I patiently await your response.
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Maybe Zekhan was one of those that were not. You said it yourself, most probably are. Doesnât mean Zekhan is part of that majority.
In Australia we have the reading writing helpline for adults that struggle to read, write or both. The phone number has become a part of Aussie Culture. 13 double 0 6 triple 5 0 6. That is 130065506.
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I just rechecked Before the storm, but it was a point I couldnt forget. The passage was âSOME of those on the list were literate and wrote there own response; others dictated them to the courrier.â Imagine that, the relatively western based kingdom potentially not having a literate population.
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Or maybe, while thereâs plenty of possibilities that it might not be done in a bad way, the devs havenât had the best track record on these things and havenât earned the benefit of the doubt? I wouldnât want to attack them over this if itâs all based on doubly translated sections like I think I saw this referred to. But Iâm not going to defend it either as way too many times theyâve done that kind of stupid nonsense.
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The word âfloweryâ came from a personâs translation on Twitter. Perhaps the correct translation is just âcalligraphy?â Maybe he taught him Thalassian calligraphy, or something.
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Zekhan doesnât even need to be completely illiterate he just needs to not be literate in the Hordeâs lingua franca which is Orcish
Lorâthemar taught him to write Orcish because the writers wanted to tie him into the book somehow
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Could even be more of a he usually writes in a way that works for front line reports, and is being taught how to write in a fashion better for diplomatic messages. We can hope itâs something like that.
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Out of curiosity, do we have any examples of any of the Toll empire remains sans Zanalari retaining a written culture?
After being on the bad end of so many conflicts, they seem of regressed culturally since the height of their power, as evidenced byâŚwell⌠the fact they live in ruins. Ive never really seen any evidence of writing either, I donât think?
We saw some in Zandalar for sure, and tbh it makes me a little sad. I imagine all the troll empires used to have the sort of grandeur you see in Zandalar.
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Yup thereâs various questlines involving the Raventusk, Darkspear, and others demonstrating they can read and write lol
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The only part of this situation Iâm concerned about so far is the Lorâthemar mention. Eitrigg can be used for the same purpose, he has ambassadorial experience.
Thereâs a shortage of Orcish teachers for the same reason thereâs a shortage of Klingon scientists
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And Gazlowe suddenly turning Slightly Evil Adjacent??
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Goblins are generally amoral and thatâs what makes people like them.
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If theyâre gonna replace âbadâ Horde leaders with âgoodâ ones, but make them cartoonishly evil anyway, whatâs the point? That letter sounds nothing like Gazlowe.
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I am pretty sure they used Zekhan because he is popular and zappyboi.
They hoped to cash in on that popularity and sell a lot of books. That is all it is; a cash grab.
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Thatâs a different situation than what Iâm referring to, though I donât know how to justify that.
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Intimidate the goblins loyal to Gallywix and his methods. Will it fit?
He sounds like a goblin in charge. The thing with goblins are they do have to project a degree of mob boss like power.
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Gazlowe might not of even written that letter TBH. He is a busy guy, so perhaps he just had a secretary write it up and he signed it and sent it on its way.
Thats how I am gonna settle the dissonance I have between the tone and his normal behavior.
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I viewed that as Gazlowe simply being intimidating in attempt to prevent any shenanigans towards Rexxar and Zekhan. Like either goblins being the stereotypical greedy merchant or to keep anyone with ill feelings from Gazlowe leaving the Steamwheedle to the Horde from acting on it, using the duo as proxies.
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