Servant Scratch
mutket segmi

DATE	April 2025
RELATED	Language of the Lords Language at the Fire

Scratch

Servant scratch (mutket segmi, or just seg, "scratch") is a simplified version of the traditional script of the Language of the Lords. Lords do not learn this version as it is purely for servants and lesser lords to retain inventory and keep relevant house-keeping records.

Like the traditional script, scratch is a mix of phonetic and logographic symbols derived from the same glyphs. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are still written in fin kiski,"heads", comprised of eyes, noses, and mouths, and a final glyph to denote the category. Read the section on the Language of the Lords' writing system to learn more about where these glyphs are derived from.

Just like with the traditional script, the eyes, nose, and mouths are arranged in the shape of a head facing left; the nose is a vertical glpyh followed by the eyes and mouth stacked on top of each other. The ornamentation is a final vertical glpyh.

Any relevant grammatical information is tacked on and spelled phonetically using fin dinshe, "seeds", which serve the same function as flags. These can also stack vertically and are usually much smaller than the other glyphs.

In full demonic script, pronouns are indicated using slabs. In scratch, they are simply denoted using a single seed and are circled or underlined to show their status as pronouns.

Pillars also have a simplified scratch form and are used in the same way.

There are very few banners in scratch, as its purpose is to quickly write down notes and not to boast about how cool a lord is. If a scribe wanted to highlight someone's importance, they would simply preface any lord's name with several vertical lines - the more lines, the more important the figure.

• English: My family was forged in the flames of war
  Language of the Lords: konit hepbi ne sha hebshi se kefbi genuka habno