Linguistic Archaeology: The United States of America

 

That would be a serious undertaking... but we know where it is. It has a less than 2% fully literate population, religious fundamentalism, innequality, a poorly educated ruling class, and is enjoying progressive decline as the global resources that have given its middle class populace a way of life that enjoyed 29 acres per person in supporting resources on a planet at 1 acre per person (contributing to global innequality) are being increasingly redirected elsewhere, collapse would be innevitable. 

China on the other hand is as a communist state functioning at half an acre per person.

So what is the most likely point of conflict? Australia. At an Equal share of one acre per person Australia is at about the land territory share of Tasmania. That means Mainland Australia belongs to someone else.

The USA needs land and resources to continue with its Capitalism works world-view, and Australia is already in the process of being absorbed culturally and through Military alliance by the USA. It's not going to Reduce its resource burning way of life and embrace Communism. It will always need more... And the America First policy is an increasingly popular opinion amongst its Elites and fundamentalist population.

The Chinese on the other hand are Descended from Indigenous Australian females of the north west Australia, and having migrated north have likely done so repeatedly over the last sixty thousand years depleting local resources. They being the core of human migration out of Africa could argue that equality of territory and resources is obligatory in the United Nations pushing the wealthier nations into a future of unethical conflict for more than their resource share.

The only way to stop that is make a Doctorate education mandatory for every US citizen (And all the others on this planet) by directing immediatly half its defence budget to doctorate education of its military, who will then teach the rest of the population, ban religion, restrict freedoms (to life confinement to an acre, or a shipping container sized single occupancy apartment so you can enjoy living in the only city, and nationalize all corporate assets and the wealth of billionaires and hand it to SpaceX who would need to be declared the Government of Mars (under God-emperor Elon Musk) so they can commit to Mars colonization while Communism is imposed on the humans of Earth.

The Doctorate population can be rewarded with a seat for life in parliament combined with an obligation to teach others to a doctorate level.

Change needs to happen now.

P.S. If the world immediatly halts the harvesting of forest to stop ocean level rise, the USA has less than ten years of pulpable forest to provide its citizens with toilet paper. 

Linguistic Archaeology: Global Linguistic Map August 2022

 

Global Linguistic Map (August 2022)

And its as full as its going to get...

Linguistic Archaeology: Cave Pictograms (pdf)

 

Cave Pictograms (updated pdf)

Linguistic Archaeology: The Spiral

Spiral in almost every language
1. Spiral
2. spiraal
3. Spirale
4. halazuni
5. Paruyr
6. S*L (assamese)
7. Espiral (aymara)
8. Espirala
9. Sarpila
10. Spiralna
11. Zozungulira
12. Luóxuán
13. Spirala
14. Spirála
15. spairal eve
16. S*L (dogri)
17. Spiralo (esperanto)
18. papilipit
19. kierre
20. sp’irali
21. spiralig
22. Speiroeidís
23. Sarpākāra
24. Karkace
25. ʻōniʻoniʻo
26. S*J*J (hebrew)
27. kundalee
28. Kauv
29. Spirál
30. Spírall
31. gburugburu
32. Bíseach
33. Rasen
34. Suruḷiyākārada
35. vng
36. *L (konkani)
37. naseon
38. Lihevgerya (kurmanji kurdish)
39. SQA*RA* (sorani kurdish)
40. kiav vian
41. coculeatus (latin)
42. Spirāle
43. Spiralė
44. miolakolaka
45. Lingkaran
46. sarppiḷaṁ
47. Spirali
48. Porowhita
49. Sarpila
50. hkaru
51. Ispiraalii
52. SRPL (pashto)
53. MARPY* (persian)
54. Sapirala (punjabi)
55. Spirală
56. ta'amilosaga
57. S*L (sanskrit)
58. Snìomhanach
59. Spiralna
60. SRPL (sindhi)
61. sarpilākāra
62. Špirála
63. Cuḻal
64. SPIPALH (tatar)
65. Kelīyw
66. S*LZB*L (tigrinya)
67. Xirhendzevutana
68. Sarmal
69. QRPL (urdu)
70. Xoắn ốc
71. Troellog
72. spiralish
73. Ajija
74. Kuvunguza



Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
57  78%     18  24%    45   61%    12  16%       13   17%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
3      4%     6     8%      3       4%      0      0%       8    10%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
8    10%     2     2%      13  17%    50  68%         6       8%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
16   21%    36  49%     2     2%      45  61%      45   61%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
3     4%      7     9%       2      2%      3      4%       5      6%

Z       %
5     6%




Popularity of use
78% A:
68% L, A: *L (konkani),
61% S, R, I, L, A: S*L (assamese), S*L (dogri), S*L (sanskrit),
36% P, S, R, I, L, A: Spirali, Sarpila, Ispiraalii, SRPL (pashto), Sapirala (punjabi), Spirală, SRPL (sindhi), Špirála, sp’irali, Spirál, Spírall, SpiraleSarpila, Spirala, Spirála, Spiral, spiraal,
24% E, P, S, R, I, L, A: Spirāle, Spiralė, Spirale,
21% N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: Rasen, Spiralna, Spiralna,
17% K, U, N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: Sarpākāra, kierre, Karkace, sarpilākāra,
16% O, K, U, N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: ʻōniʻoniʻo, naseon, Spiralo (esperanto),
10 H, G, O, K, U, N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: SPIPALH (tatar), spiralish, hkaru, spiralig, Lingkaran,
9% V, H, G, O, K, U, N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: vng, kiav vian, spairal eve, Kauv,
8% M, C, V, H, G, O, K, U, N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: Cuḻal, Sarmal, sarppiḷaṁ, Snìomhanach, miolakolaka,
6% Z, Y, M, C, V, H, G, O, K, U, N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: MARPY* (persian), Kuvunguza, Zozungulira, Lihevgerya (kurmanji kurdish), halazuni, Paruyr,
4% X, T, D, B, Z, Y, M, C, V, H, G, O, K, U, N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: S*LZB*L (tigrinya), Xirhendzevutana, Xoắn ốc, Troellog, coculeatus (latin), Suruḷiyākārada, gburugburu, Bíseach, ta'amilosaga, Speiroeidís, kundalee, Luóxuán, papilipit,
2% J, Q, W, X, T, D, B, Z, Y, M, C, V, H, G, O, K, U, N, E, P, S, R, I, L, A: QRPL (urdu), SQA*RA* (sorani kurdish), Porowhita, Kelīyw, S*J*J (hebrew), Ajija,
0% F

Conclusion: originating in the A-L linguistic subgroup,

A-L subgroup       sex         %           dev chain
Icelandic                 F         80%        (A; L; R, H; T)
Spiral                                 78%         (A; L; R, S, I)
Samoan family                73%         (A; L; I, E; U)
Samoan                 M         69%        (A; L; U, I; E, F, S)
Curse                                68%         (A; L; K; O, N)
To Fly                                66%         (A; L; E; I; N)
Samoan                 F         65%          (A; L; U, I; E, T)
Slave                                 65%         (A; L; S; E; O)
Milk                                   45%         (A; L; M; E; I; K; U; S)

The earliest partial spital is less than 68% with *L (konkani),
Followed at 61% with S*L (assamese), S*L (dogri), S*L (sanskrit),
Interest in Spirals Peak at 36% before declining down to 2%.

 

Frantic Pink: Louise Belcher learns to ride

 

Linguistic Archaeology: T Linguistic Group (pdf)

 

T Linguistic Group (pdf)

Linguistic Archaeology: that first Whirlpool

 Whirlpool in almost every language

1. Whirlpool
2. Vorbull
3. shikirikirīti
4. dawaama
5. hordzanut
6. *B* (assamese)
7. Burulğan
8. Ghūrṇi
9. Zurrunbiloa
10. Vir
11. vodovŭrtezh
12. raytwin
13. Xuánwō
14. vrtlog
15. vířivá vana
16. virlpool eve
17. *R (dogri)
18. draaikolk
19. Kirlejo (esperanto)
20. veekeeris
21. alimpuyo
22. pyörre
23. Tourbillon
24. Remolino
25. morevi
26. Roufíchtra
27. Vamaḷa
28. Toubiyon
29. Girgizar kasa
30. Puhiohio
31. MARB*A (hebrew)
32. vharlapool
33. Örvény
34. Pusaran air
35. Ghuairneáin
36. il vortice
37. Kachū
38. Pusaran banyu
39. Suṇṭaragāḷi
40. Dawıl
41. tukhaur
42. Yamazaki
43. *R (konkani)
44. soyongdol
45. C*K* (sorani kurdish)
46. vang nam
47. Charybdis (latin)
48. Virpulis
49. Sūkurys
50. Vitel
51. *R (maithili)
52. vēḷpūḷ
53. Awhiowhio
54. Vharlapūla
55. Usny ergüüleg
56. Bham̐vara
57. *A*KE (pashto)
58. GRDAB (persian)
59. Wir
60. turbilhão
61. vârtej
62. vodovorot
63. asiosio
64. *RM (sanskrit)
65. Crùbag
66. Vhirlpool
67. KNR (sindhi)
68. varlpūl
69. krútňava
70. Dabeeto
71. Torbellino
72. strömvirvel
73. Girdoʙ
74. Nīrccuḻi
75. UIPLP*L (tatar)
76. Wạngwn
77. *R*L (tigrinya)
78. girdap
79. tüweleý
80. ahum a ɛretu
81. *P (ukrainian)
82. BHN*R (urdu)
83. Xoáy nước
84. Trobwll





Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %        I       %      O       %        U         %
40  48%     19  22%    38   45%   32    38%      32    38%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
17  20%    8     9%       11  13%     1     1%       10   12%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
19  22%     1    1%       12  14%    31  37%      11     13%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
25  30%     16  19%     0     0%      57  68%      13  15%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
20  24%     24  28%    10    12%     2      2%        12  14%

Z       %
5     6%




Popularity of use
68% R: *R (dogri), *R (konkani), *R (maithili),
48% A, R:
45% I, A, R:
38% U, O, I, A, R:
37% L, U, O, I, A, R: *R*L (tigrinya),
30% N, L, U, O, I, A, R:
28% V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: Vir, vířivá vana,
24% T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R:
22% H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: Vitel,
20% B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: turbilhão, Torbellino, BHN*R (urdu), Tourbillon, MARB*A (hebrew), Vorbull, *B* (assamese),
19% P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: UIPLP*L (tatar), *P (ukrainian), Vhirlpool, varlpūl, vēḷpūḷ, Vharlapūla, virlpool eve, Puhiohio, vharlapool,
15% S, P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: Virpulis, asiosio, Pusaran air,
14% Y, K, S, P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: KNR (sindhi), krútňava, *A*KE (pashto), Pusaran banyu, tukhaur, Sūkurys, Toubiyon, Örvény, veekeeris, pyörre, shikirikirīti,
13% M, D, Y, K, S, P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: strömvirvel, ahum a ɛretu, *RM (sanskrit), Dabeeto, vodovorot, Remolino, morevi, Vamaḷa, Bham̐vara, draaikolk, alimpuyo,
12% W, G, M, D, Y, K, S, P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: tüweleý, Trobwll, Wạngwn, Wir, Dawıl, Awhiowhio, dawaama, raytwin, Whirlpool, Girdoʙ, girdap, Usny ergüüleg, GRDAB (persian), soyongdol, vang nam, Ghuairneáin, Suṇṭaragāḷi, Burulğan, Ghūrṇi, vrtlog,
9% C, W, G, M, D, Y, K, S, P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: Crùbag, Nīrccuḻi, C*K* (sorani kurdish), Charybdis (latin), il vortice, Kachū,
6% Z, C, W, G, M, D, Y, K, S, P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: Girgizar kasa, Yamazaki, Zurrunbiloa, vodovŭrtezh, hordzanut,
2% X, Z, C, W, G, M, D, Y, K, S, P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: Xuánwō, Xoáy nước,
1% J, F, X, Z, C, W, G, M, D, Y, K, S, P, B, H, E, T, V, N, L, U, O, I, A, R: Roufíchtra, vârtej, Kirlejo (esperanto),
0% Q


Conclusion: Originating in the R linguistic Subgroup;

R subgroup            Sex          %                       Dev. Chain                     Bandgap
Norse                       M         80%                     (R; I; O; T, A)
Norse                        F           69%                    (R; H; A; I; T, L)
Whirlpool                             68%                     (R; A; I; O, U; L)
German                   M           58%                    (R; E; A; I; N; L)                  L
Red (colour)                          54%                    (R; A; E; O; U; N)
Norwegian             M          52%                     (R; E; A; N; I)

The earliest partial whirlpools are at less than 68% with *R (dogri), *R (konkani), and *R (maithili). This is followed by a bandgap from 48%-38%. The next occurence is at 37% with the partial *R*L (tigrinya).
This is followed by a bandgap at 30% and the first full whirlpools at 28% with Vir(bosnian) and vířivá vana(czech). This is followed by a bandgap at 24% before interest in whirlpools becomes popular at 22% rising to a peak at 12% then declining down to 1%.

Masterpiece Theatre: A film just in time for the next election

 

Totally going to watch that...

Linguistic Archaeology: Atlantis updated (pdf)

 

LA-Atlantis (updated)

Linguistic Archaeology: Great Stones

Great Stone in almost every language
1. Great Stone
2. Groot klip
3. Guri i madh
4. talak’i dinigayi
5. alhajar aleazim
6. Mets k’ar
7. Jach’a Qala
8. Böyük Daş
9. Kabakurunba
10. Harri handia
11. Vialiki kamień
12. Mahāna pāthara
13. Veliki kamen
14. Golyam kamŭk
15. Gran Pedra
16. Dakong Bato
17. Mwala Waukulu
18. Jùshí
19. Grande Petra
20. Velký kámen
21. Store Sten
22. bodu hila
23. M*P*R (dogri)
24. Grote Steen
25. Granda Ŝtono (esperanto)
26. Suur kivi
27. Kpe Gã aɖe
28. Mahusay na Bato
29. Suuri Kivi
30. Grande Pierre
31. Grutte stien
32. didi kva
33. Großer Stein
34. Megáli Pétra
35. Ita Guasu
36. Grēṭa sṭōna
37. Gwo wòch
38. Babban Dutse
39. Pōhaku Nui
40. ABN*D* (hebrew)
41. mahaan patthar
42. Pob zeb loj
43. Nagy Kő
44. Stóri steinninn
45. Nkume ukwu
46. Dakkel a Bato
47. Batu Besar
48. Cloch Mhór
49. Grande Pietra
50. Gurētosutōn
51. Watu Agung
52. Grēṭ sṭōn
53. Ulı tas
54. thm da aschar
55. Ibuye rinini
56. *R (konkani)
57. geuleiteu seuton
58. Gret Ston
59. Kevirê Mezin (kurmanji kurdish)
60. B*R*C*R* (sorani kurdish)
61. Uluu taş
62. hin hainy
63. Lapis magnus (latin)
64. Lielais akmens
65. Libanga Monene
66. Didysis Akmuo
67. Ejjinja Eddene
68. Grousse Steen
69. Golem kamen
70. M*R (maithili)
71. Vato lehibe
72. valiya kall
73. Ġebel Kbir
74. Kohatu Nui
75. Mōṭhā dagaḍa
76. Lung Ropui
77. Ikh chuluu
78. mahar kyawwathcar
79. Ṭhūlō ḍhuṅgā
80. Flott stein
81. Dhagaa Guddaa
82. L*EHDBRH (pashto)
83. SNGBZRG (persian)
84. Wielki Kamień
85. Grande Pedra
86. Mahāna pathara
87. Hatun Rumi
88. Piatra Mare
89. Velikiy kamenʹ
90. Maa Tele
91. M*N* (sanskrit)
92. Clach Mhòr
93. Lefsika le Legolo
94. Lejoe le Leholo
95. Dombo Guru
96. *D*P*R (sindhi)
97. mahā gal
98. Veľký kameň
99. Dhagax weyn
100. gran piedra
101. Batu Agung
102. Jiwe Kubwa
103. Stor sten
104. Sangi ʙuzurg
105. Periya kal
106. Z*PTA* (tatar)
107. H̄in h̄ıỵ̀
108. A*EM* (tigrinya)
109. Ribye Lerikulu
110. Büyük Taş
111. Uly daş
112. OBO*ESEE (twi)
113. Velykyy Kaminʹ
114. AZYMPTHR (urdu)
115. Buyuk tosh
116. Đá vĩ đại
117. Maen Fawr
118. Ilitye elikhulu
119. groys shteyn
120. Okuta nla
121. Itshe Elikhulu


Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
76  63%     59  49%    49  40%   41     34%      42  35%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
22  18%     7    5%       28   23%    3      2%       41  34%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
30   25%     7    5%      40  33%    44   36%      39   32%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
62  51%    20  16%       1    <1%    53   44%      36  30%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
49  40%     13  10%     9       7%      1    <1%       21  17%

Z       %
7     5%



Popularity of use
63% A:
51% N, A:
49% E, N, A:
44% R, E, N, A: *R (konkani),
40% I, T, R, E, N, A:
36% L, I, T, R, E, N, A:
35% U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A:
34% G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Lung Ropui, Okuta nla, Groot klip,
33% K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A:
32% M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Golem kamen, M*R (maithili), Maa Tele, M*N* (sanskrit), A*EM* (tigrinya),
30% S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Mets k’ar, Store Sten, Grote Steen, Grutte stien, Ita Guasu, Grēṭa sṭōna, Stóri steinninn, Gurētosutōn, Grēṭ sṭōn, Ulı tas, Great Stone, geuleiteu seuton, Gret Ston, Uluu taş, Lapis magnus (latin), Lielais akmens, Grousse Steen, Stor sten,
25% H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Kohatu Nui, Itshe Elikhulu, mahā gal, Hatun Rumi,
23% D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Ṭhūlō ḍhuṅgā, Dhagaa Guddaa, Mōṭhā dagaḍa, Harri handia, Guri i madh, Granda Ŝtono (esperanto),
18% B, D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Batu Agung, OBO*ESEE (twi), Dombo Guru, L*EHDBRH (pashto), Dakkel a Bato, Batu Besar, Ġebel Kbir, ABN*D* (hebrew), Babban Dutse, bodu hila, Großer Stein, Kabakurunba, Dakong Bato, Libanga Monene,
17% Y, B, D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Buyuk tosh, Ilitye elikhulu, groys shteyn, Ribye Lerikulu, Büyük Taş, Uly daş, H̄in h̄ıỵ̀, hin hainy, Didysis Akmuo, Ibuye rinini, Mahusay na Bato, Nagy Kő, Böyük Daş, Golyam kamŭk, talak’i dinigayi,
16% P, Y, B, D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: gran piedra, Periya kal, *D*P*R (sindhi), Grande Pedra, Mahāna pathara, Piatra Mare, mahaan patthar, Grande Pietra, Megáli Pétra, Pōhaku Nui, Grande Pierre, Kpe Gã aɖe, Grande Petra, M*P*R (dogri), Gran Pedra, Mahāna pāthara,
10% V, P, Y, B, D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Velykyy Kaminʹ, Đá vĩ đại, Velikiy kamenʹ, Veľký kameň, Vato lehibe, valiya kall, Suuri Kivi, didi kva, Suur kivi, Velký kámen, Vialiki kamień, Veliki kamen,
7% W, V, P, Y, B, D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Watu Agung, Wielki Kamień, Nkume ukwu, Mwala Waukulu,
5% C, Z, J, W, V, P, Y, B, D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Ikh chuluu, mahar kyawwathcar, Clach Mhòr, thm da aschar, B*R*C*R* (sorani kurdish), Cloch Mhór, Gwo wòch, AZYMPTHR (urdu), Sangi ʙuzurg, Z*PTA* (tatar), Kevirê Mezin (kurmanji kurdish), SNGBZRG (persian), Pob zeb loj, alhajar aleazim, Lejoe le Leholo, Jiwe Kubwa, Jùshí, Ejjinja Eddene,
2% F, C, Z, J, W, V, P, Y, B, D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Lefsika le Legolo, Maen Fawr, Flott stein,
<1% Q, X, F, C, Z, J, W, V, P, Y, B, D, H, S, M, K, G, O, U, L, I, T, R, E, N, A: Jach’a Qala, Dhagax weyn,


Conclusion: Originating in the A-N-E linguistic subgroup,

A-N-E subgroup     sex        %              dev. Chain                     cultural band gap
At-lendh-eis                         96%           (A; N; E; I; T)
Delaware                 M          94%           (A; N; E; O; M, K, H)                U
To Journey                          76%           (A; N; E; R; T; I; O; U)
To Circumcise                     70%           (A; N; E; I; R; T; U; K)
The Moon                            70%           (A; N; E; M, L; U, I)
Great Stone                         63%           (A; N; E; R; T; I; L)

Less than 44% with *R (konkani) followed by a bandgap from 40%-35%.
At 34% with Lung Ropui (mizo), Okuta nla (yoruba), Groot klip (afrikaans),
This is followed at 33% with a second bandgap before interest in great stones returns at 32%.
They peak at 30% and then go into decline before peaking at 5%. And then declining down to <1%.

Another one for the Atlantis Subgroup.

 

Real World: Possum!

This one sheltering atop the brick edge of the store room.

Short Fiction: the Orville 4-2-01

Part 1: Gordon Malloy's Daughter

"Kelly!" The old man shouted over the friction of the atmospheric abrasion scouring the outer hull of the ORVL with whatever it was that made up the planetary dust storm. "How are we on Altitude?"

"Sorry Sir, the Laser Altimeter is non-functional." Kelly Malloy pulled the package from her pocket and checked the readings on the device. No matter what was happening with every other piece of hardware, the device her father had gifted her could cut through almost every distortion and interference. "Back-up says five minutes to ground."

"All right," The old man smilled. Gordon Malloy who had by a strange set of circumstances, been hurled backwards through time with a few pieces of technology was happy to watch his daughter use the portable scanner that he himself had employed through the years in various circumstances. He had employed it to locate the minerals needed to construct the drive ring that had carried his little ship through interstellar space to this very World. A ring that would function to slow their descent. "Throttle up for landing."

"Throttling up." The ORVL broke through the dust storm as its descent slowed and Kelly instantly found herself surrounded by forest covered mountains which to Kelly were almost earth-like. "Thats Beautiful!"

"Mochlas is a beautiful world." Gordon vaguely remembered the shape of it from a time long past and cried at the memory. They had been amazing years. "Now activate landing cycle automatics or we die."

"Shit," Kelly activated the automatics and the ORVL halted mid-air, and slowly turned until she could see an actual Alien city she hadn't noticed until now. "That is an actual... Aliens!"

"Oh yeah," Gordon laughed at what he realized was going to be his Daughter's first time. The Automatics then moved the ORVL slowly forward to what appeared to be a large open plaza that Gordon recognized instantly. The landing co-ordinates he had used to land a shuttle long ago on this very world were now the ORVL's presets. The ORVL touched down softly. "This is going to be great."

"Landing is good." Kelly turned and nodded at the old man who had single handedly designed the ring drive that had raised humanity out of the darkness out of some sense of gratitude on behalf of every human past, present, and future and cried. After a while Kelly returned her focus to the ship controls and checked the ship reactors. They appeared to be stable. "Placing Reactors in stand-by mode."

"All right then," Gordon Malloy slapped a hand on the Back of his still traumatized daughter. "Time to get you suited up and deploy the loading dock."

...

"This is it Kelly," Gordon activated the environmental suits and cracked the access hatch on the first, holding it open for his daughter. "Are you ready to meet your first Moclan?"

"Yes Sir." Kelly Malloy placed both hands on the handholds above the hatch into the biosuit and lifted her feet above the edge swinging them down into the suit legs. Kelly dropped forward sliding her arms into the arms of the suit and her head into the helmet making all the necessary movements until she felt comfortable and the suit comms came on. "Yes Sir I am."

"Well then let's deploy the loading dock." Gordon Malloy easily slid into the Biosuit and sealed up. A touch of the button on the wall within arms reach and the loading dock with its folded access ladder descended outward revealing the Moclan Spaceport that Gordon recognized. "Loading Dock deployed."

"And now the ladder..." The platform level, the ladder package pivoted up and unfolded. The end of it dropping to the ground. "...is deployed."

"Kelly Malloy," Gordon smiled. His daughter would achieve a lot of first times. "You are go for EVA."

"I am go for EVA." Kelly repeated the words as she detatched the biosuit from its socket, and walked out onto the loading dock to the ladder handholds. Manouvering into position, Kelly began her descent. "I am go for EVA."

"I am on the surface." Kelly breathed in and out excitedly as she stepped from the bottom of the ladder. The realization hit her. "I am on the surface of Moclas."

"Greetings from the People of Planet Earth." Kelly had been practicing the words she planned to say since childhood. And she could only whisper them to herself as a Moclan approached. She had refined them down through the years, and then tossed them aside and come up with words that were not as weird. She struggled to whisper the words. "Greetings from the People of..."

"Okay," Against the instructions of the old man now in the biosuit next to her, Kelly cracked the seals on the helmet and slipped the headwear under her left arm causing the Moclan to be startled by the sight of the unfamiliar Alien species with long red hair. Kelly Malloy raised her right hand and spoke the practiced words of her childhood. "The river of the Universe carries us to these lands unknown."

"I don't quite understand." The Gruff Moclan looked over at the other Alien still with a helmet on and back to the Alien Space Princess with flame red hair. "Do you mean to say you are lost?"

Author's Notes: The 2050 ORVL

Art folio: Emergent book Cover

 

Why emergent? Just because a bunch of cave art can depict concepts in physics like something emerging from a singularity. The very Idea that civilization might have already crashed, or been thrown into the stone age by a rival...

And now they are coming.

That built up to a muddy and murky space image of a space station in a dim lit star system.

Weird Shit: Tentacles emerge from ice in Greenland

Greenland Ice melting...

Linguistic Archaeology: translating Cave Pictograms

 

Cave Pictograms (pdf)

Cinematic Memes: Captain Kirk has sex with a Dragon

 

Because thats how that works...

While over on the rather Episodic D&D TV show you would be rolling up new PCs every few episodes because your PC stubbed a toe on a butter-knife in the tavern and bled out.

Linguistic Archaeology: The Egyptians (Updated PDF)

 

The Egyptians (updated pdf)

Linguistic Archaeology: The Krill (PDF)

 

The Krill (PDF)

Linguistic Archaeology: the Orville's Krill

 Krill Names and Words

1. Anaya (half-human hybrid, "gently falling rain")
2. Haros (captain of the yakar)
3. Korin (chancellor of the krill)
4. Kratok
5. K.T.Z.
6. Sazeron (Krill chaplain on the yakar)
7. Coja (Krill child on the Yakar)
8. Teleya (female krill)
9. Arnak (teleya's brother)
10. Krill (species name)
11. Kalavus (Krill Maiden Name)
12. Anhkana (Krill religious book)
13. Kalarr (A krill-space nebula where the demons dwell)
14. Lak'vai (A pact signed between Krill and the Union)
15. Davoro'kos (The name of a Krill Destroyer-class vessel, 'bringer of blood')
16. Yakar (The name of a Krill vessel, class unknown)
17. Kakov (Krill battlecruiser)
18. Dalakos (Krill capital city)
19. Avis (Krill god)
20. CHA-Faj! ("Guards!")
21. Do'maflach! (Spoken by a merchant selling something)
22. Salla (part of a Krill prayer)
23. tallo (part of a Krill prayer)
24. ka (part of a Krill prayer)
25. vaspa (part of a Krill prayer)
26. ko (part of a Krill prayer)
27. Loy (part of a Krill prayer)
28. Kahspid (a cider, harvested though not specified as plants)


Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
23  82%     2    7%       5   17%     12   42%       0       0%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
0      0%       3   10%     4   14%      2     7%        0      0%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
5    17%     2    7%       16  57%    10  35%        1      3%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
5   17%      2    7%        0      0%      9   32%       9    32%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
4   14%      6    21%       0     0%       0     0%        4   14%

Z       %
2    7%




Popularity of use
82% A:
57% K, A: ka (part of a Krill prayer),
42% O, K, A: ko (part of a Krill prayer),
35% L, O, K, A:
32% S, R, L, O, K, A: Kalarr (A nebula in krill-space refered to as a shadow-realm where demons dwell), Salla (part of a Krill prayer),
21% V, S, R, L, O, K, A: Kakov (Krill battlecruiser), Kalavus (Krill Maiden Name),
17% N, H, I, V, S, R, L, O, K, A: Korin (chancellor of the krill), Arnak (teleya's brother), Anhkana (Krill religious book), Haros (captain of the yakar), Krill (species name), Avis (Krill god), Lak'vai (A pact signed between Krill and the Union),
14% Y, T, D, N, H, I, V, S, R, L, O, K, A: Yakar (The name of a Krill vessel, class unknown), Loy (part of a Krill prayer), Anaya (half-human hybrid, "gently falling rain"), Kratok (krill name), tallo (part of a Krill prayer), Davoro'kos (The name of a Krill Destroyer-class vessel, 'bringer of blood'), Dalakos (Krill capital city),
10% C, Y, T, D, N, H, I, V, S, R, L, O, K, A:
7% Z, P, J, F, E, C, Y, T, D, N, H, I, V, S, R, L, O, K, A: K.T.Z., Sazeron (Krill chaplain on the yakar), vaspa (part of a Krill prayer), Kahspid (a cider, harvested though not specified as from plants), Coja (Krill child on the Yakar), CHA-Faj! ("Guards!"), Teleya (female krill), ["Salla tallo ka vaspa ko Loy!"-available in full form as a Prayer]
3% M, Z, P, J, F, E, C, Y, T, D, N, H, I, V, S, R, L, O, K, A: Do'maflach! (Spoken by a merchant selling something),
0% X, W, Q, G, B, U



History of the Krill
57%-42% Language development begins to occur amongst the Krill.
35% The First cultural collapse (bandgap i) occurs.
32% The Kalarr Nebula may have formed, or is otherwise significant to the Krill.
21% Krill females have maiden names.
17% Krill civilization reaches a cultural Plateau. The Anhkana is written, The Krill identify as Krill for the first time. They begin worshiping Avis.
14% The Krill Holy Capital City of Dalakos is established. Rainfall is described as 'gently-falling' for the first time in Krill linguistic history. Before this Rainfall is heavy, even monsoonish.
10% The second cultural collapse (bandgap ii) occurs.
7% Krill culture undergoes new growth thanks to the introduction of mercantile goods (Kahspid). This likely marks the rise of the great market place as a significant part of Krill society.
3% the great market is now the exclusive source of cultural development with new produce (Do'maflach).

Linguistic Archaeology: those ZigZags on cave walls

 Zig-Zag in almost every language

1. ZigZag
2. sigsag
3. zīgizagi
4. mutaearij
5. *CJC (assamese)
6. ziqzaq
7. sigi-saga
8. zihzahapadobny
9. Jigajyāga
10. cik-cak
11. ziga-zaga
12. kukhotakhota
13. Zhī zìxíng
14. cikcak
15. siksak
16. zigzagi (esperanto)
17. vinkkura
18. zigzaguer
19. sigesage
20. ziguezague
21. zigzagi
22. Zickzack
23. zink zank
24. Jhigajhēga
25. vakr
26. cikcakk
27. sikksakk
28. berbiku-biku
29. Jiguzagu
30. menggak-menggok
31. Aṅkuḍoṅku
32. *C*CARP (konkani)
33. jigeujaegeu
34. xaromar (kurdish kurmanji)
35. G*CGAC (Kurdish sorani)
36. obliquum (latin)
37. līkloču-
38. zigzagas
39. zickzack
40. *C*C (maithili)
41. liku-liku
42. sigsāg
43. żigżag
44. kopikopiko
45. Jhigajhĕga
46. *CJC* (Meiteilon manipuri)
47. sikksakk
48. ZGZA* (pashto)
49. ZYGZAG (persian)
50. zygzak
51. Zigazaiga
52. *C*C (sanskrit)
53. sigsæg
54. sag-sag
55. bulak-belok
56. songombingo
57. Jikjāk
58. H*GHAG (tatar)
59. Gajibiji
60. Sik sæk
61. *G*GMG*R (tigrinya)
62. zikzaklı
63. zyhzah
64. ZGZYG (urdu)
65. ngoằn ngoèo
66. igam-ogam
67. gbọngangbọngan
68. amazombe


Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
53    79%   13  19%    44  65%    14    20%      13  19%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
8    11%      12  17%     2     2%      0     0%       34   50%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
7    10%      9  13%     23    34%   5      7%        8     11%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
8    11%     2     2%       2      2%      6     8%       12  17%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
2     2%       2    2%       0      0%      2     2%        6      8%

Z       %
23  34%



Popularity of use
79% A:
65% I, A:
50% G, I, A:
34% K, Z, G, I, A: zikzaklı, ZigZag, zīgizagi, ziga-zaga, zigzagi (esperanto), zigzagi, żigżag, ZGZA* (pashto), Zigazaiga
20% O, K, Z, G, I, A:
19% U, E, O, K, Z, G, I, A: ziguezague,
17% S, C, U, E, O, K, Z, G, I, A: *C*C (sanskrit), sigsæg, sag-sag, Sik sæk, sigsāg, sikksakk, sikksakk, zigzagas, siksak, sigesage, sigsag, sigi-saga, Zickzack, cikcakk, G*CGAC (Kurdish sorani), zickzack, *C*C (maithili), cik-cak, cikcak,
13% J, S, C, U, E, O, K, Z, G, I, A: *CJC* (Meiteilon manipuri), Jikjāk, Jiguzagu, jigeujaegeu, *CJC (assamese),
11% N, M, B, J, S, C, U, E, O, K, Z, G, I, A: ngoằn ngoèo, igam-ogam, gbọngangbọngan, amazombe, songombingo, Gajibiji, zink zank, menggak-menggok,
10% H, N, M, B, J, S, C, U, E, O, K, Z, G, I, A: Jhigajhĕga, H*GHAG (tatar), Jhigajhēga,
8% Y, R, H, N, M, B, J, S, C, U, E, O, K, Z, G, I, A: zyhzah, zygzak, ZYGZAG (persian), ZGZYG (urdu), Jigajyāga, berbiku-biku, *G*GMG*R (tigrinya), zigzaguer,
7% L, Y, R, H, N, M, B, J, S, C, U, E, O, K, Z, G, I, A: liku-liku, bulak-belok, līkloču-,
4% P, L, Y, R, H, N, M, B, J, S, C, U, E, O, K, Z, G, I, A: kopikopiko, *C*CARP (konkani)
2% X, V, T, Q, D, P, L, Y, R, H, N, M, B, J, S, C, U, E, E, K, Z, G, I, A: Zhī zìxíng, xaromar (kurdish kurmanji), vinkkura, vakr, mutaearij, kukhotakhota, ziqzaq, obliquum (latin), zihzahapadobny, Aṅkuḍoṅku,
0% W, F


Conclusion: Originating in the A-I-G linguistic subgroup, The G suggesting at this point some minor relation to caves (caves originating in the A-G linguistic subgroup) but if that is the case we would expect to find caves with zigzag artwork in proximity to Korean rivers (which originate in the N-G Linguistic subgroup).

The earliest zig-zags occur at 34% zikzaklı (turkish), ZigZag (english), zīgizagi (amharic), ziga-zaga (catalan), zigzagi (esperanto), zigzagi (georgian), żigżag (maltese), ZGZA* (pashto), and Zigazaiga (punjabi).
This is followed by a developmental bandgap at 20% before Zig-zags return at 19%. Zig-zags peak in popularity at 17% before declining down to 1%.

Linguistic Archaeology: giving sounds to symbols in a cave

 

Apparently these are some of the most common symbols across caves around the world... but how do you give them Spoken sounds?

Ideally you go to the most common values in the dev. Chains associated with words and phrases and match them to the symbols.

Assuming the cross-hatch means to weave, we can apply the 'Ae' phonetic sound which we get from 'to weave'. Likewise if that is 'tree' we can apply 'Ar' to it. 

To weave -tree (bark used by come people in cloth-making) might be:

• Ae-Ar
• Ar-Ae

Finding these on a cave wall could be medicine made from chewing the bark used in cloth making, or it could be plant fibers used to weave baskets and cloth, it could be fishing net.

It becomes a symbol-phonetic matching game. And based on a few of those symbols I'm probably going to have to look up snake, zig-zag, and testicles.

The Terran Dictionary

Terran       English
1. Ac
2. Ad           Cold;
3. Aw
4. Ab
5. Ah
6. Al             Curse; to Fly; Slave; Milk; to Hunger; Village; Lightning; Blue (colour); Plough; Fleece; Wolf;
7. As            Saturn; Sand; Forest; Ghost; Japanese Flowers; 72 Spirits of the Brazen vessels;
8. At             Hold Portal; to Tattoo; Plateau; Taboo; to Vomit; to Cut; to Fight; Star;
9. Am           Mask; Mother; Champion; Honey;
10. Ae             to Observe; to Harvest; Oar; Place of Fear; to Carve; Ancestor; to Shapeshift; Middle Earth; The World Tree; Goat; to Weave; To Laugh;
11. Ao             Swamp; Loud; Gold; Horse; The Eye; Fire;
12. An             Japanese Honourifics; Volcano; Charm Person; Canoe; to Sing; Treasure; Mountain; Dwarf; The Moon is a Bow; The Pillars of Heaven; Swim; Dungeon; Ring; to Journey; to Circumcise; The Moon; Sun;
13. Ak             to Dig; Crow; to Fuck; Axe; Dog; Chicken;
14. Au              Egg; God;
15. Ai               Arabic Numerals; Knife; Purple (colour); Japanese Rivers; Vertical Water; Coast; to Fish; Island; Detect Magic; Grandmother; Magic; to Bathe; to Give Birth; to Shelter; Darkness; Giant; Spear; Goddess; Ice; River; Witch; to Ride; Reed; Twins;
16. Ar              to Talk; Waterfall; Eagle; Walls; to Burn; Road; Copper; Green (colour); Tree; Wheel; Dragon; Mars; Curly-Haired;
17. Ag             Cave;
18. Le             Ale; Elf;
19. La             Sail; Light;
20. Ri
21. Rh
22. Re
23. Ra             Red (colour);
24. Ma            Dead
25. Si              Secret
26. Sr              Monster
27. So
28. Su
29. Sa
30. Ha
31. To            Comet
32. Ta             Eight (number)
33. Ti
34. Tl
35. Te
36. Eh
37. Er
38. Eo
39. Et
40. En
41. Ea
42. Ei
43. Nr
44. Nh
45. Ne
46. Ng           Korean Rivers;
47. Ni              Indigo;
48. Na            Nine (number); Vietnamese Rivers;
49. Ir
50. Io
51. Ia            Japanese Mountains;
52. It            Jupiter;
53. Ua
54. Ol
55. Oe
56. Oa
57. Oc
58. Oi
59. Ka         Animals (Any type);

Unspecified
1. [A/R]           Colour (non-specific);
2. [A/S]           Salt;
3. N[O/S]        Zero (number);
4. A[L/I]          Eel;
5. [K/E/B]       Berserk;

Linguistic Archaeology: The Cardassians (pdf)

 

The Cardassians (pdf)

2022 Memes: that moment you realize they thrive on carnage

 

A Coral Reef thrives because the living have the dead to cling to.

Startrek Memes: Garak was the Mythological Shape-shifter

 

The Mythological Shape-shifter is not the same as Odo the Shape-shifting Alien. It is alluringly more than it appears to be. 

Linguistic Archaeology: That time we felt cold

 Cold in almost every language

1. Cold
2. Koud
3. Ftohtë
4. k’ezik’aza
5. albard
6. Ts’urt
7. Thaya
8. Soyuq
9. NENE (bambara)
10. Hotza
11. Chalodny
12. Ṭhāṇḍā
13. Hladno
14. Stud
15. Refredat
16. Bugnaw
17. Kuzizira
18. Hánlěng de
19. Friddu
20. Studený
21. Kold
22. fini
23. Malvarmo (esperanto)
24. Külm
25. Fa
26. Malamig
27. Kylmä
28. Froide
29. Froid
30. Kâld
31. Frío
32. *IVI (georgian)
33. Kalt
34. Krýo
35. Ho'ysã
36. Ṭhaṇḍī
37. Fwad
38. Sanyi
39. Anuanu
40. *R (hebrew)
41. thanda
42. Txias
43. Hideg
44. Oyi
45. Nalammiis
46. Dingin
47. Fuar
48. Fredda
49. Freddo
50. Samui
51. kadhemen
52. Caḷi
53. Swıq
54. trachak
55. Ubukonje
56. chuun
57. Kol
58. Sarma (kurmanji kurdish)
59. SAR* (sorani kurdish)
60. Suuk
61. nav
62. Frigidi (latin)
63. Auksts
64. Malili
65. Šalta
66. Obutiti
67. Keelt
68. Ladno
69. Mangatsiaka
70. Sejuk
71. taṇupp
72. Kesħa
73. Matao
74. Thaṇḍa
75. Vawt
76. Khüiten
77. aayy
78. Cisō
79. Kald
80. Diilallaa'aa
81. *H (pashto)
82. SRD (persian)
83. Przeziębienie
84. Resfriado
85. Ṭhaḍā
86. Chiri
87. Rece
88. Kholodno
89. *M (sanskrit)
90. Fuachd
91. Tonya
92. Ho bata
93. Kutonhora
94. *D (sindhi)
95. sītalayi
96. Chladný
97. Qabow
98. Fría
99. Tiis
100. Baridi
101. Kall
102. Xunuk
103. Kuḷir
104. SAL*YN (tatar)
105. Yĕn
106. Titimela
107. Soğuk
108. Sowuk
109. Nwunu
110. Kholodnyy
111. THND* (urdu)
112. S*D*Q (uyghur)
113. Sovuq
114. Lạnh
115. Oer
116. Kuyabanda
117. kalt
118. Òtútù



Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
63  53%     21  17%    34  29%   33     28%      30   25%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
9      7%    10   8%       40  34%    16   13%       8       6%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
27  23%     2     1%     31   26%    28   23%      12    10%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
36  30%     2     1%       5      4%     27  23%      28   23%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
33  28%     4    3%        7      5%      2      1%      17   14%

Z       %
4     3%


Popularity of use
53% A:
34% D, A: *D (sindhi),
30% N, D, A:
29% I, N, D, A:
28% T, O, I, N, D, A:
26% K, T, O, I, N, D, A:
25% U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Koud, Anuanu, Òtútù,
23% S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: *R (hebrew), thanda, Kol, SAR* (sorani kurdish), Suuk, Auksts, Šalta, Ladno, Thaṇḍa, Kald, Diilallaa'aa, *H (pashto), SRD (persian), Ṭhaḍā, Ts’urt, Ṭhāṇḍā, Hladno, Stud, Kold, Kâld, Kalt, Ṭhaṇḍī, Tiis, Kall, Kuḷir, THND* (urdu), Lạnh, kalt, Kholodno, Kutonhora,
17% E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Khüiten, Oer, Keelt, Kesħa, NENE (bambara),
14% Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: SAL*YN (tatar), Yĕn, Kholodnyy, Tonya, sītalayi, aayy, Sanyi, Oyi, Krýo, Ho'ysã, Studený, Thaya,
13% F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Resfriado, Fría, Fuar, Fredda, Freddo, fini, Fa, Froide, Froid, Frío, Fwad, Refredat, Friddu, Ftohtë,
10% M, F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: *M (sanskrit), Titimela, Malili, Matao, Sarma (kurmanji kurdish), Samui, kadhemen, Kylmä, Nalammiis, Külm,
8% C, M, F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Fuachd, Chladný, Caḷi, trachak, chuun, Cisō, Cold, Chalodny, Chiri, Rece,
7% B, C, M, F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Baridi, Kuyabanda, Ho bata, albard, Obutiti,
6% G, B, C, M, F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Mangatsiaka, Soğuk, Frigidi (latin), Hideg, Dingin, Hánlěng de, Malamig,
5% W, G, B, C, M, F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Sowuk, Nwunu, Bugnaw,
4% Q, W, G, B, C, M, F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Qabow, S*D*Q (uyghur), Soyuq, Swıq,
3% Z, V, Q, W, G, B, C, M, F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Vawt, Sovuq, *IVI (georgian), nav, Malvarmo (esperanto), Hotza, Kuzizira, k’ezik’aza
1% X, P, J, Z, V, Q, W, G, B, C, M, F, Y, E, S, R, L, H, U, K, T, O, I, N, D, A: Przeziębienie, Txias, Xunuk, taṇupp, Ubukonje, Sejuk,


Conclusion: Originating in the A-D linguistic subgroup- An unidentified subgroup (occupied by the fictional Moclans). The earliest partial cold is less than 34% with *D (sindhi). There is a bandgap from 30%-26%.
The earliest identified experience with cold is at 25% with Koud (afrikaans), Anuanu (hawaiian), and Òtútù (yoruba). This experience with cold peaks at 23% (estimated at just prior to 4,300BC) before declining down to 1%.

Frantic Pink: The Bobs Burger Rabbit Hole

 

If you have not seen it, go watch the damn thing. For those who have we need to go to the end of the movie. The very end. When Tina is struggling to breath as we are introduced to her riding on her dream horse with her Sexy Zombies and Jimmy Junior.

It means, alone in the dark, she was the last.

Its also why Louise was lied to by her parents. They said those things so she wouldn't hold on to the pain and anger when she went.

Creature Catalogue: The Leviathan

 

The Leviathan

Armour Class: -6

Hit Dice: 60d8*

Movement: 

Swim: 120' (60')

Fly: as spell

Attacks: Spell or tail whip

Damage: as spell or tail whip Damage equal to hitpoints

No. Appearing: 1 (unique)

Save As: Magic-user L30

Morale: 12

Treasure Type: Nil

Alignment: Chaotic (Evil)

Experience: 24,000xp

Description: 196ft long, the Leviathan is a dark sentience that has held sway in the ocean depths. It can cast spells as a 30th level magic-user. It will often be accompanied by an army of undead.

Google Paleontology: A giant fossil on the Isle of Eigg

 

Still exploring the Isle of Eigg off the west coast of Scotland. Here is the fossil of some terrifying beast 60m in length...

Location: 56.901567, -6.193813

Google Archaeology: A Square mound on Eigg

 

Here we have a 200m×200m Square mound on the Isle of Eigg, West of Scotland.

Location: 56.903189, -6.192774

Some obscure Keep by the sea? Seems rather large at 200m square. More like a square barrow.

Short Fiction: Daryl Braithwaite

Title: Daryl Braithwaite

"Fuck." The Cadillac rolled to a dead stop on the dirt road. Daryl Braithwaite stared at the road ahead as the car's headlights grew dim and went dark. There was no Moon and any Stars were obscured by pollution. The landscape vanished. "Fuck."

"Well..." Daryl wound the window up and locked the door. Then with the seat tilted back, he settled in for the night. There was nothing he could do until morning. His eyes closed, he listened to the sound of his breathing. "...Shit."

The sound of a small rock impacting on the glass of the Cadillac's window drew him back to reality. Even with his eyes wide open it was still pitch dark. He reached up with his hand and ran it across the inside of the windscreen glass to see if it had cracked. The sound of his fingers wiping across a mild moisture that was condensing on the safety glass. He felt... nothing in the way of cracks.

Still, he had heard it. The sound of a small rock hitting the glass of the car window. Maybe a bat. Or a meteorite. Or volcanic ejecta. Or space junk. Daryl rested in the dark with his eyes open. There were plenty of assholes in this part of the world. It could just as well be one of them.
Exhaustion caught him as he listened to the sound of his own breathing and his eyes closed.

Again the sound of a small rock striking the window of the Cadillac woke him to the pitch black environment of the Cadillac Interior and the darkness beyond it.

He reached across to where he knew his glove compartment was and quietly opened it. Daryl felt about, the sound of his hand causing the objects within to move about filled the car. He retrieved the revolver and a pair of bullets floating loose with it. Daryl's hand slipped open the drum magazine and he inserted the two bullets and slipped the drum back into position.

Again his breathing became the only sound he could hear within the dark interior of the car. He certainly wouldn't hit anything if he took a shot in the dark. He reached up and tried the key in the ignition, the sound of its turn to the start position was as expected though he got nothing from the electrical system or motor. Nothing was turning over.

Through the glass of the windscreen he could see two distant red tail lights. There was no sound of a vehicle as they backed slowly toward the Cadillac through the darkness, growing slowly in brightness and size until they illuminated two obvious radial cracks in the windscreen. There was the clear and present evidence of a pair of impact fractures on the windscreen glass.

Daryl sat in the dark, staring at the two tail lights of the distant vehicle, the handgun tight in his hand, his breathing the only sound.

A line, illuminated red by the tail light was slowly scratched downward from the left impact fracture as though someone was scratching the glass windscreen with a stone, the distinctive scratching sound passing through the windscreen glass.

A second line scratched downward from the right impact fracture again illuminated by the red glow of the tail light from which it originated. Daryl sat in the car, his gun pointed now at the glass windscreen between the two impact fractures.

A third line scratched its way, left to right joining both lines about half way down.

And then, a line angling down from the left impact fracture before bending upward and then three lines one after the next forming a primitive hand at the end of an arm.

And now from the right impact fracture gave birth to a line angled outward and down before turning upward and then dividing into the same three fingered hand.

Daryl starred at the symbol of a man-like figure, it's hands raised and open in surrender now scratched into the glass of the windscreen, and illuminated by the red tail lights.

"Daryl Braithwaite." The voice like stone scratching on glass. "Twenty Seven."

"Flagstaff..." Officer Jacob Petty stared at the corpse laid back in a sleeping position in the otherwise beautiful Cadillac as he photographed the details of Daryl Braithwaite's drivers license into his phone and dropped it into an evidence bag. "...resident."

"Last seen at the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino." Jacob stared at the handful of hundred dollar bills laid out on the passenger seat. It was about a thousand dollars worth. Jacob photographed the currency before placing it in an evidence bag. "Apparently he drove south toward Meteor Crater about twenty miles."

"The firearm in his left hand..." Jacob took a photograph of the gun gripped tightly in the left hand of Daryl Braithwaite. "...is an old police issue revolver."

"Looks like something impacted on the windshield." Jacob photographed the two impact fractures on the windshield, their cracks lined with blood. "No wounds apparent on the body."

Google Archaeology: A Square Mound in Sri Lanka

 

A little Square Mound (100m×100m) in the middle of nowhere in Sri Lanka.

Location: 7.029930, 81.171901

And it looks like a hill of well farmed countryside, except there is probably an ancient temple or fortress under that dirt. 

Linguistic Archaeology: Armenian Family Names

 Armenian Family names

1. Abdalian
2. Aboutiounian
3. Achikian
4. Agazarian
5. Aghassian
6. Aghyarian
7. Agopipian
8. Aidindgian
9. Aivasian
10. Akopian
11. Altounian
12. Amlian
13. Andikian
14. Antounian
15. Arekelyan
16. Arkoian
17. Arshagouni
18. Arultioun
19. Arzumanian
20. Asatrian
21. Asjian
22. Atandjian
23. Avedikian
24. Azantian
25. Babanian
26. Baboudjian
27. Bagamian
28. Bakladjian
29. Baraghian
30. Barmakszian
31. Barsekian
32. Barsoomian
33. Bazoian
34. Bedikian
35. Bekerian
36. Bezikian
37. Bodrighian
38. Boghossian
39. Boodanian
40. Bouchakian
41. Boyatzian
42. Bullukian
43. Chahinian
44. Chaloukian
45. Charkhian
46. Chiranian
47. Chitjian
48. Chorebanian
49. Chuchian
50. Dadikozian
51. Darmanian
52. Dekermandjian
53. Demiraiakian
54. Depanian
55. Derkrikorian
56. Der-stepanian
57. Derderian
58. Dgengemian
59. Djamdjian
60. Djibinian
61. Dobalian
62. Donjoian
63. Dovlatian
64. Edesatsi
65. Eghenian
66. Elmassian
67. Erbabian
68. Eskandarian
69. Essagian
70. Ezenkatzi
71. Festigian
72. Gagatchian
73. Garnighian
74. Gertmenian
75. Gezalian
76. Ghazakian
77. Ghazarian
78. Ghevondian
79. Godigian
80. Golbatsi
81. Goudian
82. Goukasian
83. Grashi
84. Guevshevian
85. Gulbenkian
86. Gurunian
87. Hagopian
88. Hajian
89. Hakobian
90. Hamparsumian
91. Hardutounian
92. Harutunian
93. Heratsi
94. Hookasian
95. Hounanian
96. Hovanian
97. Hrechdakian
98. Injeyan
99. Izmirlian
100. Jamgotchian
101. Jeghelian
102. Jibotian
103. Kaakajian
104. Kachadoorian
105. Kalachian
106. Kalakjian
107. Kalanian
108. Kalebjian
109. Kalian
110. Kanian
111. Karadjian
112. Karagiosian
113. Karakachian
114. Karamalian
115. Karaoglanian
116. Karpouzian
117. Kasarjian
118. Kassabian
119. Kazakian
120. Kazarian
121. Kehayan
122. Kemikisizian
123. Keoroughlian
124. Keotahian
125. Kesadjikyan
126. Ketentchian
127. Keuyoghlian
128. Kevorkian
129. Khachaturian
130. Khananian
131. Kharadjian
132. Khatcherian
133. Khederian
134. Khorenatsi
135. Khoubesserian
136. Kirikian
137. Kochkarian
138. Kokshanian
139. Konssoulian
140. Korkoian
141. Kouyomdjian
142. Kovouktchian
143. Krikorisian
144. Kuiumgian
145. Kulhanian
146. Kurkedjian
147. Levian
148. Louthian
149. Macighian
150. Maghdessian
151. Mahtesian
152. Malachalian
153. Mamrevian
154. Mandoyan
155. Manokian
156. Mardiossian
157. Margizian
158. Mashourian
159. Matosian
160. Mazmanian
161. Meghrigian
162. Mehranian
163. Mekikian
164. Mencherian
165. Merzifonian
166. Messerlian
167. Mgrditchian
168. Mieklian
169. Minanian
170. Mirijanian
171. Mitilian
172. Mokhtarian
173. Moomjian
174. Moskofian
175. Moutafian
176. Muserlian
177. Nazaretian
178. Nerguizian
179. Nigosian
180. Norayan
181. Oganessian
182. Ounian
183. Ovian
184. Palatian
185. Panjarjian
186. Papelian
187. Parikian
188. Pashaian
189. Pelenghian
190. Petrosyan
191. Phrapetsi
192. Piloyan
193. Poghossian
194. Postajian
195. Rahimian
196. Roumdiguian
197. Rshtuni
198. Sagatelian
199. Sahagian
200. Sakezlian
201. Sakian
202. Samarkashian
203. Sarian
204. Sarkesian
205. Saroyan
206. Sasuni
207. Sayazian
208. Serimian
209. Seviahian
210. Shahenian
211. Shakarian
212. Sharloyphian
213. Shirakatsi
214. Shirikchian
215. Shishmanian
216. Shnorhali
217. Shukloian
218. Simitian
219. Sissyan
220. Soukiassian
221. Spandarian
222. Stephanian
223. Tacorian
224. Takvorian
225. Tankian
226. Tashtchian
227. Tatikian
228. Tavidian
229. Tchaghayan
230. Tchalakian
231. Tchekijian
232. Tebelekian
233. Ter-namian
234. Ter-petrosian
235. Ter-zibasyan
236. Titoian
237. Tookoian
238. Topjian
239. Totigian
240. Tourikian
241. Tschaikian
242. Tutunjian
243. Vosbigian
244. Yapalamian
245. Yapundjian
246. Yazdanian
247. Yeghiazarian
248. Yegmalian
249. Yemenidjian
250. Yessayan
251. Zabounian
252. Zadigian
253. Zehtabian
254. Zorthian


Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
253  99%  80   31%   245  96%   90   35%      45   17%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
35  13%     30  11%    48   18%     4     1%        56  22%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
87   34%    32  12%    96   37%    46    18%      55    21%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
249  98%   24  9%       0       0%    100  39%    79    31%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
66  25%    15    5%       0       0%     0      0%       24    9%

Z       %
30  11%



Popularity of use
99% A:
98% N, A:
96% I, N, A:
39% R, I, N, A:
37% K, R, I, N, A: Kanian, Kirikian,
35% O, K, R, I, N, A: Korkoian, Arkoian,
34% H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Khananian,
31% S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Sakian, Sarian, Sarkesian, Shahenian, Shakarian, Shirakatsi, Krikorisian, Kokshanian, Hookasian,
25% T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Tankian, Tatikian, Titoian, Tookoian, Keotahian, Khorenatsi, Asatrian, Heratsi,
22% G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Totigian, Nigosian, Oganessian, Sahagian, Karagiosian, Arshagouni, Eghenian, Essagian, Garnighian, Grashi, Aghassian,
21% M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Shishmanian, Simitian, Ter-namian, Samarkashian, Serimian, Mahtesian, Manokian, Matosian, Meghrigian, Mehranian, Mekikian, Minanian, Mokhtarian, Rahimian, Gertmenian,
18% L, D, M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Shnorhali, Mitilian, Sagatelian, Messerlian, Mieklian, Maghdessian, Mardiossian, Khederian, Karamalian, Karaoglanian, Kalanian, Kalian, Elmassian, Eskandarian, Godigian, Darmanian, Demiraiakian, Derkrikorian, Derderian, Dgengemian, Edesatsi, Aidindgian, Amlian, Andikian,
17% U, L, D, M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Soukiassian, Tourikian, Shukloian, Sasuni, Roumdiguian, Rshtuni, Muserlian, Ounian, Mashourian, Kuiumgian, Kulhanian, Louthian, Keoroughlian, Konssoulian, Gurunian, Hardutounian, Harutunian, Hounanian, Goudian, Goukasian, Antounian, Arultioun, Altounian,
13% B, U, L, D, M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Tebelekian, Kassabian, Khoubesserian, Babanian, Bagamian, Baraghian, Barsekian, Barsoomian, Bedikian, Bekerian, Bodrighian, Boghossian, Boodanian, Bullukian, Abdalian, Aboutiounian, Dobalian, Erbabian, Gulbenkian, Hakobian, Golbatsi,
12% J, B, U, L, D, M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Topjian, Tutunjian, Mirijanian, Moomjian, Kharadjian, Kurkedjian, Karadjian, Kasarjian, Kalebjian, Jeghelian, Jibotian, Kaakajian, Kalakjian, Donjoian, Hajian, Djamdjian, Djibinian, Dekermandjian, Baboudjian, Bakladjian, Atandjian, Asjian,
11% Z, C, J, B, U, L, D, M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Zabounian, Zadigian, Zehtabian, Zorthian, Tchalakian, Tchekijian, Tschaikian, Tacorian, Tashtchian, Shirikchian, Sakezlian, Nerguizian, Mgrditchian, Mencherian, Nazaretian, Kemikisizian, Margizian, Mazmanian, Macighian, Malachalian, Khatcherian, Kochkarian, Ketentchian, Khachaturian, Kazakian, Kazarian, Karakachian, Kachadoorian, Kalachian, Hrechdakian, Izmirlian, Jamgotchian, Gezalian, Ghazakian, Ghazarian, Ezenkatzi, Gagatchian, Chahinian, Chaloukian, Charkhian, Chiranian, Chitjian, Chorebanian, Chuchian, Dadikozian, Bezikian, Bouchakian, Barmakszian, Bazoian, Azantian, Arzumanian, Achikian, Agazarian,
9% Y, P, Z, C, J, B, U, L, D, M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Yapalamian, Yapundjian, Yazdanian, Yeghiazarian, Yegmalian, Yemenidjian, Ter-zibasyan, Yessayan, Sissyan, Tchaghayan, Sayazian, Sharloyphian, Saroyan, Spandarian, Stephanian, Ter-petrosian, Palatian, Panjarjian, Papelian, Parikian, Pashaian, Pelenghian, Petrosyan, Phrapetsi, Piloyan, Poghossian, Postajian, Mandoyan, Norayan, Keuyoghlian, Kouyomdjian, Kesadjikyan, Karpouzian, Kehayan, Boyatzian, Injeyan, Aghyarian, Arekelyan, Agopipian, Akopian, Depanian, Der-stepanian, Hagopian, Hamparsumian,
5% V, Y, P, Z, C, J, B, U, L, D, M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Vosbigian, Takvorian, Tavidian, Seviahian, Mamrevian, Ovian, Levian, Kevorkian, Kovouktchian, Guevshevian, Hovanian, Ghevondian, Dovlatian, Aivasian, Avedikian,
1% F, V, Y, P, Z, C, J, B, U, L, D, M, G, T, S, E, H, O, K, R, I, N, A: Moskofian, Moutafian, Merzifonian, Festigian,
0% X, W, Q


Conclusion: originating in the A-N-I linguistic Subgroup:

A-N-I subgroup                      sex            %                dev. Chain
Armenian Family names                      99%            (A; N; I; R; K; O; H)
African/Oth.                            F              80%            (A; N; I; M)
The Pillars of Heaven                           78%            (A; N; I; E; S; L; R)
Swim                                                        68%           (A; N; I; U; E)
Dungeon                                                  68%             (A; N; I; E; O)
Ring                                                          53%             (A; N; I; R; E; G)

They begin at 37% rise to a peak at 11% before declining down to 1%.

The shared [A-N-I-R] subgroup indicates they eventually develop Rings.