1:53 PM
@Jolenealaska Andals left Andalos
For the same reason that Rhoynar left Rhoyne
The lands were taken up by Valyria. And subsequently by her daughters
IIRC merchant princes own estates in the Old Andalos and Rhoyne
It is interesting however that Firstmen south of the Wall took up the common tongue without any political pressure
This kind of change usually comes with a change in demographics or as a result of foreign rule
Neither of which was true with the North
What's more surprising is, it seems like Freefolk mostly converse in the Common tongue too while only the isolated clans like Thenn exclusively speak the old tongue along with the giants