Valkyrie's Saga

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Aizspraka

Kaltic family

The name means "The crackle behind," from a Baltic root for fire crackling.

About Aizspraka

Spoken by
Trork of the Hosts
Built from
Baltic (Latvian and Lithuanian) roots, with clipped endings
Seen in game
Forge-hymns, crash-site markers, god-metal items
Script
Rarely written. The Hosts stamp god-metal with pictograms instead.
Stress
The first syllable.

Naming

People
A single clipped name + forge-deed (as in Krev Panbreaker)
Places
Noun + -viet (place) or -kalv (forge)
Compounds
Modifier first, endings dropped: dievdzelzs

Pronunciation

LettersSounds likePlain-text
ā, ē, ī, ūLong vowel, helda, e, i, u
š, ž, čsh, zh, chsh, zh, ch
ļ, ņ, ķSoft: ly, ny, kyl, n, k
dzdz as in adzedz

Use the plain-text spelling where accented letters won't display, such as in config files or some fonts.

A

Ardiev.

phrase

Go with the gods.

Farewell

Atkritējs

Atkritejs faction term

One who fell away

Used of Krev and other leavers. Not an insult, just a fact.

B

Bezdiegs

faction term

Born threadless

Gruthnar's status. A word of awe.

C

D

dieg

faction term

Thread

Rarely used: the Hosts talk about metal, not thread.

Related: filum (Vetus Ignis), fial (Cendral), þráðr (Karlmál), snáth (Bethruna), snik (Ghurzakh)

Dievdzelzs

faction term

God-metal (god + iron)

The holiest word in the language.

G

Griez

faction term

The Cut

Pronounced with a spit-like stop.

Related: Scissio (Vetus Ignis), Tall (Cendral), Skurðr (Karlmál), Gearr (Bethruna), Zhak (Ghurzakh)

J

jā

ja core word

yes

Related: ita (Vetus Ignis), òc (Cendral), já (Karlmál), tá (Bethruna), ug (Ghurzakh)

K

Kalvtēvs

Kalvtevs faction term

Forge-father, priest

Leaders of expeditions.

Kritviet

faction term

Crash site (fall-place)

Used on map markers and in expedition calls.

L

M

N

nē

ne core word

no

Related: non (Vetus Ignis), non (Cendral), nei (Karlmál), níl (Bethruna), nak (Ghurzakh)

P

pelne

faction term

Ash, slag

Also means worthless.

Related: cinis (Vetus Ignis), cendre (Cendral), aska (Karlmál), luath (Bethruna), fuzh (Ghurzakh)

S

T

Ū

U

V

Z

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