| Pope Uncommon the Dainty |
I'm a bit confused by the languages used in Nidal . . . They speak
* Common/Taldane ~ but they were never ruled by Taldor, requiring it only to trade (not a huge focus of theirs for many years) until Cheliax conquered them, which was only a very short time in Nidalese history (which is twice as long as **all of human (written) history in our world**
* Shadowtongue ~ a combination of Infernal (okay ig altho velstracs feel like something else but they are LE and have origins in Hell), Azlanti (okay ig cuz Nidal accepted so many refugees) and . . . Taldane for some reason??? Why not Infernal, Azlanti, and Hallit ~ certainly their ancestral language should still be present in their language somehow?
* Varisian ~ why??? Like, yes, it's a neighbor, but it's also one very much associated in Nidalese culture with Desnan worship, which is a driving force of rebellion. I would imagine speaking Varisian is likely to be met with at least a little suspicion from the Nidalese (and very often, maybe most of the time, not too much more than that, tho when it invites more suspicion, I would imagine it invites a **lot** more)
Why no Hallit? Why those languages?