diff --git a/scripts/Locales/enUS.lua b/scripts/Locales/enUS.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a61ba0..0000000
--- a/scripts/Locales/enUS.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-local Tinkr, Bastion = ...
-
-if not Bastion.Locale.ShouldLoad("enUS") then return end
-
-local L = {}
-
-L["Tinkr"] = "Tinkr"
-L["Bastion"] = "Bastion"
-
-Bastion.Locale.SetTable(L)
diff --git a/scripts/Locales/enUS/enUS.lua b/scripts/Locales/enUS/enUS.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a153359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Locales/enUS/enUS.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+local Tinkr, Bastion = ...
+
+local L = Bastion.Locale:NewLocale("Bastion", "enUS", true)
+
+L["Tinkr"] = true
+L["Bastion"] = true
+
diff --git a/src/Locale/Locale.lua b/src/Locale/Locale.lua
index 626ee40..9026885 100644
--- a/src/Locale/Locale.lua
+++ b/src/Locale/Locale.lua
@@ -4,38 +4,89 @@ local Locale = {}
 Locale.__index = Locale
 
 local private = {
+	gameLocale = GetLocale(),
     locale = nil,
     tbl = nil,
     hasNoLocaleTable = false
 }
 
-private.locale = GetLocale()
-
-function Locale.GetTable()
-    assert(private.tbl)
-    return private.tbl
+if private.gameLocale == "enGB" then
+	private.gameLocale = "enUS"
 end
 
-function Locale.ShouldLoad(locale)
-    assert(private.locale)
-    return locale == private.locale
+Locale.apps = {}
+Locale.appnames = {}
+
+local readmeta = {
+	__index = function(self, key) -- requesting totally unknown entries: fire off a nonbreaking error and return key
+		rawset(self, key, key)      -- only need to see the warning once, really
+		Bastion:Debug("Bastion Locale: " .. tostring(Locale.appnames[self]) .. ": Missing entry for '"..tostring(key).."'")
+		return key
+	end
+}
+
+-- This metatable is used on all tables returned from GetLocale if the silent flag is true, it does not issue a warning on unknown keys
+local readmetasilent = {
+	__index = function(self, key) -- requesting totally unknown entries: return key
+		rawset(self, key, key)      -- only need to invoke this function once
+		return key
+	end
+}
+
+
+local registering
+
+local assertfalse = function() assert(false) end
+
+local writeproxy = setmetatable({}, {
+	__newindex = function(self, key, value)
+		rawset(registering, key, value == true and key or value)
+	end,
+	__index = assertfalse
+})
+
+local writedefaultproxy = setmetatable({}, {
+	__newindex = function(self, key, value)
+		rawset(registering, key, value == true and key or value)
+	end,
+	__index = assertfalse
+})
+
+function Locale:NewLocale(application, locale, isDefault, silent)
+	local activeGameLocale = GAME_LOCALE or private.gameLocale
+	local app = Locale.apps[application]
+	if silent and app and getmetatable(app) ~= readmetasilent then
+		Bastion:Debug("Usage: NewLocale(locale[, isDefault[, silent]]): 'silent' must be specified for the first locale registered")
+	end
+
+	if not app then
+		if silent == "raw" then
+			app = {}
+		else
+			app = setmetatable({}, silent and readmetasilent or readmeta)
+		end
+		Locale.apps[application] = app
+		Locale.appnames[app] = application
+	end
+	if locale ~= activeGameLocale and not isDefault then
+		return
+	end
+	registering = app
+	if isDefault then
+		return writedefaultproxy
+	else
+		return writeproxy
+	end
 end
 
-function Locale.SetTable(tbl)
-	private.tbl = setmetatable(tbl, {
-		__index = function(t, k)
-			local v = tostring(k)
-			if not private.hasNoLocaleTable then
-				error(string.format("Locale string does not exist: \"%s\"", v))
-			end
-			rawset(t, k, v)
-			return v
-		end,
-		__newindex = function()
-			error("Cannot write to the locale table")
-		end,
-	})
+function Locale:GetLocale(application, silent)
+	if not silent and not Locale.apps[application] then
+		Bastion:Debug("Usage: GetLocale(application[, silent]): 'application' - No locales registered for '"..tostring(application).."'")
+	end
+	return Locale.apps[application] or {}
 end
 
 
+
+
 return Locale
diff --git a/src/_bastion.lua b/src/_bastion.lua
index d5da534..675e78c 100644
--- a/src/_bastion.lua
+++ b/src/_bastion.lua
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ Bastion.Globals = {}
 
 ---@type Locale
 Bastion.Locale = Bastion.require("Locale")
+Bastion:Require("~/scripts/Locales/enUS/enUS")
 Load("@Locales/")
--- Bastion.Locales = {}
--- Bastion.Locales.enUS = Bastion:Require("@Locales/enUS")
-local L = Bastion.Locale.GetTable()
+local L = Bastion.Locale:GetLocale("Bastion", true)
 Bastion.Globals.L = L
 ---@type Environment
 Bastion.Environment = Bastion.require("Environment")