Aetherian

Qualities of Aetherian

The Aetherian language, when spoken, is strangely unmemorable. Though beautiful in the moment of its hearing, the sound of Aetherian speech flees from memory like a dream upon waking. When written, Aetherian glyphs compress a near-infinite amount of thought into a single character. Complete thought, with all the nuance that can’t be communicated in mortal languages, finds its way into single, unique glyphs.

Understanding Aetherian

If your character has sailed upon the Aetherial Expanse for 10 years or more, you can replace one of your starting languages with Aetherian, but you can only understand it, not speak it, read it, or write it. If they’ve sailed for 30 years or more, they can speak, read, and write Aetherian as well.

Learning Aetherian

If you gain a feature that allows you to learn a new language, you can choose to understand Aetherian. If you understand Aetherian and gain the ability to learn another new language, you can gain the ability to speak, read, and write Aetherian as well.