What means that symbol on cover FRCS [Archive] - Wizards Community

What means that symbol on cover FRCS [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
dyd_aventureros
10-02-06, 02:41 PM Does somebody knows what is or what means that symbol that appears in the FRCS cover?
Jiggawha
10-03-06, 09:37 AM Those runes - translation :

Dethek: The secret fires of our hearts burn with the memory of wars lost and heroes slain, but like the stone from which we came, we endure

Espruar: We remember cities now in ruin and forests murdered, yet still we sing to the stars and hope for renewal.
Phoenix_M
10-03-06, 11:32 AM Jiggawha, you have got to be kidding me - you can read Dethek AND Espruar :bow:

No really, where did you find this out?
Another Gnome
10-03-06, 11:59 AM The words are in English, only the alphabet needs to be translated.

The symbol itself is a set of Borromean rings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean_knot)
Jiggawha
10-03-06, 12:30 PM Jiggawha, you have got to be kidding me - you can read Dethek AND Espruar :bow:

No really, where did you find this out?

No, I think its from SeanKReynolds website (though I'm not sure) and it's not that hard to learn a new alphabet (half an hour or more).
dyd_aventureros
10-03-06, 02:22 PM wow, that was awesome, thanks ;)
WotC_RichBaker
10-03-06, 06:30 PM When we were designing the 3rd Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, we decided early on that we'd do a cool magical symbol on the cover. Robert Rapier, the art director, came up with the symbol and the cover design. He came to me late in the process and asked, "So what should the dwarven and elven runes say?" So, I thought about it and composes the quotes below as a bit of an "Easter Egg" for any fan who used the alphabet illustration in Chapter 3 to decode the runes. I'm pretty proud of 'em--I think the sentiments they express are very dwarven and very elven, really.

Of course, I know we should have first translated from English into Dwarven and Elven and then encoded the runes, but we've never made up enough of either language to do that. And it would be way less cool to have gibberish encoded on the cover.

Those runes - translation :

Dethek: The secret fires of our hearts burn with the memory of wars lost and heroes slain, but like the stone from which we came, we endure

Espruar: We remember cities now in ruin and forests murdered, yet still we sing to the stars and hope for renewal.
Jiggawha
10-04-06, 03:13 AM Yes when one sentence would be needed to describe FR dwarves and elves it would be that one.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
dyd_aventureros 10-02-06, 02:41 PM	Does somebody knows what is or what means that symbol that appears in the FRCS cover?
Jiggawha 10-03-06, 09:37 AM	Those runes - translation : Dethek: The secret fires of our hearts burn with the memory of wars lost and heroes slain, but like the stone from which we came, we endure Espruar: We remember cities now in ruin and forests murdered, yet still we sing to the stars and hope for renewal.
Phoenix_M 10-03-06, 11:32 AM	Jiggawha, you have got to be kidding me - you can read Dethek AND Espruar :bow: No really, where did you find this out?
Another Gnome 10-03-06, 11:59 AM	The words are in English, only the alphabet needs to be translated. The symbol itself is a set of Borromean rings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean_knot)
Jiggawha 10-03-06, 12:30 PM	Jiggawha, you have got to be kidding me - you can read Dethek AND Espruar :bow: No really, where did you find this out? No, I think its from SeanKReynolds website (though I'm not sure) and it's not that hard to learn a new alphabet (half an hour or more).
dyd_aventureros 10-03-06, 02:22 PM	wow, that was awesome, thanks ;)
WotC_RichBaker 10-03-06, 06:30 PM	When we were designing the 3rd Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, we decided early on that we'd do a cool magical symbol on the cover. Robert Rapier, the art director, came up with the symbol and the cover design. He came to me late in the process and asked, "So what should the dwarven and elven runes say?" So, I thought about it and composes the quotes below as a bit of an "Easter Egg" for any fan who used the alphabet illustration in Chapter 3 to decode the runes. I'm pretty proud of 'em--I think the sentiments they express are very dwarven and very elven, really. Of course, I know we should have first translated from English into Dwarven and Elven and then encoded the runes, but we've never made up enough of either language to do that. And it would be way less cool to have gibberish encoded on the cover. Those runes - translation : Dethek: The secret fires of our hearts burn with the memory of wars lost and heroes slain, but like the stone from which we came, we endure Espruar: We remember cities now in ruin and forests murdered, yet still we sing to the stars and hope for renewal.
Jiggawha 10-04-06, 03:13 AM	Yes when one sentence would be needed to describe FR dwarves and elves it would be that one.