Saion Rune Tablet
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The Saion Rune Tablet is a stone tablet inscribed with two versions of a historical record about a meeting between two prominent leaders in the year 133 BP. The top text is in Ancient Nagali, while the bottom is in New Ealdorian. The historical record is almost the same in both languages, making it key in deciphering New Ealdorian.
Deciphering
After its discovery by an archeological team in 2895 AP on, the tablet caused a lot of excitement in the world of linguistics. Ancient Nagali was not an easy language to read, and not fully deciphered yet, but there was a potential for deciphering New Ealdorian. It took seven more years before a first breakthrough was made. By a seventeen year old girl no less. Thuya Ebi not only made this first breakthrough, she later became an expert in reading New Ealdorian. Over the course of her life she deciphered many New Ealdorian texts all over the world.
Languages
New Ealdorian
New Ealdorian is very different from Old Ealdorian. The latter uses an elegant script, while the former uses runes which have no curves in them. They are build up of straight lines. Because of this vast difference Old Ealdorian has never been deciphered.
Ancient Nagali
Ancient Nagali was the language spoken by the Nagal civilization which lived in The Southern Sand Plains of East Eghea. It differs from Modern Nagali, which is still spoken in the southern regions of Ghynzua to this day.
Discovery
The tablet was discovered by an archeological team, in the ruined Nagal city Saion in 2895 AP. Situated in The Southern Sand Plains, Saion was once one of the largest cities on the continent. Despite the inhospitable desert the city was build in it thrived for hundreds of years. A few years after The Pulse Saion fell in ruins. Historians believe the city was abandoned because of outbreaks of diseases among the survivors. It was never reclaimed.
Rynn there is a typo, the sidebar says 133BP the text 1133. Otherwise an enjoyable read.
Oh my goodness. That's what you get for quickly typing an article before heading to work. :D Thank you for pointing that out!