Common Sayings

Common Greetings & Farewells

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

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

• "Winter's peace upon your hearth." (A common, respectful greeting.)

• "Let us break bread and words." (An invitation to parley.)

• "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)

• "Hearth-hold you." - A blessing and goodbye, wishing someone's warmth doesn't fail.

• "See you in the Thaw." - "See you when times are better." Can be hopeful or sarcastic.

• "Walk with purpose." - A common farewell, emphasizing that aimlessness is death.

• "Break words with me." - "Let's talk." Often implies a serious, potentially confrontational discussion.

• "Until the ice melts." - A dramatic, fatalistic farewell (meaning "never" or "until the impossible happens").

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.)

• "The words are spoken." - The decision is final; the deal is struck.

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

• "Walk the path Lorik walked." (Be brave, curious, and connect people.)

• "It is known." - Acknowledgment of a widely accepted truth.

• "The wind carries two tales." - I've heard conflicting rumors.

• "An Unfrozen heart." (Someone who remains kind and hopeful despite the cold world.)

• "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.)

• "We will use the old ways. The ways that worked before the walls went up."

• "The old ways kept us alive." - A traditionalist justification, often used by Frost-Fang or conservative Dvergar.

• "A giant's strength, a Lítillfólk's cunning." - Praise for a well-rounded, effective approach.

Compliments & Respect:

• "Lorik's shadow is long upon you." - You have done something remarkably clever, brave, or unifying. The highest compliment for a problem-solver or diplomat.

• "Your word is iron." - You are trustworthy.

• "You have a giant's heart in a small frame." - Great courage (said to a Lítillfólk).

• "That is well-forged." - Well done; a smart plan or a quality piece of work.

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.)

• "Does a winter vault hide your treasury? If so, crack the ice and let gold flow!"
  (Meaning: Mocking someone's empty promises or poverty with the image of a frozen, worthless hoard.)

• "Your brain is frostbitten." (You're an idiot.)

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

• "What, do you piss gold? If so, let us see you fill me a cup."
  (Mocking his lack of resources—suggesting even his bodily waste should be valuable fuel, but it isn't.)

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

• "Go lick a glacier." - A dismissive "go away" or "go do something pointless."

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

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

Possession & Conquest (Fire as Domination; Ice as Possession/Resistance)

• "My hearth-fire keeps his winter at bay."

• "Your presence thaws the ice that guards me."

• "I will have his flame snuffed and bottled."

Innuendo & Suggestion (Using Elemental Metaphor)

• "To know that your glance alone can melt my frost."

• "I would have the ice turned to steam."

• "May the breath of Niflheim forever frost your forge, and your lineage end in a squeak of ice."
  (A devastating curse of sterility and failed legacy.)

• "She could thaw a frost-giant's heart."

• "May your seed find only stone."

Lítillfólk-Specific Slang (The Clever Underdog)

• "Dancing between the toes." (The dangerous life of a Lítillfólk in a giant settlement.)

• "Giant-problems." (A worry that's not worth your small scale; "first-world problems.")

• "A stitch in time saves the wall." (Our small maintenance prevents giant disasters.)

• "Whispering in the rafters." (Spreading secrets among the small folk.)

• "Don't look the mammoth in the tusk." (Don't provoke obvious, overwhelming danger.)

• "Even the glacier started as a snowflake." (A little patience/pressure can topple giants.)

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 wind carries whispers." - People are talking; be careful what you say.

• "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.)