Tool to decrypt/write in Dovahzul, the language of dragons used in The Elder Scrolls series, and especially in the Skyrim video game
Dovahzul Language - dCode
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Dovahzul Language
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What is Dovahzul language? (Definition)
Dovahzul (meaning Dragon Tongue) is a fictional, dragon-like constructed language created by Bethesda for The Elder Scrolls video game series.
It is primarily developed and documented in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (the fifth installment in the series), where it serves both as the language spoken by dragons and as the basis for spells called Thu'ums.
How to encrypt using Dovahzul language?
The Dovahzul writing system is based on a draconic alphabet composed of 36 distinct glyphs. Each symbol corresponds to a letter of the Latin alphabet (A–Z) or to a digraph such as AA, AH, EI, EY, II, IR, OO, or UU.
The encoding process therefore consists of replacing each letter or pair of letters in the Latin word with its corresponding Dovahzul glyph.
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How to decrypt a dovahzul language cipher?
The decoding of the Dovahzul is done by the inverse correspondence: each draconic glyph is replaced by the Latin letter or digraph to which it is associated.
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is decrypted as DRAGON
How to recognize Dovahzul ciphertext?
The message consists of symbols made up of bars/lines and dots (represented by a small square/diamond). The design of the glyphs is visually inspired by claw marks and notches, reinforcing the idea of writing carved by dragons.
All references to Elder Scrolls video games, and especially Skyrim are clues.
In particular the Shouts or Thu'um which are magic spells written in Dovahzul.
NB: Dovah means Dragon in Dovahzul.
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