Sayings and Oaths
May you soar high and far.
Used by the Shai’then
May you walk in the sun’s light for the length of your days.
Traditional greeting from Miltan’s western border.
May your feet ever tread on the Path of Life and your quill ever write the words of truth.
A traditional blessing for Scholars.
By the Lady’s Eye
It is a reference to the moon Tiylshan, which is the symbol of the goddess Kephru, who is known as the Lady.
Hackani Prokuna
Literally means ‘without worry’, it is used in several different contexts such as ‘don’t worry’ or ‘no worries’.
Cross my heart and cross my eye, kiss a Kairyyl, hope to die.
This is a fairly strong form of swearing to something. The underlined word is exchanged for something the speaker considers foul or distasteful, frequently an enemy. Some of the words used are as follows: Fyre-type, Ayre-type, Earthe-type, Aquos-type, blackwing, whitewing, Darkwinger, Palewinger, Nightlord, Kairyyl, Karshe, Felinas, Draconar, Human, Falleen, Lunyari, Centauricorn, man/male, woman/female, thief, non-thief, mage, non-mage, commie/commoner, mundie/mundane, islander, Forhiellin.
May your children have dark wings.
A very strong curse. The underlined word is substituted for other words according to the speaker and receiver’s races. For winged species, the word wing is typically used, but among non-winged races, words like hair and eyes are most common. The only exceptions to this curse is on Keltos and in the ancient country of Kaishivan, where such curses meant nothing.
May your children have pale wings.
The reverse of the above curse and follows the same guidelines. The only exceptions to this blessing is on Keltos and in the ancient country of Kaishivan, where such blessings meant nothing.
May you walk in the sun’s light for the length of your days.
Traditional greeting from Miltan’s western border.
May your feet ever tread on the Path of Life and your quill ever write the words of truth.
A traditional blessing for Scholars.
By the Lady’s Eye
It is a reference to the moon Tiylshan, which is the symbol of the goddess Kephru, who is known as the Lady.
Hackani Prokuna
Literally means ‘without worry’, it is used in several different contexts such as ‘don’t worry’ or ‘no worries’.
Cross my heart and cross my eye, kiss a Kairyyl, hope to die.
This is a fairly strong form of swearing to something. The underlined word is exchanged for something the speaker considers foul or distasteful, frequently an enemy. Some of the words used are as follows: Fyre-type, Ayre-type, Earthe-type, Aquos-type, blackwing, whitewing, Darkwinger, Palewinger, Nightlord, Kairyyl, Karshe, Felinas, Draconar, Human, Falleen, Lunyari, Centauricorn, man/male, woman/female, thief, non-thief, mage, non-mage, commie/commoner, mundie/mundane, islander, Forhiellin.
May your children have dark wings.
A very strong curse. The underlined word is substituted for other words according to the speaker and receiver’s races. For winged species, the word wing is typically used, but among non-winged races, words like hair and eyes are most common. The only exceptions to this curse is on Keltos and in the ancient country of Kaishivan, where such curses meant nothing.
May your children have pale wings.
The reverse of the above curse and follows the same guidelines. The only exceptions to this blessing is on Keltos and in the ancient country of Kaishivan, where such blessings meant nothing.
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