[Forgotten Realms]Help with names.

[Snoweel]

/me says the f-word...

So, 5 minutes in the FLGS (and a decent memory) and I get that FR names are tied to the language spoken in the particular region (already mentioned above).

In Aglarond they speak Aglarondan(sp?) and their names seem pretty Tolkien/Realms standard.

In the Great Dale and Thesk they speak Damaran whose names sound quasi-Slavic.

The people of Rashemen speak Rashemi(sp?) whose names are also quasi-Slavic (though slightly more melodic than Damaran names).

In Thay they speak a variant of Mulhorandi and their names are similar to those of pre-Arab Egypt.

And thnx 4 ur help!

 

[maddman75]

*looks around to make sure he's not in nutkinland*

Nutkinland? That place is dead man!

No traffic in a month, no more CSC Gold. Maybe we could get people to start posting there again like in the old days.

 

[The It's Man]

Nutkinland? That place is dead man!

No traffic in a month, no more CSC Gold. Maybe we could get people to start posting there again like in the old days.

With that place gone, maybe the folks here should be prepared for the Return of the Nutkinlanders part two

[ominous chord]

 

[cybertalus]

Not every Thayan is of Rashemi stock. The elite (including the Red Wizards) are of Mulan heritage (IIRC they fled from Mulhorand and then founded thay)

The racial variances in Thay is a subtlety I hadn't picked up on. It's already given me an interesting idea for an NPC. Thanks KaeYoss and Darkness.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

The racial variances in Thay is a subtlety I hadn't picked up on. It's already given me an interesting idea for an NPC. Thanks KaeYoss and Darkness.

No problem. I thought I better fill you in on this before some snobby Red Wizard blasts you for calling him rashemi. Some of them are like that (and they get away with it: they just put a red rag on your body and claim that you were an imposter. Bunch of savages over there)