knowledge of how to communicate, but if you think about it humans do too. What do babies do? They cry. Who taught them to cry? Nobody. The thing is, humans don't need the simplistic and instinctual communications that other animals have because we have language. And language is so much better, because it can get across a vast amount of complex thoughts.

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

True, but there are just certain signs that are pretty much the same across the animal kingdom. Something growls at you, that's a bad sign. It even extend to humans, granted we don't do it much because we have our people-words but if you barge into someone's room and they growl at you you're gonna leave.

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

Old English was the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who invaded and settled in Britain in the early Dark Ages, driving the Celts out of modern-day England. They were actually from modern-day Denmark and Northern Germany. So naturally their language was quite similar to that spoken by Norsemen; it's actually more closely related to modern Icelandic than it is to modern English if I recall correctly.

And I'd have to disagree about what you say about animals communicating better. For one they can't get across as complicated a thought as humans because they don't have actual language. And while all members of a species know what certain calls mean, how widespread are most species? Nowhere nearly as widespread as human beings are across the planet. Take a bird from the West Coast of America and a related species from Europe and I can guarantee you that they won't understand each other.

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

Okay, if you can tell that this:

'Fæder ūre þū þe eart on heofonum, sī þīn nama ġehālgod. Tōbecume þīn rīċe, ġewurþe þīn willa, on eorðan swā swā on heofonum. Ūre ġedæġhwāmlīcan hlāf syle ūs tō dæġ, and forġyf ūs ūre gyltas, swā swā wē forġyfað ūrum gyltendum. And ne ġelǣd þū ūs on costnunge, ac ālȳs ūs of yfele.'
is the Lord's Prayer without being told that, then that's not normal. That's really impressive. Especially if you can pronounce all of that too.

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

It came from Proto-Indo-European (or whatever predated Proto-Germanic) one would assume. XD

And Old English is recognizable? Really? It's so different from English that it's not even funny. It's closer to Icelandic or German than it is to modern English.

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

True, but you can also say the same for Old English and modern English. Languages can develop and change really fast; it's actually pretty fascinating.

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

LadyAdanae said
The main God of Seculcia is very much alive and kicking!

That's because they worship their Queen as a God. :P

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

I can imagine so, since your first post has one being fed to a bear. XD Also, blood sacrifices of any kind aren't practiced by my people; their main God is dead after all and they believe that when they die their souls join his in the afterlife. No need for a blood sacrifice there.

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

Ilk Qala, the First Fort of the Seven Forts constructed after the war that unified Qanaxma Deniz under a single ruler. Built to keep out the barbarian rabble from HelCore, built atop the ruined carcass of one of their cities, built as a sign of the power of the Kisiler Qanaxma. Now all that remained of the centuries-old ruin were the bases and a few ruined stone walls, with the great walls of Ilk Qala rising from its ashes. And at present, cries could be heard from within the walls, coming from within a great courtyard in the center of the fort. While the Seven Forts were constructed primarily to prevent any large raids from penetrating into the interior of Qanaxma Deniz, that didn't mean all of the small raids slipped past. Instead, those unlucky enough to be caught were thrown into the dungeons in the lowest levels of Ilk Qala. Until Rustam Komandan, the Komandan of the Seven Forts, decided they had enough prisoners.

After that, they had 5 hung from the walls of the Forts. Hung improperly so that their necks did not snap, but instead left there to suffocate and die painfully gasping for air. Six more of them had been held done screaming while they were impaled upon massive wooden spikes. Then most of the remaining prisoners were tied to posts in the courtyard, and were currently screaming in pain as the soldiers garrisoning the fort used them all for target practice. Though truth be told not all the rest were to be riddled full of Kisil arrows and die gargling on their own blood. Rustam had left two alive to watch the fate of their comrades, and to relay it back to their barbarian kin in HelCore. Rustam smiled as he watched the pair flee to the southwest, wondering what exactly they would say about their experience. After all, they'd never even seen Rustam's face despite the man periodically visiting them while they were in the dungeon and telling them of the fate that awaited them. No, all they'd seen was his beautifully sculpted golden mask, made in the shape of smiling old man. He found his golden face rather ironic; Rustam himself had yet to reach his thirtieth year and as any soldier could tell you he never smiled either. Rustam briefly wondered whether the two men would even be able to make it far enough to reach their brethren before dying from the bright and scorching sun. It didn't really matter however, since the barbarians in HelCore probably wouldn't be smart enough to heed the warning and would instead continue to send men off to raid the lands of Qanaxma Deniz.

A New Age - Ancient Era NRP

This should be interesting; I think Qanaxma Deniz is the only civilization that doesn't practice actual slavery. Indentured servitude as punishment for a crime or to pay debts, sure. But actually treating people like objects doesn't happen; going to be a nasty surprise for any diplomat from a slavery-practicing nation that brings along some slaves with them.