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All Slang and Phrases

Common Greetings & Farewells

  • "May your hearth burn bright." (A common farewell/blessing)

  • "Walk in warmth." (A friendly goodbye)

  • "Clear ice under your feet." (A wish for a safe, untreacherous journey)

  • "Come break words with me." (An invitation to talk/share a meal)

  • "The cold is listening." (A warning to be careful what you say; walls have ears)

  • "Skål to your health, and steel to your troubles." (A common toast)

Philosophical & Motivational Sayings

  • "Lorik's shadow is long." (Meaning: We stand on the shoulders of giants/those who came before. Used to inspire or remind of legacy.)

  • "A giant's promise, a giant's burden." (Your word is your bond, and breaking it has colossal consequences.)

  • "It is better to fight and fall than to live without hope." (A defiant Frost-Fang/Free-Soul proverb.)

  • "You cannot warm both hands on a single spark." (You have to choose your priorities; you can't have everything.)

  • "The wind cares not for the wall's complaint." (Some things are inevitable; stop complaining and endure.)

  • "We will use the old ways." (A declaration to resort to tradition, often violence or primal magic.)

  • "Blood demands blood." (The law of vengeance, non-negotiable.)

Insults & Challenges

  • "Your words fall from your mouth like brown rivers from a mammoth's rear." (You are full of nonsense.)

  • "Remove your head from your hiney and set your mind to our purpose." (Stop being an idiot and focus.)

  • "You have less sense than a sun-struck frost-worm." (You are acting irrationally.)

  • "He couldn't find his own shadow at noon." (He is incredibly stupid/unobservant.)

  • "Your courage is as thin as spring ice." (You are a coward.)

  • "You bark like a small dog at a mountain." (Your threats are insignificant.)

  • "Go lick frost." (A brutal dismissal, akin to "go to hell.")

Practical & Survival Phrases

  • "In good faith." (Said when making a deal or offering something honestly.)

  • "Mind the small folk." (A reminder to watch your step/look down, both literally and politically.)

  • "The ice is talking." (A warning that a glacier is creaking/calving, or that political tensions are reaching a breaking point.)

  • "Check your straps." (A general warning to check your gear/prepare for trouble.)

  • "It smells of forge-fire and folly." (Trouble is brewing, often involving the Ashen Crest.)

  • "A parrot's flight away." (A significant distance, but not insurmountable.)

  • "To be under the Silent Wing." (To be completely cut off from information or help; the ultimate shunning.)