The Common Language

Within the first, strange years of the Silvertree Empire, the establishment of a common language was an important goal for Emperor Magnar and the elves, to act not only as a tool of unification, but also to help the assimilation of the elves into Broadholm. It took the concerted effort of the most learned scholars of the Six Kingdoms, but by 6 AA, the Common Language was created. Derived from the basic roots of the major languages of the Lands of Man (Northlandish, Ravynnic, Upper Tyresian, Lower Tyresian, Ptolnomdaric) and simplified, and written in modified dwarven runes.

Since the establishment of the Common Language, or Common, naming locations within the empire has been in Common, and naming in other languages is prohibited. Personal names still sometimes retain their old roots, but location-based surnames and bynames have become increasingly Common. To speak solely in the tongue associated with ones birthplace is often seen as backwards; nobles, regardless of that perception, will often do so anyway, to separate themselves from others.