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Offline Froggy the Great

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They are the Tzak
« on: 01 March 2017, 02:36:21 PM »
They are the Tzak.

Although they will readily share their culture, history and beliefs to any who will listen, they seem to possess an uncanny inability to grasp the concepts of non-Tzak grammar, and as such very little is really known about them, other than the fact that if one is willing to spend an hour or three listening to a steady stream of disconnected thoughts laced with copious "tzzzz" noises, one can manage to squeeze an entire happy hour's worth of free drinks from an average Tzak.

Outside of what can be deduced from the Tzak's disjointed and at times ferocious collisions with other species, all that has ever been officially recorded of Tzak culture is reproduced below:

The Tzak are sworn to uphold the values of Tzor, and to defend the sacred Tzorinabar with their lives.

This is the way of Tzor. Twice before the suns set to make the Tzin before the Tznab. To take the Tzer with the Tzum and to keep holy the sacred Tzob. To know the Tzititar, and to speak the Tzile with each word and deed. This is the way of Tzor.

The above tract constitutes the total result of no less than forty five years of years of research conducted by the University of Regulus Prime on Sea, and over 75,000 interviews with various Tzak and the examination of no less than 15 trillion "words" of Tzak literature.

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Re: They are the Tzak
« Reply #1 on: 01 March 2017, 04:22:37 PM »
I saw your WIP posts for these and items have to say that they urged out Great! Awesome job

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Re: They are the Tzak
« Reply #2 on: 01 March 2017, 08:52:37 PM »
Lovely stuff.

Where are the WIP images? There's no related threads and Google found nothing.
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Re: They are the Tzak
« Reply #4 on: 02 March 2017, 09:23:09 PM »
I don't trust them. Kill them all.

Offline Froggy the Great

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Re: They are the Tzak
« Reply #5 on: 03 March 2017, 01:43:21 PM »
Tzak names follow a specific pattern.  Male Tzak names end in an ā€œiā€ while female Tzak names end in an ā€œoā€.  Higher status Tzak will have a second (or even third) name after the gender suffix.

Female:
Tzora-o
Tzizi-o
Tzin-o
Tzun-o
Tzil-o
Tziri-o-ra

Male:
Tzo-i
Tzur-i
Tzer-i
Tzoru-i
Tzel-i
Tzeek-i
Tzyru-i
Tzew-i
Tzez-i
Tzala-i
Tzuq-i
Tzol-i-gu
Tzyr-i-do
Tzell-i-ro-da

 

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