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Old Realm Lessons
Old realm. The language of magic. The tongue of the gods. The signs of the first age of man. A symbolic system that wizards need to know in order to summon a demon, but also the one most scavengers had learn from the warnings on the walls of ruins. Those who don't know it guess it too complex to think there was a day when everyone spoke it, and those who do still wonder how itis that any mortal can learn how to talk with a spirit. The truth is that Old Realm is as complex and impressive as the skill of those who write it. The books written in the second age by mortal savants have a clumsy and poor Old Realm, while the ones written by the solar exalted in the first age are rich in meaning and as beautiful as art pieces. Learning it is not so hard; mastering it takesdiscipline, skill and inspiration.

Lesson one: The true history of Old Realm
Several legends are told about the origin of the Old Realm language, some attributing its creation to Bridgit, some to the gods. None of them are true, but few know how the first language really came to be, as the story itself is an insult to the pride of the gods. Old Realm is actually much older than most people think.It is older than magic and even older than the exalted. It is just some years younger than humanity and it was created by the primordials. During the early times of creation, the primordials had a language of their own, unfathomable for anyone but them; the animals did not need a language; the gods could easily pass their thoughts to each other without the need for words and the dragon kings aswell as the mountain folk that existed before humanity developed charms that allowed them to share their ideas with one another trough the use of essence. But when humanity appeared on creation the need for words became obvious. The first humans could not understand the orders of the dragon kings, and while their devotion was high, they had no way of praying to the gods or to the primordials. Worstof all, they seemed unable to recognize the wonders of the world they lived in. Auchthon shrugged and claimed to have made them just as the

other primordials wanted them. So they turned to stare at Aleph, who had first suggested creating humankind. And he sent his fetish soul, Tav the watcher, to fix the humans, and he stood in front of them, pointed at the sun above and screamed the noisethat would became the first word. Then he pointed at the life on creation and the second word came to be. For ten years he wandered with the humans behind, pointing and screaming until they learned to recognize the world and make words of their own. When humans returned to the dragon kings they were now full creatures, capable of communicating, of recognizing the world and of praying to the higherbeings. And the gift of Aleph was such that for the first time ever the gods felt resentment towards the primordials for not giving them the gift. However, the humans offered it to the gods, temporary calming them. For years this was enough, until one day an insignificant man was born deaf and mute, so he could not use the gift of humankind and could not serve the dragon kings nor praise theprimordials. He tried to ask the gods for help, but they ignored him, for he had not the gift that made humans valuable. Crying he drew an image of Aleph on the ground and the primordial once again felt pity. So he sent Zahir, his second soul, and she drew an image of the sun on the dirt like he had done, and on his mind he knew humanity had just received a second great gift. He taught the other humansto write, and they taught the dragon kings. And once again the gods felt jealous and angry, even after humankind offered them this new gift. Back then all humans were born with both gifts, and they all could talk and write in Old Realm. But after the gods and the exalts defeated Aleph, slew his souls and forced him into Malfeas, they made him take the gift away from humankind, so they would need...