Old Sunesh
I wasn't able to finish this article during Summer Camp, but here's a stub of what I'd wanted to write.
An ancient tongue from which many common idioms spring.
A quote would go here. Maybe someone pondering the source of an idiom that doesn't make much sense.— attribution
History
people who originally lived here spoke this language
the language itself isn't used, but various words and phrases still exist
mehr, su-mehr qiamp
Idioms and Phrases
I've been included a bunch of phrases in other articles. They might not be idioms and I'm not sure if they'd be part of Old Sunesh or simply Qiampian culture, but here's the list
"dawning" or "dawned" for a person who ended up a dawn spirit - this is probably more Qiampian
"A city of individuals dies on the vine." could be an old sunesh saying, though not sure if it's an idiom (from Festival of Halinn)
"wash-away plans" could go either way, though again not an idiom (from Flooding of the Mehr)
could be lots of phrases about pears? "lost their pear" for being upset about not getting something important, "twilight pear" could replace our "white whale" for something impossible we chase
maybe tie-ins to the House of Still Water, referring to "water's gone still" as an end to something, like losing your train of thought or running out of steam
there's also Halinn and Felhalanni, which are probably Old Sunesh in origin
there's the euphemisms for death mentioned in Melahr - "taken by the current" and "passed downstream" - still not idioms and unsure if they'd be Sunesh or simply Qiampian
things that would definitely be Old Sunesh idioms could include things relating to the tall grasses and river flow
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Qiampian - (Stub) Regional culture that would be using these phrases.
Usharay Divinity - (Stub) Kingdom that's trying to stamp out Old Sunesh terms in favor of their own.
Suneshen - (Stub) Those trying to revive the old ways call themselves Suneshen.
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