A Final Jump

So after many long weeks of no work, I have finally started writing more on the main manuscript. It's not much and it really is only introducing the Alkaiel (yes Alkaies has changed). And a few more foreshadowings of everything that is to come. Most of which will deal with the unknown military group I have yet to name.

Arrow Child is also a title that has always made me wonder. What does that name bloody mean? Arrow Child is key to the plot in a lot of ways. It references Artemis, as seen in a song I wrote for the military group (who again needs a name, one that isn't lame too). It also references what the Amazones consider to be a sort of messiah. Note I am not leading up to some sort of epic hero story, far from it. Arrow Child is about a struggle, as with most great stories.

There is no hero per say in AC, but there is a message and many carry that message. Part of that message is that Amazons are no leather bikini wearing teasers (sorry Xena :( ). The Amazones were a powerful nation that arose in the wilds of Thrace and conquered the other tribes around them. It is the heritage of war, totemic shamanism, and to a land that they earned with every last drop of blood and lost sister in battle.

More on Tense and a Mention of Adverbs

So it has been a few day since the last post. And I wanna say that my dear sibling has completed a few awesome images depicting Amazo fashion! This means that the Amazones finally have their own style of clothing that combines Persian and Grecian styles.

Another thing to note is that the tense in Amazo is now called Aspectual Tense. The tense markers are formed using simple prefixes attached to a proclitic that proceeds the verb. Now the enclitic that precedes the verb usually stands fo rmood and in some cases the space is not filled.

My other major notes include rules on adverbs. The adverb is formed by attaching a prefix to either a noun or adjective. There are a few interjections that can become an adverb when they move to modify something. Otherwise all adverbs are formed using the given prefixes.

The usage of mood and tense is answered by a pro and enclitic system. All verbs conjugate into either Singular, Partial Plurality, or Full Plurality status. This refers to the amount of doers of the action. In turn to determine the time of the action and if it is complete one uses a proclitic that denotes the tense. To me the usage of proclitics means I can spend more time on being mores specific with time placement and worry less about the amount of verb changes one needs to create.

Mood is inferred via enclitics,

One thing I am considering is having a large list of moods which then cuts down on the declension of such nouns as pronouns. This would mean we would have an interrogative mood, that through it's usage in turns creates a question. This would mean that certain inversion principles aren't necessary in the long term to for questions. This also means that simple words meaning, who what, where and how are all that is needed in a way.

A full list of moods and tenses will be created as I do more work on the language.

The Amazo Clans

The Amazones are split currently into four large clans. Each had it's place and duty within the general culture of the Nation and even to this day represent a key set of bloodlines that add to the general tradition of the Amazo people.

The Snowleopard Clan, a group of Priests and the clan of the original Dynastic Queens. The Snowleopard is the oldest clan of the Nation and hold to their traditions with honor.

The RunningHorse Clan, founded by Queen Hippolyta when she fought the Achaens during the Trojan War. The RunningHorse has been the clan of the Warriors and Calvary officers for the past several centuries. Several of the later Dynasties also claim relation to this Clan.

The StormCrow Clan, formed by exiles in Northern Europe, they are a those that do their best to record the oral and written history of the nation. Some of most learned Shamanesses come from the this clan.

The LongTalon Clan, created when a group of Amazo were stranded along the Silk Road, the LongTalon over time married into the regions of India and in some cases China. They originally took up the old nomadic way when Themiscyra fell and were the last Clan to retake the oath to Artemis after the re-unification.

Quick update, the sound changes for Noun Stems

The Noun Stems Sound Changes
1st Declension

• η & ησ > ɛ – feminine
• ɑ > ω - feminine
• ᾱ > ɛo – feminine, ɛω - masculine

2nd Declension

• ω & o > oν – feminine, oϸ – neuter, oφ – masculine

3rd Declension

• κ & ρ > ηζ – feminine, ην – neuter / masculine
• ν & ν > υζ – feminine, υν – neuter, υτ - masculine
• ɑτ & δ > ɩσ – feminine, ɩζ – neuter / masculine
• ɩ, υ, ɛυ > ɛɩ – feminine
• oυ & ɑυ > ɑω – feminine, ωζ - masculine

So after a while I've sat down and done a lot of work on the cases of Aɲazo (Pronounced Anyah-jo). (Amazo's official spelling). 

The cases are as followed:
-Adjectives that modify the noun assumed the same case as the noun.
Nominative: The case that is assumed in all basic forms of the noun. This is the case of the subject of the sentence.
Accusative: The case that is assumed when the noun is the direct object of the sentence. 
Genitive: The case that deals primarily with possession and is used for a variety of reasons.
Dative: The case that is assumed when something is given to another. The Dative is used for many other things including possession and the usage of passive and perfect past tense nouns.
Vocative: The vocative case doesn't cause any declension in nouns. It deals particularly with declaration and is often used when making prayers to the Spirits.
Locative: One of the two "irregular cases", locative deals with the location something and does not coincide with a Definite Article or Determiner.
Ablative: The Ablative is one of the two "irregular cases" and is heavily influenced by the Latin Ablative. It is used as a way to reference the movement of something and is often used for many other purposes the same the way the words "with" and "within" work.

The two Irregular Cases are layovers from Persian past of Aɲazo. The usage of Ablative was heavily changed with the Roman invasion of Themiscyra and the loss of Amazon unity. The one thing that kept the usage alive of the two cases was in fact the solidarity bred between the Clans as they were spread throughout the Empire. One reason why in fact that Aɲazo was revived was because of the identity the Amazons kept after so long. That even with the fall of their cities, that they still had the spirit of Artemis with them.

Amazo Indefinite Article And the Definite!

The Indefinte Article does not exist in Amazo. One simply uses the Definite Article.

Singular
Female
Male
Neuter
Nominative
ɩ
o
τɩ
Genitive
τηϸ
τηɩ
Dative
δω
τω
Accusative
την
τɑν
τɩ

Not a completely clean look, the given information is more to show the fact that a table can't copy right. However, after finally covering the basis of the Definite Article I can finally move onto noun stems! The sound change list is every growing also just to note ;)