Don't feel bad, I've been here eight days and posted around 80 times and I just did an intro post. Didn't see it beforehand. Too busy with all the great posts and questions.
BTW, I like your idea for the Dark Magic language. Have you ever seen the episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation when they met with the Tamarians? I was thinking of doing something like that, where their language was based on metaphors, but fusing those metaphors with powerful magics would prove to be interesting.