Hi, @TheEdVerse! I had a question about Fraz-Urb-Luu, and was hoping you might be able to help. I’ve seen a few instances of his name written with an “I” rather than an “L”, do you know if there is any particular reason for that? Eg., this is from the Encyclopedia Magica for 2E. pic.twitter.com/VHmaDabTeL
— TyphosTheD (@TyphosTheD) December 23, 2021
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Yes. The entity is and has always been Fraz-Urb-Luu, pronounced “FRAWZ-urbb-loo,” but some scribes recopying ancient writings in Thorass were confused by the script (the difference between a lowercase “L” within a word or name… 2)
…and a capital “L” that begins a word or name).
Later scribes, trying to prevent introduction of errors, clung to whatever source they were copying from (copying out by hand being the only way to hand down writings, before…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 24, 2021
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…printing was devised), so we end up with both “I” and “L” in use (being passed down to us). Thorass/Old Common isn’t an exact equivalent of modern English script, but there are some close resemblances, and many of them, … 4)
…thanks to borrowings from dwarven runes, center on vertical downstrokes in written letters, and how they’re modified to derive different characters/letters.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 24, 2021
