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This handy guide was create to help translate Otani-speak into D&D-speak.  Enjoy.
 
This handy guide was create to help translate Otani-speak into D&D-speak.  Enjoy.
  
* '''[[Ælf]]''' - Pronounced "alf".  Otani for Elf, [[Ælf]]es live in [[Ælfwode]] (to the north) and [[Ælfgarad]] (northwest).
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* '''[[Ælf]]''' - Pronounced "alf".  Otani for '''Elf''', [[Ælf]]es live in [[Ælfwode]] (to the north) and [[Ælfgarad]] (northwest).
 
* [[Ælf]]en - Possessive for [[Ælf]].
 
* [[Ælf]]en - Possessive for [[Ælf]].
 
* [[Ælf]]es - Plural for [[Ælf]].
 
* [[Ælf]]es - Plural for [[Ælf]].
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* [[Aydahar]]i - Plural and possessive for [[Aydahar]].
 
* [[Aydahar]]i - Plural and possessive for [[Aydahar]].
 
* '''Dragonborn''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Aydahar]].
 
* '''Dragonborn''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Aydahar]].
* [[Dweorg]] - Pronounced "dworg".  Otani for '''Dwarf'''.
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* '''[[Dweorg]]''' - Pronounced "dworg".  Otani for '''Dwarf'''.
 
* [[Dweorg]]en - Posessive for [[Dweorg]].
 
* [[Dweorg]]en - Posessive for [[Dweorg]].
 
* [[Dweorg]]es - Plural for [[Dweorg]].
 
* [[Dweorg]]es - Plural for [[Dweorg]].
 
* '''Dwarf''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Dweorg]].
 
* '''Dwarf''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Dweorg]].
 
* '''Elf''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Ælf]].
 
* '''Elf''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Ælf]].
* [[Garis]] - Pronounced "gare-iss". Otani for '''Gith'''.  [[Garis]] is plural for [[Garis]].  The [[Garis]] live in the [[Tribes of Garis]] in [[Otan]]'s southeast.
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* '''[[Garis]]''' - Pronounced "gare-iss". Otani for '''Gith'''.  [[Garis]] is plural for [[Garis]].  The [[Garis]] live in the [[Tribes of Garis]] in [[Otan]]'s southeast.
* [[Garis]]i - Posessive for [[Garis]].
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* [[Garis]]i - Posessive for '''[[Garis]]'''.
* '''Gith''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Garis]].
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* '''Gith''' - Obsolete word meaning '''[[Garis]]'''.
* '''Goblin''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Kuuliki]].
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* '''Goblin''' - Obsolete word meaning '''[[Kuuliki]]'''.
* '''Gnome''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Sweardælf]].
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* '''Gnome''' - Obsolete word meaning '''[[Sweardælf]]'''.
* [[Grendel]] - '''Orc''' in D&D-speak. Plural for [[Grendel]].  [[Grendel]] live north of the [[Ungir]] in [[Grendeland]].
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* '''[[Grendel]]''' - '''Orc''' in D&D-speak. Plural for [[Grendel]].  [[Grendel]] live north of the [[Ungir]] in [[Grendeland]].
 
* [[Grendeland]] - Northern home of the [[Grendel]].
 
* [[Grendeland]] - Northern home of the [[Grendel]].
* [[Hellspawn]] - Otani for '''Tiefling'''.  Hellspawn live in the very northern country of the '''Brotherhood of [[Shuwalu]]'''.
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* '''[[Hellspawn]]''' - Otani for '''Tiefling'''.  Hellspawn live in the very northern country of the '''Brotherhood of [[Shuwalu]]'''.
 
* '''Kobold''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Ungir]].
 
* '''Kobold''' - Obsolete word meaning [[Ungir]].
* [[Kuulik]] - Pronounced "Koo-oo-lik".  Otani for '''Goblin'''.  Plural for [[Kuulik]].  Their home is the [[Kuulik Trade Federation]].
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* '''[[Kuulik]]''' - Pronounced "Koo-oo-lik".  Otani for '''Goblin'''.  Plural for [[Kuulik]].  Their home is the [[Kuulik Trade Federation]].
 
* [[Kuulik]]i - Posessive for [[Kuulik]].
 
* [[Kuulik]]i - Posessive for [[Kuulik]].
 
* '''Orc''' - Obsolete word replaced by [[Grendel]].
 
* '''Orc''' - Obsolete word replaced by [[Grendel]].
* [[Sweardælf]] - Pronounced "swear-dalf".  Otani for '''Gnome'''.  They reside in the southwest nation of '''Protectorate of [[Kiskentay]]'''.
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* '''[[Sweardælf]]''' - Pronounced "swear-dalf".  Otani for '''Gnome'''.  They reside in the southwest nation of '''Protectorate of [[Kiskentay]]'''.
 
* '''Tiefling''' - Obsolete word replaced by [[Hellspawn]].
 
* '''Tiefling''' - Obsolete word replaced by [[Hellspawn]].
* [[Ungir]] - Pronounced "oon-gear". Otani for Kobold. The [[Ungirsi Federation]] is on the northern border of [[Ortalyk]].
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* '''[[Ungir]]''' - Pronounced "oon-gear". Otani for Kobold. The [[Ungirsi Federation]] is on the northern border of [[Ortalyk]].

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This handy guide was create to help translate Otani-speak into D&D-speak. Enjoy.