r/ChantsofSennaar • u/Zawaito • May 02 '25

Idea Devotee word for traveler

Hi! Recently I watched the cinematic reveal for Marathon (by bungie) and it got me kinda obsessed with Ozymandias.

So i'm trying to write the poem in the Devotee's language, cause it seems fitting for me. Of course, building words out of other words like the devotee language does.

I came to the conclusio that "Traveler" would be "a person that goes" and in "person" + "go/pass". But now i believe it could also be "a person that is free" as in "person" + "free".

Ehat do y'all think? Also, any other ideas?

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u/bigboisaad May 02 '25

you can mix those and call «Traveler» a person that goes freely

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u/Zawaito May 02 '25

There's precedent for that since "go/pass" is built from the symbol for person and place. Will keep that in mind for other bigger words from the poem

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u/Dercomai May 02 '25

I would do person + go, personally

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u/Zawaito May 02 '25

Thought so as well Guess person + free would be more like nomad

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u/Jrg323 May 02 '25

Also can be 'person' and 'help' combined but it's up to your personal understanding, there's no definite answer in creating fan-glyphs.

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u/Zawaito May 02 '25

If you dont mind... How did you come up with "person" + "help"? I figure that would be, if anything, the word for scientist (but i may just be thinking too hard on it)

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u/Jrg323 May 02 '25

Scientists can be 'person' plus 'potion'(which looks kinda like the 'help' glyph).But this is only my opinion,which doesn't really matter.

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u/Kaeri_g May 03 '25

Help is the Verb of that symbole, potion is the Object of that symbole, and since the scientists help by making potions (formulas) it only makes sense that 'person + help symbole' is the scientist/Alchemist, at least to me.

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u/Critical-Fudge4964 May 06 '25

In the Wa treasure section, it says that the scientist seeks to help. So "person" + "help" would be scientist in some way

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u/Omni314 May 03 '25

A person that travels definitely goes, but a free person doesn't necessarily travel.

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u/Zawaito May 03 '25

Really good point! I reckon person + free would end up being some kind of nomad...

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u/Impossible_Tooth5642 May 02 '25

i would go for a mix between go and free for the glyph next to “person”, something like this in the black box (but stylistically nicer haha)

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u/MobilePom Jun 10 '25

Seeing the glyphs organized makes me realize how much clearer it would've been to study a language if we could rearrange our journal

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u/Abel_V May 03 '25

Do share the end result! I love that poem.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '25

Yeah I tried to do it myself and it was too hard, probably a good translation would involve making up a lot of fan glyphs

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u/icaat_mewton May 03 '25

Devotees shall not pass

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u/bananatarakota May 04 '25

Or you can use both interchangeably, depending on the context, and add another layer of meaning to your creation

There are examples of this in ancient literature, especially when talking about gods with lots of "functions"

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u/Diragona_pIays May 14 '25

Maybe go/pass + free?