Board Thread:Lore Texts/@comment-32865299-20171010143835/@comment-31507215-20171010195938

TheodenOfRohan wrote:

High King Ithilion wrote: Yep, they were illiterate, most likely.

Also, Wormtongue was not yet poisoning the mind and body of the king. That began in around 3017.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) I agree with you, since I would guess that Orcs, Rohirrim, Dunlendings, Dalish folk, and Half-trolls would all be illiterate. But for gameplay purposes, let's just assume everyone's literate. Mevans is doing this anyways, as all the factions I just mentioned have lore books, probably because their fans would be pissed off if they didn't have lore books. I do understand that (except for Dale being illiterate - that doesn't make much sense to me), but, in that case, things should only be written by scribes and/or the more knowledgeable members of a group. If they are illiterate, it makes more sense for a scribe to be writing a log of events, or a captain writing orders, as opposed to some guy writing a journal, in my opinion.