VelvetViolet
Adventurer
There are several benefits to calling it “horcrux”:
- “Horcrux”, as a single word, cannot be copyrighted
- Horcrux is not trademarked either, and that wouldn’t prevent you from mentioning it. Kleenex never sued anyone for mentioning characters blew their noses on Kleenex
- Horcrux already has the intended meaning
- As a recent neologism, Horcrux doesn’t have any confusing linguistic baggage
- Horcrux has the benefit of being well known through the popularity of Harry Potter
- Horcrux is flexible enough to use for any kinds of objects that contain souls
- Horcrux just sounds cool
- Horcrux is easy to spell and pronounce
- Using “horcrux” would fit neatly into the fantasy gaming scene’s long history of lifting names and concepts from fantasy fiction
- It’s an update for modern times where the lingo is shifting
- Did I mention it sounds cool?