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Brodacci—the tongue of blood and savages, slaves and masters, sex and death, and those who’ve rejected magic.

LUMICRON CAPTURE | HOUSE ETI
MON KYYR GR’BAKTH HAS BEEN CALLED.
Translation: A Settling of Debts.

Sometimes, books immerse us into a whole new world, either by the setting, the magic systems, the races, or even the words. There’s a lot to be said about the languages of our world, so how different must another language from a fictitious world be?

Let’s find out! The brimstones are calling for no mercy, just blood. And I’m going to give it to you.

Conlang. What is it, and what does it mean? In the world of fiction it means constructed language—deliberately invented rather than evolved naturally. It’s the difference between English and French versus what the elves speak in Lord of the Rings, Dothraki in Game of Thrones, or my own, Brodacci.

Yeah, I created a language for my world and series, and damn, it was hard. We’re about to get to the books where people speak it fluently. It takes place on the other side of Ermaeyth, away from Ralloc, Ernrul, and deep in the Kran Empire and Merlul, a city in Cronele—where the Atramentous Order and their assassins reside.

Myshku, the common tongue in Ralloc, is also considered the trade language among all species and cultures. I actually got this idea from someone I met in the Marine Corps. He was a young man from the heart of Africa, and he told me about how English was his second language, and that he was surrounded by other tribes who didn’t speak his language, but they would meet up and discuss trade agreements and disputes.

I asked him, “If they don’t speak your language, how do you communicate?” And he smiled and said that English was the common tongue among them. Really? In the heart of Africa? So, naturally, that got me thinking: what if I applied the same thing to my story? English/Myshku was the language the book was set in, and what if I used it as a trade language, but still be able to explore other cultures?

Enter Brodacci. Pronounced Bro-dah-chi.