Zaelia - Colloquial Phrasing

This forum is meant to help with the daily conversation between citizens of Bulund. It is not exhaustive, but certainly a good start to understanding the layperson's dialect.

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Below is a list of commonly heard words or phrases, along with their accompanying meaning. Feel free to use these in your own speech for added immersion.

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Bastard Blood : derogatory term for a Half-Elf
Bjornen Star/Great Bear : the sun
Black : a name given to anything thought to be infested by Evil
Festival : when spoken in regards to a period of time, Winter season
Flit : (uncommon) derogatory term for a pureblood Elf
Harvest : when spoken in regards to a period of time, Fall season
Maw : general term for a horrible thing or place (Hell)
Mystic : any Intelligent person who can cast magic
Nail : a type of tobacco cigarette
Sowing : when spoken in regards to a period of time, Spring season
Stump : derogatory term for a Gnome
Touched : any person or object thought to possess magical qualities
Turn : an hour's time
Vargen's Belt/Great Wolf : a cluster of small planetoids illuminated at night
Vision : a month's time (4 weeks of 8 days each)
Wylds : any large, mostly inhospitable forest region