Xratinian Speech Primer

🇦🇺 Xratinian Speech Primer
“The Iron Tongue of the Last Kingdom.”
Filed under the Aegis Department of Foreign Linguistics

Language Name: Xratinian Common (War-Tongue)
Accent Profile: Harsh, grounded, and distinctly Aussie-coded — a soldier’s drawl shaped by smoke, grit, and mountain air. Every sentence sounds like it’s been forged on an anvil.
The people speak fast, cut words short, and replace polish with punch.

General Tone:
Imagine Australian bluntness fused with medieval oaths — a tongue of warriors who can curse like miners but swear loyalty like knights. Even kindness carries the echo of command.
They do not “converse.” They declare.

Speech feels tactile — metallic vowels, hard consonants.
Their idioms often relate to steel, dust, or survival.

Everyday Speech & Greetings
“Oi, you still breathin’, mate?” — Standard greeting; means “How are you?”
“Solid as iron.” — “I’m good.” Used to affirm health or readiness.
“Keep the forge lit.” — “Stay strong.” A farewell.
“King watch ya.” — “Good luck.” Blessing among soldiers.
“Crown take me if I lie.” — “Swear to it.” Used as oath or challenge.

Insults & Banter
“You soft as river clay.” — “You’re weak.”
“Bloody rust-eater.” — Derogatory term for cowards or traitors.
“Forge rat.” — Miner who won’t fight; low insult.
“Dead metal.” — “Hopeless case.”
“Eat slag, mate.” — Vulgar dismissal.

Military Slang
“Knighted and fried.” — Killed in battle by plasma fire.
“Smelter run.” — A suicide mission.
“Steel singer.” — Veteran swordsman.
“Tin-saint.” — Mocking term for soldiers who treat the King like a god.
“Burn clean.” — To die honorably, without betrayal or retreat.

Common Sayings & Proverbs
“Steel remembers.” — Popular Xratinian proverb; means nothing is truly forgotten.
“War polishes the soul.” — Used to justify hardship or violence.
“The mountain bleeds with us.” — Expression of unity and patriotism.
“Better to crack than rust.” — “Die standing than live weak.”
“Every drop feeds the forge.” — “Every sacrifice matters.”

Tone in Emotion & Conflict
Xratinians rarely raise their voices; when they do, it means blood.
A whisper from a knight carries more weight than a scream from a crowd.
They laugh in danger’s face — not out of joy, but defiance.

Linguistic Summary

• Haven Reach: Polite, calculated, formal — civilization’s voice.

• Arkos: Fluid, poetic, sensual — passion’s voice.

• Xratinia: Harsh, direct, defiant — survival’s voice.

Every Xratinian word feels like a blow struck on the anvil of war.