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=== Exchange === | === Exchange === | ||
Mortals in the Mundane World who performed the right rituals could summon a devil (who signed up for the service ahead of time), who bargained with the supplicant on behalf of their [[archdevil]]. Archdevils could grant temporary worldly power in exchange for a supplicant's soul, with the summoned devil acting as a broker.{{Cite web/dsjuly2024|15, 16}} | Mortals in the Mundane World who performed the right rituals could summon a devil (who signed up for the service ahead of time), who bargained with the supplicant on behalf of their [[archdevil]]. Archdevils could grant temporary worldly power in exchange for a supplicant's soul, with the summoned devil acting as a broker.{{Cite web/dsjuly2024|15, 16}} | ||
== Anjal == | |||
The dominant language in the Seven Cities of Hell. {{Cite web/dsjuly2024|88}} | |||
It is also known as the Language of contracts. contract law isn't written purely in Anjal, but a lot of legal jargon in any contract, as well as some of the language of trial courts, feature many Anjal words. The Seven Cities' bureaucratic nature and its inhabitants' attention for detail made their language popular among lawyers. {{Cite web/dsjuly2024|88}} | |||
Anjal is also related to the [[Hobgoblin]] language, in which most lore about [[Zodiakol]], the Bloodmetal, is written. {{Cite web/dsjuly2024|88}} | |||
== Seven Cities == | == Seven Cities == | ||