From 0d739a0f4c6de29cdad0dfc42acde93098b511a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ngô Ngọc Đức Huy Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:15:13 +0700 Subject: Add introduction --- src/haesdaaga/intro.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/haesdaaga/intro.md (limited to 'src/haesdaaga') diff --git a/src/haesdaaga/intro.md b/src/haesdaaga/intro.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d264650 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/haesdaaga/intro.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Introduction + +## In-world background + +Hàësdáëga is a dead language spoken by ancient people in Gaëdaäna. +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. -- cgit 1.4.1