This slang can be freely expanded.
Those living in Galik, especially in the lower wards, are known to pick up pieces of the local Thieves Cant. Over time, the amount of thieves began to cause issues with the code, as even civilians began to pick up patterns in how those around them spoke. The cant bled into the common language over time, and became known as Galik Street Slang.
Example Slang[edit | edit source]
- Platinum Pieces are known as Lyres.
- Gold Pieces are typically called Harps.
- Silver pieces are typically called Bards.
- Copper pieces are known as Horns.
- Shields are known as Drums.
- Swords/Pointy Weapons are called Drum Pokers
- Mages are known as Musicians.
- Magic is called Music
- Wanna be Bards are known as OffBeats.
- Respected Bards are known as Shoe-Shiners.
- Free Defenders are known as Brownies
- Adventurers – Loot Traps, cause they’re magnets for the shit
- Easy targets – Trapped Loot, gotta free that loot, boy
- Houses – Stables, they live there
- Churches – Pens, #sheeple
- Night – Samuel, “we need to wait for Samuel”.
- Murdering/Assassinating -- Flirting
- People in high social circles – Bags of Holding, or just “magic bags” depending on education level. (they’re bottomless)
- Men – Tables
- Women – Chairs
- Slaves – Livestock, ouch
- Alcohol – Butter, greases the lips and the fingers
- Slavers – Breeders, in keeping with the theme
- Money/Treasures – Healthy bones
- Burglary – drinking someone’s milk. Gotta drink your milk for healthy bones.
- Guard – Fences
- Buying and Selling – Topsy-Turvy Day, what’s commerce to a pick pocket?
- Witnesses – potholes, gotta fill those pot holes
Trivia[edit | edit source]
Much of the Galik Street Slang was created by the player of Zugs McFlair after establishing his character was born from Galik's slums in 2013. The slang wouldn't see use at the table until his ancestor Julian McFlair arrived in Galik in a campaign that was played in 2017 (which showed the original arrival of the McFlair bloodline to Galik).
