I just thought I'd chime in and say you did an excellent job.  I know it is something my puny brain could never handle!

Glad to assist even in such a token way. Recognition for initiative on things like this is often overlooked by the throngs of gamers on the forums.

I think that's where the "guardian" part comes from. The script-like markings are nearly identical to the ones on Amaterasu Okami, and wolves, especially white ones, are often depicted as nature guardians in Japanese myth. What bugs me are the other markings, on the paws and tail. They're more indicative of foxes than wolves, enough so that I originally assumed I was seeing a fox with Okami markings. How strange.

This brings back memories of Master of Magic.  I remember going through it, creating a translation key for the runes in the spellbook, and then at the start of each game checking to see if I got the really good spells.

I'm impressed that folks figured out a trick like that, but I kind of hope Elemental has a similar system of spell books that you *can't* decrypt except by in-game research.

I really liked not knowing exactly what spells would be there at the end of a given MoM game--it was a good part of the replayability factor for me.

I'm shocked CondarF only got 10 karma for this most unique effort. Come on guys, don’t be stingy show some love!

The other day while i was taking some screenshots for the user manual of one of the applications we work in, i found the TRUE meaning of the symbols in the four corners:

Or maybe Stardock's guys are really smart (they are anyways) and have been advertising the game long before we knew?

In any case, it's cool the attention to details (typos and all) that we can see in the game and the stuff related to it. Keep the good work!

Hey guys,

Once again thank you for the thanks, and your welcome. And thank you all for the Karma. I'm just hoping for some new stuff to come out so I can start that translation gland going again. 

Indeed. Even though I hope CondarF's skills won't help anyone decode spell books in advance once we have the game, I love fictional alphabets and languages and appreciate folks with the skills to reverse-engineer them.

Say, CondarF, any chance you'd be interested in translating the text around this bit of concept art?

Oh yes, please CondarF, please

Btw, that shaman-or-whatever dudeis totally creeping me out

Oh, please translate it CondarF, please 

Edit: sorry about the double post, I always get confused when I post and the new post ends up on the next page  

Oh, so that creepy shaman dude is like, The One!?

No. The text along the edges of all of the single-unit concept art says the same thing. It's probably just a little piece of general history or something, not specifically related to those units.