Espruar
Espruar (pronounced: /ɛspruːˈɑːr/ es-proo-AR[1] about this audio file listen) was the alphabet of the moon elves[1] and the script used to write the Elven language.[2]
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"A true friend As the trees and the water Are true friends."
Espruar was a graceful and fluid script.[2] It was commonly used to decorate jewelry, monuments, and magic items.[3] It was also used as the writing system for the Dambrathan language.[4]
The script was also used by mortals when writing in Deep Speech,[5] the language of aberrations, as it had no native script of its own.[6]
AD
History The Espruar script was originally developed by the moon elves, but had been subsequently adopted by sun elves, drow, and other elven peoples as their preferred script, remaining so for several millennia.[3]
Around 1357 DR and by the late 15th century DR, most elves across Faerûn used it to render messages, either in Common or in their own language.[1][7] The language was also used on Evermeet.[8]
By 1372 DR, a variant of the Espruar script was commonly in use,[9] with characters that differed substantially from the ones in use in previous and subsequent decades.[7][10]
Contents Description History Appendix See Also Gallery References Description
"A true friend As the trees and the water Are true friends."
Espruar was a graceful and fluid script.[2] It was commonly used to decorate jewelry, monuments, and magic items.[3] It was also used as the writing system for the Dambrathan language.[4]
The script was also used by mortals when writing in Deep Speech,[5] the language of aberrations, as it had no native script of its own.[6]
AD
History The Espruar script was originally developed by the moon elves, but had been subsequently adopted by sun elves, drow, and other elven peoples as their preferred script, remaining so for several millennia.[3]
Around 1357 DR and by the late 15th century DR, most elves across Faerûn used it to render messages, either in Common or in their own language.[1][7] The language was also used on Evermeet.[8]
By 1372 DR, a variant of the Espruar script was commonly in use,[9] with characters that differed substantially from the ones in use in previous and subsequent decades.[7][10]