The fantasy trope that everyone of a given species shares the same language always seemed a bit funny to me.
Co-author credit on this comic to my daughter, who came up with the concept. (She makes a lot of comics about dragons, but she’s too young to share them publicly.)
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What does the Draconic one say?
It’s just a substitution cipher
https://www.dafont.com/dovahkiin.font?text=o+noble+and+mighty+dragons%2C+we+beseech+you%2C+grant+us+safe+passage+through+your+territory&psize=xs
* originally beseech but Dovazhul doesn’t have a C equivalent; the font (below) reuses the K glyph
There is enough text, would be easy to decode with basic frequency analysis but searching among “cipher fonts” made it show up. I think even Google Lens (like @NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world probably used) could identify it
Hello, Dragons! Can we enter the cave if we promise to remove our boots? Also, do you happen to have any cookies?