Hypotheses Developed Around the Campfire 5 - Adjectives

 A language with parts of speech.  Now we're getting somewhere.

Hypotheses Developed Around the Campfire 4 - More notes on the map

Returning to the map and the labels of where we have been, we now can add the symbol for "danger" and, we presume, "dragon."  We re-label the symbol previously identified as "cave" to mean "shelter," based on our inference that the symbol must be associated in some way with Alirria.

We will need to verify our theory by visiting other places:  We have inferred but not confirmed, for example, that one can find birds on the lower right mountain near the Sheh cave; and that whatever is to the right of it that mountain is dangerous.

Hypotheses Developed Around the Campfire 3 - Animals

Having encountered a fishing hole and a set of deer's hoofprints associated with the symbols above, we identified the symbols for "fish" and "deer."  We infer the symbol for "bird" but have yet to confirm it.  What an "Ehktian animal" would be we can only imagine.  (A phoenix?)  We think perhaps it might mean "predator," which to our delight would mean that there are no known predators' dens in the immediate vicinity--or at least none identified on the map.

Hypotheses Developed Around The Campfire 2 - Gods

We reason that the language must be based on the Gods and the traits associated with them, as follows:

Hypotheses Developed Around The Campfire 1 - "Danger"

The symbol with all of the Xs must mean "danger."

Cave Drawing with Notes

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3. Cave Drawing

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Our initial impressions are below.  Based on our wanderings, we inferred that each diamond-shaped area was a hill or mountain, and we were on the Northwest side of the lower one, located roughly at the symbol we identified as "cave."   Having encountered and walked along the bed of the stream at the foot of the hill, we inferred that the repeated symbol traced the path of the stream. 

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