Tyrannis A & B

Two ancient languages believed to be from the Saurian culture that inhabited the lost continent of Lemuria. The largest known body of text so far known, was discovered on Isla Tyrannis in Barbosa's Archipelago in 1938.

Tyrannis A
This linear (i.e. mundane) proto-cuneiform language was translated by an intertraditional team from the Port Aethelney Institute for Free Sciences. It is a distinctly non-human language and the key to understanding Tyrannis A was the development of the Triune Cerebrum rote, which makes the subject's brain able to process information in a way similar to birds and dinosaurs. So far, the translated information from the stelae has provided more puzzlement than enlightenment. Most of the discovered texts have been what can best be described as abstract poetic riddles.

Stelae 79b:
"'The moon remembers""when what isn't is;""water-light contemplation""on many silver dreams""am I one?""There are three and there are one and ""one has seen dreams in the memories of ""unhatched eggs.'"

Triune Cerebrum
Life ••• Mind ••

The triune (reptilian brain) grows to about four times its normal size, while the cerbrum shrinks. While this effect is active, the subject is able to read Tyrannis A as well as communicate with the dinosaurs on Isla Tyrannis.

Tyrannis B
A highly magical language that has so far eluded even translation by arcane means. It consists of "staves" (vertical string of lines and arches) and "strings" (series of staves connected by a horizontal line through the top).

The leading theory is that the Saurians were able to affect reality at a basic level, and that this language captures at least some of this reality altering power. So far, only a handful of strings and a dozen isolated staves have been discovered. The majority of the staves have been found in deep caves on Pacific islands.

The proof of the sheer magical potency of Tyrannis B is proven by the grand ritual of chthonic reincarnation performed by Charles Mokney, the Verbena Master, between 1900 CE and 1925 CE.