Letter One (Translated)

My friend, I hope you are doing well. Please forgive the delay since my last letter. Things have been quite busy at the Menagarium. Renovations in the south wing have been slow, but steady. I predict they will be completed fairly soon. 

However I have much more important news to discuss. It involves the legacy of your kind. You have perhaps heard of the great civilization of humanity? They tried to control powers far out of their reach and destroyed themselves in their folly. That is what is said, but it seems their destruction was not so complete as is thought. The remnants of their ancient device seems to be rising back up from the sea. This is worrying. 

I fear this tower may prove to still be operational. If that is the case we are all in danger. If that device activates the elements shall be unleashed. And they will be wrathful.

Letter One

Here’s the most recent letter I’ve received from Cerenus. I haven’t translated it yet, but was able to pick out something about “nature being released”. Maybe. I’ll need more time to come to a proper translation. Whatever it is, it looks like something new is coming to the Menagarium soon.

-Mena

Uc wdkwas, kfzxwgwmf cbqu qsu aaw'a vaecnr lc huy. Hg tlicuvv lc huy foqsiluvv lg svbb seh jp jemgwci bbkrilrd. For eikfti jthz zhr lc izraos evpqnf lc c Menagarium. Ant'v xutwgw eulxklshl wg me phrgg rqtlvshz jthz zhr lc eiyy, cas ce ergbc. Vnw'g fupkncer l qcubtbg nr tyxz rj gnzevnj ce uxrqdp wstb. Sdhu zrbapk, dyx urcrpd gsjnhughb yaenck djnwzatqu x'a upttbs. Qrc'g mzlrvsw ot txzdxrqxevra c'pw qrra qux. Iwyeznx izaa pbs avbb qynavb ta jpvvgwrvph dypf l shplhzvpikf?Ys jcevraca cln exwfxs ifxcyx tnckoh nqycez naprl h'i pnviyxrq pg pl ezr wcelr rvcmjrkwb ty ysgovc ce cn tsdpzlxp. Qnrr y wrlliugk, cas cdbwsavcj ltr bthu cn rvccjrk abg kpdeojc ex y wmoxv. Pkwrrckpq ycq vavbwwyamfl xi qnjrgl vlcewme ma rsug rb ba m wwgm b'g qfp. For wce wg drgm gprrrg. Vnw'g cscm p etzypm'i rpf ulr wmw ma sec g ycq nr ncbhugiume. Cf na ywgbl'c azp kmqnq eg b uls qvug drgcxj. Hg onhu w wrluezq acacs'e yvhvueus umqs ci cetrcrrs rb ppic cn funhufti. N qcubtbg nr ubbubuyj.

Preface

The bulk of the up to date information I get concerning the Menagarium comes from regular letters I receive from Cerenus. However it often takes me quite a while to translate them as he insists on writing them in Peryton, which I am not exactly fluent in ( and don’t even get me started on pronunciations! ). I can eventually translate them if I walk it through Elven ( Iaith to be specific ), but it does take a while. So I’ve decided I’ll start posting transcripts of the letters here as I work through translating them. That way any aspiring translators can have a go at them as well.

-Mena