The Warriors

The Warriors are the second people the player meets. They live in a militaristic society, and admire the people on the next level, the Bards, for their music and art. Their most important symbol is the symbol for "Duty":

Grammar

The Warriors' language uses the SVO word order. To express plural form, an affix is added in front of the noun.

Example:

" " -> "Plural warrior like music" -> "Warriors like music"


The Warriors' language does not have pronouns, and there is no 1st or 2nd person. Instead they use nouns or adjectives describing a person to refer to them, such as "warrior", "bellman" or "impure".

Glyphs

The script of the Warriors' language is likely inspired by the runic alphabet Elder Futhark.

People Places Actions Objects Other
Bellman Fortress Carry/Posess Bottle Balance
Chosen Go/Pass Crate Big
Impure Help Instrument Death
Scientist Lay Key Duty
Warrior Make/Create Moon Fear
Protect Sun Music
Push Treasure Not
Seek/Want Trolley Plural
Wait Vessel Small
Weapon

Examples

"The Warrior carries the duty"

"Carry the little crate"

"The Chosen make music"

Untranslated:

Further reading

"Tome II: Warriors' language" on the Chants of Sennaar Wiki