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-# Hàäsdáïga
-
-## In-world background
-
-Hàäsdáïga is a dead language spoken by ancient people in Gaïdaäna.
-In the day, there was only one language in the continent, shared by people from
-five peoples: *Wood* farmers, *Fire* hunters, *Earth* monks, *Metal* smiths and
-*Water* seafarers.  They embraced the philosophy and that reflected in their
-languages.  They not only used the language to communicate, but also to define
-a method with which they could control these five natural forces.
-
-Later, as these peoples mixed up, their ability to harness these five natural
-forces strengthened for some and weakened for the others.  Most notably, the
-*Metal* and *Water* people lost almost all of this power, and only a minority
-could still use it.  Science and trade thus became their main strength.  On the
-other hand, *Fire* and *Wood* people could control it so well, they no longer
-needed the language to guide their power.  *Earth* monks were the most pure
-with this power, but chose to distance themselves from others' affairs.
-Naturally, the language was divided into five different languages (and two
-pidgins) and the old way of using natural force was forgotten.
-
-Incidentally, *Arrow*, the son of *Blade* and *Pearl*[^1], re-invented the way.
-Born as a child of a Metal mage warrior and a magicless aristocrat in a
-science-oriented society, he learned to use one heritage to support the other.
-He tried to reconstruct the ancient language and defined a way to use it to combine
-his magic ability.  Independently, *Iceberg*[^1] also discovered it by reading
-old text he was lucky to find
-
-We are interested in the linguistic features of this language as well as its magical
-structure. In this book we discuss both of them.
-
-[^1]: These names are temporary, but they carry the meaning of their future names.