Draconic Language

The Draconic Language is the Language of Dragons. It is not like other languages in the world. Dragons are inherently magical creatures, and importantly are very able to engage with both the past and the future. For the most part, human interactions with Dragons are typically engulfed in fire and claws, meaning that it's rare for people to learn their language, and if they do, have value from it.

However, the Ur-Mages managed to spend a huge amount of time studying the writings of the ancient dragon Del-Romath, one of their scholars. The Ur-Mages used the words of Draconic to create the magical tools known as Words of Power. Understanding Draconic is the method by which later mages now attempt to learn the Words of Power.

Draconic also is very quirky in that it has additional cases for letters, and tenses, that don't necessarily match with less potent languages. Namers and Wizards are often forced to learn some Draconic in order to be able to think in correct language to be able to work their power.

Cases

1. The Remote case - the remote case is for when writing about something that has been seen by you, but you were not physically there. This is most commonly done via scrying or remote viewing (but also by psychometry). This is important, as it is useful for denoting things that the writer is less sure of.
2. The Formal case - this is useful when writing about someone more important. The value here is expressed through hierarchy. Dragons are obsessed with hierarchy, and by using a separate case the lesser beings (Kobolds, Wyverns, and lesser dragons) can show that even in their writing.
3. The Informal case - this is used dismissively. Putting an informal case character at the beginning of a name is one of the greatest insults to a dragon (though is usually done when writing human or Kobold names. Only Dwarves do not receive this dismissal).

Tenses

1. Requestive - This is written pleadingly. It would generally be translated as "To the great sky, this speaker hopes and wishes that it will not rain tomorrow". However, it is shorter, and often the Requestive tense is used to demand from another. Namers often use this tense when coaxing the spirit from the name of a medium or domain.
2. Consequant - This is written dangerously. It is generally translated as "I doom the sky to rain in the morrow". Doom and Foretold are often used in those translations. The Consequant tense is the most dangerous when spoken, as the Dragon is not telling you a prediction, but something they are binding their power to come about. The Words of Power of wizardry are all almost written in the Consequant tense.
3. Future Unknown - This is the most traditional tense. Translated like "I wonder if it will rain tomorrow", but often the Dragon *means* something closer to "I see clouds, it's gonna rain tomorrow".
4. Expected - This is a tense that can be both future and present, and indicates what the dragon believes casually to be true, without having done any verification. This is the least committed tense, and its words are useless as any sort of power. Dragons value it for that reason.
5. Past Predicted - This is for when someone has used magic to discern the past. Often written like "I See that your grandfather struck down the Kobold Derro the Fallen". People with the Touch Of Ages trait who also speak Draconic often use this, but few others of the lesser races do.
6. Past Known - Generally used when you were there. Or someone you trust implicitly was.
7. Past Unknown - Generally used when you are talking about the past told to you by someone you don't trust, or are extrapolating from other information. This and Past Known are impossible to translate differently from the past tense, but the weights are very different.
8. Reflective - Generally used when a dragon is thinking about the past. Often mistaken by translators for the Past Known, it's a tense mostly used for contemplation, and used much the same way as the Expected tense.
9. Present - This is the Present Tense as seen in the trade tongue.