What's the IG lore for common? Where does it come from? Presumably if the Seven Star Empire had an official language, it was common. Was it widespread before the empire?

So it's artificial. Interesting. Presumably it's drifted from the original version, though.

Thanks.

>Except for the word "snert". That's from the old tongue.

And fog. The realms used to be besieged by crippling fog, at times so bad you couldn't see your own hands.

>>DR-Naohhi: The name of "Common" presumably comes from "common tongue." I know nothing about if it was ever an official Imperial language.

Gamgweth was the official court language of the Empire of the Seven Pointed Star. You can see this legacy in the names of places, items, titles, and spells.

It's not IG lore, but I've always assumed that the term "Common" may have been influenced by The Lord of the Rings, which also uses the term "Common Speech" for the language that is spoken throughout Middle Earth. (This language evolved from Adûnaic, the language of the Men of Númenor. Gamgweth, the court language of the Empire, is the language of humans.)

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