Runic

Runic is a language in Auria known and used by magicians. Runic was first used by the magically capable Dragons, though the creation of the language predates existence itself with the Dragons theorizing that Runic was the language of their creators, the Eldest. Runewords are seen as words of power where in each word represents a primal element or aspect of reality and uttering the word through use of magic can conjure the element of that word into reality. Runic was only discovered by Mortals following the heist carried out by Deldarach Hawktalon, an Asvar who managed to steal the legendary Cosmic Lexicon from the Dragons and teach its secrets to his fellow men. The first of many lessons the Lexicon would teach would be that of the Runic language and the Runewords and how to conjure them into being.

As Runewords are incorporeal incarnations of different elements of reality, Magic is often viewed as combining these incorporeal Runic words together in specific patterns before conjuring them into reality, with more complicated spells requiring longer strands of Runic words or even multiple strands of runic words formed separately before merging them. The way the process is handled differs from person to person and culture to culture, where some utter the runewords out directly with their own voice, others simply call for the words with their hands or their mind.

Runewords can be written using the Aurian alphabet, with every runeword comprised of four letters each. Dragons use Runewords in their names to mark them as belonging to a highborn lineage, with the runeword in a name serving a high honour to whoever carries it. When Magic was weaved into the culture of the Asvars, they also took on the tradition of using Runewords in their names.

Known Words

ARCA - "Arcane"
SKEV - "Artificial"

ITAS - "Bond"

XION - "Fortify"
URAK - "Chaos"
ESIS - "Order"
CREO - "Create"
IKOS - "Creativity"
CHUL - "Curse"

EBRI - "Darkness"
ISHA - "Death"
DIVI - "Divine"
DRAK - "Dragon"

TERA - "Earth"
ELEM - "Element"

INCE - "Fire"
FEDE - "Free"

DEUS - "God"

SANA - "Heal"
OOSH - "Home"
CEUD - "Hundred"

INUS - "Iron"

DROS - "King"

AKEN - "Labour"
REUM - "Law"
ROWN - "Life"

MANC - "Make"
LUNA - "Moon"

RION - "Power"

DRYA - "Queen"

KARR - "Rage"

LONG - "Serpent"
YAUR - "Serve"
UNOZ - "Single"
MANA - "Spirit"
RAKU - "Star"
IGOS - "Strategy"
SOLA - "Sun"

ORIS - "Tree"

ATUS - "Ultimate"

AQUA - "Water"
CAEL - "Wind"