Voidtongue

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Voidtongue
Voca - Physical manifestations of Voidtongue groans, whispers and howls.

Master Entrati called it the Voidtongue. He feared it was meaningless... and feared more that it was not.

—Loid, on The Man in the Wall's bellows.

Nothing scared me in years, except... that voice. Couldn't even understand what it was saying.

—Cavalero's opinions on Voidtongue

Voidtongue is a mysterious language discovered by Albrecht Entrati, and is believed to be the native language of the Void's inhabitants, such as the Man in the Wall and the  Murmur. Due to its enigmatic nature, much of it remains untranslated.

Lore & History

Albrecht Entrati presumably discovered the Voidtongue during his fateful venture to the Void, and although he was struck blind and mute from the endeavor, he managed to recover and decipher certain words, nine of which would become the Requiem Words used to sever the Void-induced immortality of select individuals. He had done so presumably out of fear he had been replaced by his Void-borne doppelgänger, and possibly future copies of his fellow Orokin as the Void was further explored. Parvos Granum is mentioned by Drusus Leverian to have spoken Voidtongue on at least one occasion.

Voidtongue is a guttural speech, and the nature of the Void results in portions of Voidtongue manifesting a physical form outright. All of the nine Requiem words are attributed to stanzas detailing eldritch existences within the Void.

Known Words

Words with translations

• Fass - Chaos; "Roiling, moaning, this realm of ours / In madness lost shall die."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word.
    • A Wyrm that co-dominates the landscape of Deimos.
    • Fass Canticle
• Jahu - Form; "Corporeal laws are unwrit / As suns and love retreat."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word.
    • The Jahu Gargoyle.
    • Jahu Canticle
• Khra - Time; "To cosmic forms from tangent planes / We end as we began."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word.
    • Strands of Khra.
    • Khra Canticle
• Lohk - Void; "From brooding gulfs are we beheld / By that which bears no name."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word.
    •  Grasp of Lohk
    • Lohk's Embrace
    • Lohk Surge
    • Wall of Lohk
    • Lohk Canticle
• Netra - Decay; "Carrion hordes trill their profane / Accord with eldritch plans."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word.
    • Netracells.
    • Netra Invocation
• Oull - Possibility; "From endless faces, countless forms, a multitude unfolds."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word, though this was added after the remaining eight words were introduced in the game proper.
• Ris - Light; "In luminous space blackened stars / They gaze, accuse, deny."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word.
    • Ris Invocation
• Vome - Order; "To cosmic madness laws submit / Though stalwart minds entreat."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word.
    • A Wyrm that co-dominates the landscape of Deimos.
    • Vome Invocation
• Xata - Truth; "Its heralds are the stars it fells / The sky and Earth aflame."
  • Used in:
    • A Requiem Word.
    •  Xata's Whisper
    • Xata Invocation

Words translated from song lyrics

• Yara - Behold
  • Used in:
    • Yara Jeliira
• Jeliira - My heart
  • Used in:
    • Yara Jeliira
• Shoranac - Fill fiercely
  • Used in:
    • Yara Jeliira
• Uukareh - Eternal union
  • Used in:
    • Yara Jeliira
    • The Master Returns
• Veh - I am
  • Used in:
    • The Master Returns
    • The Fragmented
• Belia - Your counterpart
  • Used in:
    • The Master Returns
• Uubok - Eternal service
  • Used in:
    • The Master Returns
    • Murum Vull
• Ra - Out of
  • Used in:
    • The Master Returns
    • Murum Vull
• Karis - Darkness
  • Used in:
    • The Master Returns
    • Murum Vull
• Shotarat - The master / The overlord
  • Used in:
    • The Master Returns
    • The Fragmented
    • Murum Vull
    • Sanctum Anatomica
• Githli - Welcome
  • Used in:
    • The Master Returns
    • Murum Vull
    • Sanctum Anatomica
• Mig - Newcommer
  • Used in:
    • The Master Returns
    • Murum Vull
    • Sanctum Anatomica
• Ivbok - Submit
  • Used in:
    • The Fragmented
• Vak - Desolation
  • Used in:
    • The Fragmented
• Uu - The infinite / Eternal
  • Used in:
    • The Fragmented
• Kalohk - The material world
  • Used in:
    • The Fragmented
• Ozun - Dust
  • Used in:
    • The Fragmented

Untranslated words

• Voull, Ne, Vok and Mara
  • Used by The Man in The Wall towards the end of The New War, though a proper transcript was not available until Whispers in the Walls. With the exceptions of Xata and Lohk, the rest of the dialogue remains unknown:
    • "VOULL NE XATA VOK, MARA LOHK?"  (download, history)
  • Mara is uttered by Tagfer before the Jahu Gargoyle translates his speech.
    • "Mara lohk! Mara lohk!"  (download, history)
  • Eleanor mentioned Mara in the Höllvania Central Mall.
    • "What on earth is a "Mara Lohk"?"
  • Mara is in the lyrics of the Lotus Eaters login music, not paired with Lohk.
    • "Ilve ilve mara"
• Ku(?), Noma, Elu, and Kah
  • All used in a certain Zariman Tablet found in Duviri:
    • The Wall of Bone in whiKU NOMA ELU RA KAH, MARA LOHK?
• Uteh, Komek, Vashtav and Uru
  • Uttered by Fibonacci before the Jahu Gargoyle translates his speech.
    • "YARA MIG! URU URU YARA MIG!"  (download, history)
      • "KOMEK! UTEH KOMEK!"  (download, history)
  • "Vashtav" is mentioned by Fibonacci post-quest in a voiceline that occasionally plays after defeating The Fragmented on the base star chart. It is also the title of a Somachord track.
    • "As it was written, so has it come to pass. The awaited operator has slain the many armed envoy. Mmm. Vashtav, Mara Lohk."  (download, history)
• Zek and Aba
  • Uttered by Bird 3 before the Jahu Gargoyle translates their speech.
    • Bird 3: "Zek? Aba! Zek? Zek?"  (download, history)
• Shogrun, Ukul, and Iire
  • Uttered by Tagfer before the Jahu Gargoyle translates his speech.
    • "IIRE! SHOGRUN UKUL!"  (download, history)
• Murum and Vull
  • Found in the Somachord entry: "Murum Vull"

Trivia

• "Mara" is used to refer to the Operator in Quest scripts, as revealed by [DE]Rebecca.
• With the release of The Hex, there exists one translated native Voidtongue phrase: "XATA FASS XATA."  (download, history)
  • The phrase can be translated as:
    • TRUTH: Its heralds are the stars it fells / The sky and Earth aflame.
    • CHAOS: Roiling, moaning, this realm of ours / In madness lost shall die.
    • TRUTH: Its heralds are the stars it fells / The sky and Earth aflame.
  • While the intended interpretation is not present, it can be inferred that the Indifference is referencing the ending sequence(s) of the quest.

Gallery

Book found on Albrecht's desk in Sanctum Anatomica. Possible example of Voidtongue script.

Book found on Albrecht's desk in Sanctum Anatomica. Possible example of Voidtongue script.

Cage of Bird 3 in Sanctum Anatomica. Possible example of Voidtongue script.

The date panel in the reactor room flashes Voidtongue glyph briefly after the core meltdown during the end of The Hex quest, giving message: FASS NETRA (unknown glyph) LOHK VOME XATA JAHU, which can be assumably translated to "Chaos decays (unknown word) Void order truth forms".