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Saturday, 30 January 2021

Linguistic Archaeology: The Early History of Greyhawk

 Linguistic development Trends of the Greyhawk setting

R Group               %                                 A Group                    %
Gnome Names   78%                            Dwarf Names       100%
    Mountains      76%                            Olman gods           100%
Flan gods            75%                             Touv gods               81%
    Sea/Ocean       71% (+A)                    Baklunish gods      72%
Oeridian gods    66%                                  Sea/Ocean          71% (+R)
Suel gods             61%                                 Rivers                  50% (+R, L)
Human Names   57% (+O)                   Goblin Names         47% (+G)
   Rivers                 50%(+A, L)


E Group                          %                          G Group                    %
Halfling Names           100% (+O)            Orc Names             54%
Elf Names                     75% (+O)              Goblin Names       47% (+A)
Drow Noble Houses    75%
    Forest/Wood             63%


L Group                                  %                 O Group                    %
Halfings of the Flanesse  62%                Halfling Names    100% (+E)
   Rivers                               50% (+A, R)   Elf Names              75% (+E)
                                                                     Human Names      57% (+R)


Applying Linguistic Archaeology rules to all Greyhawk data thusfar we find a very different History of Greyhawk: 

The Dwarves diverging from A Group are the origin of the Gods of Hepmonaland (Olman, Touv, and Baklunish) crossing the Sea from Hepmonaland to Flanaess with the Baklunish gods and the Mountain Gnomes with their Flan gods. The R Group gnomes gives rise to the Oerdian and then Suel gods.
G Group spawns Orcs.  The Hepmonaland A Group remnant Dwarves of Hepmonaland interacts with G Group Orcs and spawns Goblins.
E Group breed with O Group spawning Halflings and then Elves. The Drow Nobility are formed at this time. The Halflings and Elves migrate to forests. The Halflings branch off as L Group becoming Halflings of Flanaess. 
R group gnomes interbreed with O Group remnant to spawn Humans.
Flanaess Halflings, R Group Gnomes and A Group Dwarves settle the Rivers of Flanaess.

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