Memories of Connor's Adventures

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Monday, 29 June 2020

Linguistic Archaeology: Rockhome Dwarven

Dwarf                     English
Ats                          Axe
Bahr                        Sun
Bal                           Tan
Barr                        Yellow/Blonde
Belf                         Noisy
Bif                           Nimble
Blys                        Blood/Red
Bof                         Stout/Husky
Bol                           Crater/Hole
Bomb                      Huge/Fat
Buhr                        Fire
Buhrad                   Gold
Dal                           Valley
Dar                           War-chief/Sergeant
Den                          Stone/Rock
Dor                          Impressive/Wondrous
Dorf                        Slow/Ponderous
Dotar                      Parent/Family head
Dul                          Low/Deep
Dulgardar             Governor/Mayor
Dwal                      Hill/Hillock
Dwarf                    Dwarf
Eft                          Top/Mountain-top
Est                         Eye
Eve                        High
Evedar                  Captain
Evedotar              Clan head
Far                         Wrecker/Ruiner
Fil                          Dusk
Fotar                    Father
Ful                        West/Western
Gar                       Home
Gardar                 King
Garr                      Safe
Gil                         Noon
Glo                       Big
Gon                      Bigger
Gor                       Biggest
Ghyr                     Solid/Sound/Thick
Hra                       Green
Hrak                    Chain/Shackles
Hraken               Convict/Prisoner
Hrap                    Frog
Hrodar                Games/Competition
Hrokar                Dangerous/Treacherous/Shifting
Hruk                    Granite
Hrum                   Sloping/Slanted
Hur                      Cave
Hurgon               Cavern
Hwyr                   Bellows/the wind
Jhyr                     Orange Colour
Kagyar                Immortal patron of dwarves
Karats                 Great-axe/Battle Axe
Karodar              Battle/War
Karr                      Death/Name of Immortal Thanatos
Ker                        Tooth/Fang
Klint                     Shining/Flashing/Fiery
Klist                     Sparkling/Flashing/Icy
Kon                      Dawn
Kor                       Gray
Kres                     Teeth/Fangs
Krey                     Speaker/Senator
Kroten                 Slung/Worn on back
Kuld                     North/Northern
Kur                       Black
Larodar               Wandering/Meandering
Larodin                Minister
Lhyn                     Straight/Flat/Linear
Lhyr                       Smooth
Lin                         Moon/Month
Mak                      Broken/Ruined
Motar                   Mother
Mor                       Pond
Mur                       Lake
Na                         Cutting with an edge
Nar                        Cut/Incision/Wound
No                         Clever/Sharp mind
Nor                        Cut/Damaged
Norden                 Jagged/Notched
Or                          Gravel
Puhn                     Hammer
Pyr                        Purple
Rad                       Iron
Radas                   Marble
Rak                        Citadel/Castle/Fortress
Rasdar                  General (noun)
Rast                       Mountain
Rutar                      Hand
Sann                       East/Eastern
Sar                          South/Southern
Sarkrey                  Ambassador
Shyld                      Shield
Skyr                        Forge/Smithy
Smag                     Smoke/Smokey
Stahl                      Blue (Specific)
Styr                        Blue (in general)
Syhar                     Moon
Syr                          Silver/White
Syth                        Quiet
Tar                          Beard
Thor                       Variant of Tor
Thra                       Glassy-Smooth/Mannered personality
Thro                       Oily smooth/coniving personality
Tor                          Strong/Enduring/Hard/Hardened
Tordar                   Nobleman
Toren                     Worker
Torrad                    Steel/Hardened Iron
Warf                       From/Born from/Made of
Whar                      Pitiless
Wyr                        Empty/Hollow/Hungry


Popularity of Use
A        %        E         %          I         %          O           %           U           %
52      47%    14      12%      7        6%       32         29%       13         11%

B        %        C         %          D         %          F           %           G           %
11      10%    0         0%        26      23%      11         10%      12         10%

H        %        J         %          K         %          L           %           M           %
25      22%    1         <1%     21        19%     22         20%      5            4%

N        %        P         %          Q         %          R           %           S           %
15      13%    2         1%        0          0%       75        68%        20         18%

T        %        V         %          W         %          X           %           Y           %
22      20%    3         2%        6          5%        0          0%         17         15%

Z        %
0          0%

Popularity of Use
68% R:
47% A, R:
29% O, A, R: Or,
23% D, O, A, R: Rad, Dor, Dar,
22% H, D, O, A, R: Hrodar, Hra,
20% T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Torrad, Tordar, Tor, Thro, Thra, Thor, Tar,
        Larodar, Dotar, Dal,
19% K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Rak, Kor, Karr, Karodar, Hrokar, Hrak,
18% S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Stahl, Sar, Rast, Rasdar, Radas, Karats,
        Ats,
15% Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Syth, Syr, Syhar, Styr, Skyr, Shyld,
        Lhyr,
13% N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Sann, Nor, No, Nar, Na, Lhyn,
        Kon,
12% E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Sarkrey, Norden, Kroten, Krey,
         Kres, Ker, Hraken, Est, Den,
11% U, E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Rutar, Kur, Kuld, Hur, Hruk,
        Dul,
10% G, F, B, U, E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Kagyar, Hurgon,
        Ghyr, Gor, Gon, Glo, Garr, Gardar, Gar, Ful, Fotar, Far, Eft,
        Dulgardar, Dorf, Buhrad, Buhr, Bol, Bof, Blys, Belf, Barr, Bal,
        Bahr,
6% I, G, F, B, U, E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Lin, Larodin, Klist,
       Klint, Gil, Fil, Bif,
5% W, I, G, F, B, U, E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Wyr, Whar,
      Warf, Hwyr, Dwarf, Dwal,
4% M, W, I, G, F, B, U, E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Smag, Mur,
      Mor, Motar, Mak, Hrum, Bomb,
2% V, M, W, I, G, F, B, U, E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Evedotar,
       Evedar, Eve,
1% P, V, M, W, I, G, F, B, U, E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Pyr,
      Puhn, Hrap,
<1% J, P, V, M, W, I, G, F, B, U, E, N, Y, S, K, T, L, H, D, O, A, R: Jhyr,
0% C, Q, X, Z


Conclusion:
Linguistic development/History of the Rockhome Dwarves:
At 29% they discover Gravel.
At 23% Iron, Impressive/Wonderous, Warchief/Sargeant.
Here we have the Wonderous/Impressive Discovery of Iron, and the first authority figure Warchief/Sargeant.

Technological Progress:
• Iron
22% The colour Green is discovered, and Games/competition.

20% Parent/family head develops as a secondary authority figure. They wander/meander, and the Dwarves find they reside in/discover a valley. Two dialects developed Thor being a variant of Tor meaning hardened/Strong/Hard. Glassy-smooth, Oily-smooth so oil and glass and assessment of personalities. Authority figure of a Nobleman, and Steel/hardened Iron discovered.

Technological Progress:
• Glass Making/Natural Glass
• Oil
• Hardened Iron/Steel-making (method: cold-folding? Of oil and/or silica into iron)

Possible Locations:
• The Valley (dal)
• The Green Valley (hra-dal)

19% something Dangerous/Trecherous/shifting is encountered. Citadel/Castle/Fortress built or encountered. Chains/shackles. Battle/war, gray, death/name of immortal thanatos.

Possible locations:
• The Gray Fortress (Kor-rak)
• The Fortress of Death/Thanatos (Rak-karr)
• The Fortress of Chains (Rak-hrak)
• The War/Battle Fortress (Karodar-rak)
• The War-Fortress of Thanatos (Karodar-rak-karr)
• The Fortress (Rak)
• The Shifting War-Fortress of Thanatos (hrokar-karodar-rak-karr)

Possible Spiritual Concepts:
• The Chains/Shackles of Death/Thanatos (hrak-karr)
• The Gray Chains of Thanatos (kor-hrak-karr)
• The War-Chains of Thanatos (karodar-hrak-karr)
• The Treacherous Chains of Thanatos (hrokar-hrak-karr)
• Thanatos Worship (Karr)

18% the first Axe is forged. Great-Axe/Battle Axe. Linguistic development of Noun (General), discovery of Marble (stone type).

Possible Locations:
• The Mountain (rast)
• The Gray Mountain (kor-rast)

15% Smooth, Blue, Moon, Quiet, Smithy, Shield-making
Blue Moon Smithy develops Shield-making.

13% Dawn, East (Isle of Dawn? Dawn/sunrise to the east), Straight/flat, cut, damaged, cut with edge, clever (knife?)

12% jagged, stone, eye, Ambassador, Prisoner, teeth/fangs, (something) worn on back, Speaker/Senator.

11% hand, northern, Black, deep, granite, cave

Group/Individual name:
• Black-Hand (kur-rutar)
• Granite-hand (hruk-rutar)
Locations:
• Deep Cave (dul-hur)
• North Cave (kuld-hur)

10% Cavern, Kagyar, Mountain-top, Slow, Governor, Father, Wrecker, West, Safe, thick, Big, Bigger, Biggest, Home, King, Gold, Fire, Crater/hole, Noisy, Sun, Tan, Blond, Red,
Significant linguistic development, Kagyar Worship (immortal of Dwarves).
Political Authority: King
Gold Discovered.
Blood-Red Granite.
Asteroid Descriptors: Big Crater, Bigger Fire, Biggest Cavern, Noisy, Sun-tan. The noisy mountain-top and biggest fire forming the great crater are seen in the West. Is this a previous incident forming the Broken Lands or foreeing the future?
Location:
• Home-Cavern (Gar-Hurgon/Hurgon-gar) formed West in the Broken Lands.

6% Dusk, Nimble, Noon, Month/Moon, Minister (governmental bureacracy), Sparkling/Fiery, Shining/Icy

5% Dwarf, hill, Bellows/wind, pitiless, born from, empty/hungry
Bellows invented.
Locations:
• Dwarf-hill (dwarf-dwal/dwal-dwarf)

4% Smokey, Fat (Tallow?/Smoked Fat/Bacon lard), Sloping (Detect Sloping Passage Skill developed), Lake, Mother, Pond, Ruined/Broken.

New Food:
• Smoke Fat (smag-bomb)
New Species:
• Lake-Mother (mur-motar)


2% High, Captain, Clan-head

1% hammer, Purple, Frog
Hammer invented.
New Species:
• Purple Frog (pyr-hrap/hrap-pyr?)
The Purple Frog is harvested for its Dye colour (Giant Toad?).

<1% The orange colour invented.

Update: pre-BC1800
Possible locations:
• The Gray Fortress (Kor-rak)
• The Fortress of Death/Thanatos (Rak-karr)
• The Fortress of Chains (Rak-hrak)
• The War/Battle Fortress (Karodar-rak)
• The War-Fortress of Thanatos (Karodar-rak-karr)
• The Fortress (Rak)
• The Shifting War-Fortress of Thanatos (hrokar-karodar-rak-karr)

A       %         E         %         I           %          O         %          U           %
7        100%   0         0%      0         0%         4          57%       0           0%

B       %         C         %         D           %          F         %          G           %
0        0%       0        0%        3            42%     0         0%        0            0%

H       %         J         %         K           %          L         %          M           %
2        28%     0          0%      7           100%   0          0%        0          0%

N       %         P         %         Q           %          R         %          S           %
0         0%      0          0%       0          0%         7         100%    0          0%

T       %         V         %         W           %          X         %          Y           %
0         0%      0          0%       0           0%         0          0%      0            0%

Z       %
0        0%

100% A, K, R: Rak,
57% O, A, K, R: kor-rak
42% D, O, A, K, R: Karodar-rak, Karodar-rak-karr
28% H, D, O, A, K, R: hrokar-karodar-rak-karr, Rak-hrak

Most likely:
1. The Fortress (of Thanatos)
2. The Gray Fortress (of Thanatos)

Possible Spiritual Concepts
• The Chains/Shackles of Death/Thanatos (hrak-karr)
• The Gray Chains of Thanatos (kor-hrak-karr)
• The War-Chains of Thanatos (karodar-hrak-karr)
• The Treacherous Chains of Thanatos (hrokar-hrak-karr)
• Thanatos Worship (Karr)

A       %         E         %         I           %          O         %          U           %
5       100%   0          0%       0          0%        3         60%       0           0%


B       %         C         %         D           %          F         %          G           %
0        0%      0          0%       1            20%    0            0%      0           0%


H       %         J         %         K           %          L         %          M           %
4         80%   0          0%      5           100%    0          0%        0            0%


N       %         P         %         Q           %          R         %          S           %
0        0%      0           0%      0           0%        5         100%    0           0%


T       %         V         %         W           %          X         %          Y           %
0        0%       0          0%      0             0%        0         0%       0            0%


Z       %
0        0%

100% K, A, R: Karr,
80% H, K, A, R: hrak-karr,
60% O, H, K, A, R: Kor-Hrak-karr, hrokar-hrak-karr,
20% D, O, H, K, A, R: Karodar-hrak-karr,

Most likely:
1. Thanatos Worship
2. The Chains of Thanatos

Least likely:
1. The War-chains of Thanatos

Conclusion
Any Dwarf wearing shackles/chains is likely to be a worshiper of the Immortal Thanatos.

Dwarf Worshiper/cleric of Thanatos
Weapon: chain whip range: 5'+1'/level; damage: 1d6.


Notes for BC2300: The Gray Fortress of Thanatos is located in what will become Rockhome enslaving the Dwarves to his worship... the survivors of the revolt retreat from the valley to the Mountain where they begin forging Great Axes and Shields. The battle to liberate the dwarves costs many lives.

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