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Excerpt from the Ultima IX: Ascension Player Guide
The use of runic script has waned in recent years, yet one cannot journey through Britannia without encountering the ancient alphabet in maps, scrolls, or signs of various kinds. It is part of our rich heritage. As such, it should not be forgotten
An angular script, runic sprung from Old Sosarian, a language of largely symbolic expression. The severe shapes of runic letters reflect their first usage by stone cutters to denote places of worship or buildings of the sovereign. Scribes and priests spread the language through epistles and edicts. To this day, formal pronouncements from the King are scribed in runic, so that the people of Britannia may never forget its history.
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