Editing Trinity:Languages (section)

=Scripts=
Where spoken word was developed, so, too, was the written word. Unlike languages, however, scripts are far from unique; in general, most languages from a given region use the same script, albeit differently. Trade languages, likewise, use the script of one of the languages upon which it is based, and this is even more true for the Common languages.

Some languages develop their own script, such as in the case of Arcanic. These scripts are developed because of a specific need for something more complex than the general scripts devised by those seeking to communicate with their neighbors.

==Arcanic Script==
[[Image:Arcanic_Script.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Arcanic Script]]
Arcanic script appears to be more formulaic than most other scripts, primarily because it was developed to be so. The script is currently used only by the language of the same name, wherein each character represents an idea or concept, rather than a single sound. Pronouncing these characters aloud is incredibly difficult, as so much as a single tiny variation can change the entire meaning and, therefore, the sound of the character.

==Lotharie Script==
[[Image:Lotharie_Script.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Lotharie Script]]
Lotharie script was developed long after the actual language itself, as many of its speakers possessed at least minor telepathic abilities, and many of its speakers were enslaved by the illithids long ago, who forebade writing. As such, the script is modelled after how the language itself sounds.

==Lynaen Script==
[[Image:Lynaen_Script.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Lynaen Script]]
The Lynaen script was developed by the gnomes of the [[Trinity:Blue_Hills | Blue Hills]], and was then picked up by the halflings and selkies, who shared the area. Its characters are relatively simple, easy to scribe, and easy to tell apart, making it an ideal character set for written works. Due to the selkies being exposed to both Lynaen and Tipan, there was a mild mixture of characters, and as such it can be difficult at times to determine which is which.

==Ronkan Script==
[[Image:Ronkan_Script.JPG|thumb|175px|right|Ronkan Script]]
When the [[Trinity:Ronkan_Empire | Ronkan Empire]] was formed, there was found to be a need for a new language. The language of the dwarves was too limited; that of the gnomes was too sparse; and that of the humans was insufficient. Thus was a new language devised, one with which all of the technological concepts that were being found could be easily conveyed. Thus was Ronkan devised, both a spoken and written language.

==Runic Script==
[[Image:Runic_Script.JPG|thumb|175px|right|Runic Script]]
Runic is the language of choice for the dwarves, who established it; it is also used by the orcs, who were at war with the dwarves for a time in [[Trinity:History#The_Beginning | the time of the Woodland League]]. Runic is a fairly straightforward script, and is utterly without elegance - it favors function over form, much as its creators.

==Tengwar==
[[Image:Tengwar_Script.JPG|thumb|175px|right|Tengwar Script]]
Developed by the [[Trinity:Elf | elves]] in tandem with their spoken language, the tengwar is the most elegant script in Trinity. However, the fact that it uses very little variation in its characters gives the vast majority of those who would read it a good deal of trouble. Regardless of that, however, a number of languages use the Tengwar script, and even those that do not sometimes utilize the tengwar's method of indicating vowels in conjunction with their own characters.

==Tipan Script==
[[Image:Tipan_Script.JPG|thumb|175px|right|Tipan Script]]
Tipan script is an elegant, flowing script, with few sharp edges. Strangely enough, it share some characteristics with the Tengwar script, despite the fact that they were developed independently. This script was developed by [[Trinity:Clavat | clavats]] once a shared language had developed on the continent of [[Trinity:Distarin | Distarin]]. Since then, the general helpfulness of the clavat people has placed them in an excellent position to be those who form the languages that would allow the language barriers to be broken. As such, almost all languages that had some amount of contact with Distarin are at least partially based on Tipan, and a good number of them use the Tipan script.

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