What are runes? a. sands that line the coasts of scandinavia b. alphabet characters c. deteriorating ships d. plans that have gone bad

The correct answer is B) alphabet characters. Runes are letters in a set of related alphabets which used to be used to write Germanic languages before the Latin Alphabet became popularized and are still sometimes used nowadays to understand history and the culture of the time around when runes were used. It is considered a special branch of German linguistics. It is also said that runes became less and less common when the civilizations that used them became Christian.

Answer might be b i think