Starswirl's Journal

by AlesFlamas

Entry #18

After burying my shame and burning the image of what I saw at the bathhouse from my brain, I finally endeavored to take my place at the king's side. Obviously he was expecting me quite anxiously, as no sooner had I mentioned my name that I was granted audience with the unicorn's grand leader, King Aurum himself. He spoke of how my father gave him many years of service, and how they had shared many a laugh with one another. He hopes to see the same from me, if not more. He also apologized for the storm that delayed my arrival. He explained to me that the Pegasi were preparing for the coming change of seasons, and while preparing rain clouds for the storms of Spring, one had run loose and turned to snow and hail across most of the country side. Feather-brained ninnies. . . At any rate, I've been shown my quarters for the night and intend to sleep well. After all, tomorrow marks the first day of the rest of my life as Royal Wizard.

Addendum: The king does speak most strangely, with words such as 'thine' and the like. I've been told that the royalty of all the races have an odd form of communicating but truly it's unlike anything I've encountered before.

Addendum: The Royal We is baffling in the extreme.

Author's Note:

The reason Starswirl is confused by the King's language is because while he was born before the time of the Royal sisters, he is a peasant by birth. Brilliant, and a unicorn, yes, but still a peasant. Olde English , as most people know it, with it's 'thy' and words like it, was mostly spoken by people of noble-birth.

Comments

[Lunae Lumen]

Except that's not Old English at all. Old English has the same relation to English that Latin has to Spanish: they are entirely different languages.

The characteristic "thy"-filled dialect of Shakespeare and the King James Bible is Early Modern English.