Briarland - Forest (Night)
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By the way, you've mentioned ironclad and Silver Owls a few times now. Could you tell us more about them? |
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Hm? Sorry. I appreciate you explaining it, but I'm having trouble understanding this dialect of fae... |
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"The Silver Owls are a group of ruffians mining all over Briarland as they please," he says. |
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"Every member of the Silver Owls wears iron armor, so we fae call them ironclads." |
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"They come from a foreign land and cut down our forests, lay waste to our mountains, and plunder our resources.” |
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HOW DARE THEY! |
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Father's told me about that before. |
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The Thunderclap Mountains surrounding Briar Valley were filled with valuable magestone and ore deposits. |
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"With the mountains stripped bare, the direbeasts deprived of their habitats go into villages and cause mayhem.” |
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"The fae have suffered immeasurable damage because of them.” |
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WHAT?! THE TEMERITY! |
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"Under Lilia's command, we royal guardsmen are fighting desperately to drive the Silver Owls out of our land….” |
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Grrr... This shall not stand! WE MUST DRIVE THEM OFF, POSTHASTE! |
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You keep jumpin' back and forth between stoic and angry. Make up your mind, would ya? |
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Wait, how do you even know what they're sayin'? |
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I'm not fully versed, but I have a general grasp of their language. |
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It's an older fae dialect. |
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That's language? I thought it was just a buncha growlin' and screechin'! |
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Different groups of fae speak different languages and enunciate words in different ways, but magically imbuing one's voice makes it possible to communicate regardless. |
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In modern times most people even in Briar Valley speak Common, and speakers of fae languages are somewhat rare... |
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But fae languages are proud and noble traditional languages. |
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I learned some from my mother and grandfather as a boy. |
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I've tried to learn some from Father, but...my ears could never make any linguistic sense out of it. |
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My father said the same thing. Human ears have a rather narrow hearing range compared to other animals. |
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I, on the other hand, have fae blood. Hence, I can detect minute sounds inaudible to your ears. |
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ARE YOU NOT IMPRESSED? |
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Then why are you always shoutin' like that...? |
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