The Common Tongue
The language of trade, diplomacy and travel. Nearly every people of the known world can speak it, even where older native languages endure.
CROWNFALLThe spoken world
Every realm keeps its own words, yet trade, war and empire carried a common tongue across the known world.
The language of trade, diplomacy and travel. Nearly every people of the known world can speak it, even where older native languages endure.
The ancient language of the elves, preserved in courtly speech, forest names and records older than human empire.
The language of the dwarven holds, shaped by lineage, craft and the memory of stone.
The imperial language of Einheart, used in the Codex, the legions and the courts of successive Varian empires.
The language of Vologrod’s clans and tsardom, carried along the Volgo River and across the eastern marshlands.
The sacred and civic language of Kemet’Ra, preserved in temple inscriptions, royal decrees and military commands.
The language of the southern sultanate, spoken across its fortress-cities, markets and desert roads.
The maritime language of Azreal, heard in imperial courts, naval commands and ports throughout the inner seas.
The language of Yashamiro’s islands, warrior houses and the court of the Shogun.
The language of Kavaran’s royal court, caravan roads and southern ports, shaped by centuries of trade between the desert and the sea.
The ancestral language of the orcs, built around bloodlines, spoken oaths and the hard commands of clan warfare.
The native language shared across Avalos, Hearthland, Cascadia, Zehlor and Westmarch. Its regional dialects differ, but every kingdom of Norland recognizes the same western tongue.