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The Ankyri Race

by Olorin Il'isia

You open a leather bound book entitled, "The Ankyri Race" to the bookmark, on page 1, and begin reading.
During the Order's life, a common misconception was to succumb to the glory and rumour surrounding the Ankyri, and believe them to be Immortal. They were in fact wholly mortal, yet gifted with increased intelligence and enormous capacity for knowledge, graces bestowed upon them in order that they could better perform their appointed tasks of spreading knowledge and civilization about the realm. They were thought to be the perfect example of Mortality. They are also thought to have been, in our terms, both a Race and a Class.

The one surviving member of this Order can give an example of the appearance of these 'perfect' mortals. Qeddwyn's appearance could be compared to that of a human
he is tall and lean, his hair black, grey hairs revealing those effects of age that other mortal races succumb to. From this we can conclude that the Ankyreans probably resembled humans more than any other mortal race, although further evidence would be necessary to be completely certain of this fact.

Qeddwyn himself has revealed that the Ankyreans enjoyed similar lifespans to other mortals, and named his own age as almost one hundred and twenty-five years. According to the scrolls, this would have made him eighteen years old at the time of the Grand Artifice and the destruction of his Order, an age that in our terms is extraordinarily young. What level of maturity an Ankyrean may have reached at this age is difficult to guess, although with their increased intelligence and capacity for learning, it may not be unreasonable to assume that they would indeed have surpassed an eighteen year old of any other race.

It is difficult to draw any conclusions about the Ankyrean language. All that is currently known is a handful of names and one single word. If the names Qeddwyn, Habbak and Girglik have anything in common, it could be their use of the hard consonant sounds, including 'd', 'b', 'k' and 'g'. As for the one surviving noun, the word 'rellyw' (meaning 'pet' in our own tongue), does not seem to fit this pattern, being of a much more musical sound. Further words will be necessary in order to draw any distinct image of the language. Furthermore, it is thus far impossible to say how this language developed. Was it an amalgamation of other mortal languages already in existence at the time of their creation? Or did they bring the language with them, already fully-formed?

     

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