Old Rhyllian/The Broken Tongue (dying language)

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Old Rhyllian/The Broken Tongue – Pronounced “rill-ee-an” – One of the languages of the Steel Realms. It is a Faelen type language. The ancient Lineages, Families, and NPCs of the Grand Duchy of Rhyl once spoke Old Rhyllian/The Broken Tongue, but no more. They do maintain older records written in the old dialect.

History of the Language

Origins

The Broken Tongue (originally “Old Rhyllian”) is a mixture of Gladnorian and Dundarian languages. Originally it was more of a dialect.The Broken Tongue is a cultural “treasure” once kept alive by the families of old rhylan.

Censored

The High King made an effort to eradicate it. It created an impediment to unifying the north and was a rallying cry for separatist groups in the Kingdoms of old rjylan. The Free army of rhyllian was wiped out by the Lich Lords, though helped buy time for The Autumn Wall to be built. The dead on the field who were risen by the Lich Lords used it to divide and confuse defenses. It became a weapon to fan the flames of strife and conflict used by ghoul and vampire agents of the Lich Lords. This led to it being outlawed and its demise. It is now called The Broken Tongue – the language used to break the unity of the north.

Spiteful Use

Though that was a failure, many powerful undying agents of the Lich Lords in the north speak it from hatred to the living. Its very speaking has been corrupted by the Frostfang winds torturing and twisting its utterances from dry undead mouths. Its use has spread to the leadership of the Lich Lord’s minions and armies. It is used to command the units of the Lich Lords armies.

Properties of the Broken Tongue

  • If the living speak it, their tongue dries and peels. Utterances of long thought tear and rip the throats of the living
  • It is a lang that speaks back when the Frostfang blows strong.
  • A writer cannot inscribe dreams in it.
  • Within it now is a unit of time for the undead that have no corresponding match in humanoid comprehension.
  • The language constructs itself in new ways the longer it is spoke without breath.
  • It reacts to being understood, not being read.
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