Runic



Runic is the primary alphabet of New Britannia.

Overview
Despite being refered to as 'the Runic Language', Runic is merely a cypher of the English alphabet, the primary language of new Britannia in fact being English.

Ultima Connection
Runic was also the primary alphabet in [Richard Garriott]]'s Ultima Series, and the Runic of Shroud of the Avatar is very similar to its predecessor with only a few letters altered and [_] being removed entirely.

Trivia
While Runic was created by the development team, the actual font that is used by the fandom and even by the developers was designed by fan, Dame_Lori. This deed along with work on her own website have earend her the very first Royal Warrent from Richard Garriott himself.

Etymology
The runes in Shroud of the Avatar's Runic seems to be primarily based on Elder Futhark runes, the earliest form of runic alphabet used primarily from the 2nd to 8th centuries.