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So, I never thought about updating something like this...But! I'll need it for reference for Ahd'ar'ohk's Stave, so I post!
This is the set of Ancient Runes as used by the races of the Western Continent in Ul-Zaorith.
Ahd'ar'ohk's Stave bore different numbers of runes at different stages of his life. When he first got the Stave he put 6 runes into it - the normal limit of any mortal creature.
1 - Huskline
2 - Blaze
3 - Earthquake
4 - Lightning
5 - Energy
6 - Manna Weave
Then, after the death of Sasharr, he added a seventh - Time.
After he had achieved Godhood, he blessed his own stave so that it could, as his Relic hold a final 8th rune: Power.
The current order of runes is:
1 - Huskline
2 - Blaze
3 - Time
4 - Lightning
5 - Power
6 - Energy
7 - Earthquake
8 - Manna Weave
If anyone is able to make a text Font such as could be used in photoshop or word, I will draw you a picture.
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Hello, would it be possible if I use these ruins in a game I'm making? The fly and Gravity ruins are something that looked awesome for a flying island with magic crystals etc which I've currently made. I was originally looking for basic symbols but when I seen the symbols in such detail and even named, I wanted it to be in the lore.Β
Many thanks,
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Hello! These Runes are a part of a world and game I've been building, so I'm afraid they can't be used in another IP. Thanks for asking!
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Hi! I'm working on facial make-up for a "tribe" that uses runes as their center pieces. Would it be okay if I used a few of yours as inspiration/actual center pieces for a few of the examples? I'll link to you of course!
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HEllo! These Runes are actually a part of an existing world I've created, and they're not used in the tribal countries of that setting, so I don't think such an application would fit the world mythos. Thanks for asking!
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I would be interested to see how these runes developed. While itβs clear certain runes, like 'waterfall,' could have developed from a picture, how did you develop forms for an abstract concept like 'energy'?
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In this world (Ul-Zaorith), magic can be seen if one develops the skill. The magical energy of the world flows in 2 distinct ways: Manna Weave appears like thick and bright rivers of colour that run through all matter (with 9 colours representing 9 elemental component sources). Huskline looks like an ephemeral web of spider's thin threads that fill up all the space in between the Manna Weave. Huskline is chance, potential, memory, possibility. Manna Weave is reality, action, physical matter, and choices taken.
The Energy Rune was designed to reflect the two forms coexisting. The straight lines ending in the objects (circles) represent Manna Weave, and the jagged transitions represent Huskline. The theory is that as Huskline is possibility, when an action makes that potential into reality it transforms into Manna Weave, but once that form erodes/dies/is forsaken, the energy returns to Huskline once more.
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I see - so they're not so much pictures, as ideograms - iconic representations. Can they be used to write full sentences, or are they just a shorthand for spells?Β Does the act of writing in these runes by itself constitute casting a spell, that causes things to happen?
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Yup, they're ideograms!
Ancient Runes are one of several different types of Rune Work in Ul-Zaorith. The Runes fall into two main practices: those sets in which each Rune has its own prescribed meaning, and those that can be combined (almost like ingredients). Ancient Runes fall into the former category, in which a maximum of 6 Runes can be inscribed on a single object (the maximum amount of power an object can withstand before imploding), with each one retains its own individual purpose to imbue specific effects.
The other category only has two Rune Sets at present, and they work very differently. Ere Breghin Runes are like math...they each can be added to or subtracted from each other, placed in such configurations (again, up to 6 at a time) to result in some 6000+ different results. And Muzina Runes are written with intent, more like an alphabet, that only the High Priests and Priestesses learn how to properly channel from their goddess. In that case, they are literally willing their sentences to affect reality.
But none of them are used in conveying language. For that I have 15 different writing systems!
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Even so the ancient runes should be able to produce up to 28^6 orΒ 481,890,304 combinations! Do you post the other writing systems on DA?
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I don't think I have as of yet. I do have them all drawn, but I haven't done them in the cleaner brush work that I did this set in.
And yah, while you could do any combinations with the Ancient Runes, their meanings remain static. So, even if you combined Feather (making things light/float) and Flame (making things burn on contact), it would simply give the object those two separate qualities, depending on which Rune(s) you activated, as opposed to resulting in a new third result (like the Ere Breghin Runes do).
Your interest has made me want to draw the others out cleanly and post them up too! This is all from my Ul-Zaorith world, which you can learn more about here: www.astracrompton.com/ulzaorith.php
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The link didn't work for me
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Try this?
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This is awesome i love this kind of writing and merry christmas.Β
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Thanks very much! Happiest holidays to you, as well!
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These look very cool. 
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I'll have to try Font Forge! I did try to with another font maker, but it didn't work very well. I still have a lot to learn to work out the kinks and make sure they're spaced properly.
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I love these, thank you. I am wondering if you are possibly able to let me use them for little short stories, or I plan to write a book some day. Would you be alright if I used them.
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These are from my novel series (and accompanying RPG corebook), so I would prefer if you did not use them in works unrelated to my Ul-Zaorith setting.
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Hi! I love this runes, I have been searching a lot about runes to make myself a tattoo, so I would like to know the meaning of Β them, beautiful work, the best i have found ( sorry for the bad grammar i am latin haha)
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These are a set of runes used for casting magic in my series of books. Each of them has different properties. Like, Feather makes things light and float and strengthened by wind. If you have any questions about them, I'd be happy to answer them!
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If you could explain the properties of each rune I would be very interested.Β
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They are one of the Rune Sets from the fantasy world I write my novels in.
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Okay. I just was wondering where your inspiration came from because they look almost identical to a set of runes I have since lost.
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Oh, that's just what they look like. The Runes of the Ancients combine spheres for Manna Weave and lines for Huskline to create balances of power in order to control the elements of the world. Ul-Zaorith is an exceptionally complicated world. I've been exploring it for about 15 years now.
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Interesting. I was wondering if I could use them for recreational use. The runes you have crafted here are variation of a set of runes I used to use in my past lives. These have true power if you know how to harness it. I still find it quite fortunate I stumbled upon these.
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Would you mind if I used these runes? I'm drawing a spell book and these runes would be perfect!~ I will give you credit of course.
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These runes are actually an existing set from my series of fantasy novels. I'm a little sticky about how they are used.
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Ok
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Wow, I read the preview and it was beautiful. Can I use these, or at least the basic designs and translations, but tweaking them slightly? I am happy that your writing has gone far. That is my dream.
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Thanks for the fave! These are actually an intrinsic part of the magic from my world... If you were going to use them, you would need to give credit.
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And thinking about it some more, if you don't mind and you do let me use these, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind if I modified them a little bit to mesh together the word. Like... 'blaze' and 'wind fall' I would connect the bottom swirl for 'wind fall' to the far right stem of the bottom of the 'blaze' rune to create 'blaze fall' or 'fallen blaze' or however you want to decipher it.
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Yeah, these runes can be used that way - though there is a limit of 6 strung together on a single object before the potency becomes too much for the object to withstand. :3
Thank you for the fave as well!
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Oh, cool. <3 It was hard to figure out how to modify them, but I think I got it, lol. And that's actually pretty cool! Do you do this as a roleplay or a story or something?
And you're welcome! <3
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Oh, these are from a world setting I write novels in. [link]
This is my first book published for that setting; but I'm also building a tabletop RPG game for the world, as well as do text RP with some friends now and then.
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.... This is amazing. :'O I don't feel like using actual runes, but I like how these stand for words instead. Do you mind if I use this for a picture I'm drawing? I'll credit and link to you of course. :]
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Thanks. This is one of the most-used rune sets in my fantasy world. As long as you give me a plug when you post it and send me the link, I'm fine with you using them. <3
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That's awesome. I like how swirly they are.
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Yes please! And sorry for the lag~ <3
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These runes are beautiful, good job.
I'm a 3D artist, and currently I'm working on a project, and I'd like your permission to use some of these runes in the texture maps for my geometry. Of course when I post my final images I'll credit you and send you a link to my work.
The project is a temple that has sunk underwater and is now ruined, and I think these runes would go beautifully with my aesthetic.
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Ooo, that sounds lovely. This Rune set was created by the Old Gods of the world of my Fantasy novels, Ul-Zaorith. They were used in the sunken palaces and temples of the eastern ruins, so it sounds like an appropriate setting for them!
I'd love to see the finished product, and yes please to the credit.
If you want to know more about them, or how they work, please let me know.
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Cool c: Thank you so much!
I'll be sure to keep you posted c:
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How goes your rune picture?
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Still working on the 3D end of it c: I will make sure to message you as soon as I can fix a number of problems I have been having.
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Ah, hopefully you manage to iron out all the kinks. :3
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I love these Runes you made and I'd like your permission to use Blackness and Lightning in a reference picture of mine. My character needs a pin for his waist-cloth and Blackness and Lightning both pertain to his abilities.
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So long as you credit the origins of them, and please send me a link to your reference picture!
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definately! And I'm combining the Blackness and Lighting symbol (cuz Lightning looks like it could hook onto the base of the Blackness symbol)
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