Creative Exercise--Aleasana

[Rhialto]

According to Shay legends, in their past they fought wars not only with Duergar, but with a deformed evil race known as the Formor. Formori came in many types, but all were cruel, heartless, and destructive. While the stories insist that the Shay won, they're rather vague about what happened to the Formor afterwards...

 

[Tonguez]

Originally Posted by Conaill
Whereas the Eastern coast of Aleasana is rocky and rather inhospitable.

The Eastern coast is notable for its long and narrow fjords where the sea cuts into the mountains leaving sheer cliffs with tumbling waterfalls, falling stones, overhanging forests and a spectacular rugged grandeur. The sheer cliffs make landfall difficult however there are a couple of suitable areas and it was in the eastern Fjords that people first landed. At the head of the Langerfjord which cuts furthest into the mountains is the Drueger city of Hängende (Вися Город in Drueger text) called the hanging city because of the way some of its buildings extend out from the cliffsides over the water, it is here that humans first set foot on Aleasana rock

 

[Conaill]

Umm, yes. Duergar are all dwarves. Also, as to make things clear, I was suggesting that dwarves are the immune race instead of Urukhs, not as well as them.

Sounds good. I'll update my original iron post accordingly.

By the way, I would strongly suggest changing the name "Duergar" to something else, to avoid any further confusion with the Duergar sub-race of dwarves.

 

[Rhialto]

While I understand your concerns, I'm somewhat torn. Coming up with good, distinctive names that mean "dwarf", and is recognizable as such is difficult, and it does sound so very atmospheric...

 

[JimAde]

While I understand your concerns, I'm somewhat torn. Coming up with good, distinctive names that mean "dwarf", and is recognizable as such is difficult, and it does sound so very atmospheric...

I have a little dictionary program that I use for making up names. It has these translations for "Dwarf":

Finnish: kääpiö, kääpiö-, varjostaa
Icelandic: dvergur (Obviously related to the German Duergar, right?)
Irish: abhac
Latin: pumilus
Welsh: corrach
Greek: íÜíïò, åðéóêéÜæù (Never mind, got hashed in the paste! )

Now, some of these might mean "person with dwarfism" as opposed to "mythical creature who lives underground" so take them with a grain of salt.

 

[Lalato]

Portuguese = anao
French = nain
Spanish = enano
Dutch = dwerg

Anyway... just throwing that out there...
--sam

 

[Rhialto]

I have a little dictionary program that I use for making up names. It has these translations for "Dwarf":

Finnish: kääpiö, kääpiö-, varjostaa
Icelandic: dvergur (Obviously related to the German Duergar, right?)
Irish: abhac
Latin: pumilus
Welsh: corrach
Greek: íÜíïò, åðéóêéÜæù (Never mind, got hashed in the paste! )

Now, some of these might mean "person with dwarfism" as opposed to "mythical creature who lives underground" so take them with a grain of salt.

The Finnish ones sound interesting, though we'll have to make sure they actually mean "Dwarf" as in "mythical creature...

Or perhaps Dvergur...

 

[Conaill]

Welsh: corrach

Corrach or Corrag sounds great to me. It's got that celtic feel to it...

 

[Tonguez]

The Finnish ones sound interesting, though we'll have to make sure they actually mean "Dwarf" as in "mythical creature...

Or perhaps Dvergur...

kääpiö = short mythical humanoid
did a google on varjostaa apparently it means 'shadow' and dwarf in the sense of 'overshadow' eg "we were all dwarfed by his accomplishments"

me I like Corragh too of course the dwarf god (Koschei) mentioned earlier is slavic so anyone know the slavic word for dwarf?

 

[Rhialto]

A bump to keep things going...