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<blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 3056317" data-attributes="member: 29746"><p>Occult-sounding names are definitely to be preferred. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I personally like combination words, so I prefer one-word names, and built a name based on that notion- though I agree that both Cruor and Phasmatis sound exotic and mystical, and could do nicely as name roots if put together properly.</p><p></p><p>I went into some dictionaries of Latin and Greek roots out of curiosity myself, and came up with a name based off of the "Blood God" title for that Blade creature- <strong><em>Erythreon</em></strong>. Erythro is a Greek root for red, often used in scientific jargon for blood-related things; theos is the Greek root for god, which I converted to theon because it "sounds" better to my mental ear when combined with the first root. The root prefix hem- and suffix -emia actually mean blood, but what sort of word could we combine with them to make a cool-sounding name that doesn't also sound like, say, a disease? Then again, given what the being is, maybe we actually <strong>want</strong> it to sound like a disease, but that probably won't seem very mystical or occultish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paradox42, post: 3056317, member: 29746"] Occult-sounding names are definitely to be preferred. :) I personally like combination words, so I prefer one-word names, and built a name based on that notion- though I agree that both Cruor and Phasmatis sound exotic and mystical, and could do nicely as name roots if put together properly. I went into some dictionaries of Latin and Greek roots out of curiosity myself, and came up with a name based off of the "Blood God" title for that Blade creature- [b][i]Erythreon[/i][/b]. Erythro is a Greek root for red, often used in scientific jargon for blood-related things; theos is the Greek root for god, which I converted to theon because it "sounds" better to my mental ear when combined with the first root. The root prefix hem- and suffix -emia actually mean blood, but what sort of word could we combine with them to make a cool-sounding name that doesn't also sound like, say, a disease? Then again, given what the being is, maybe we actually [b]want[/b] it to sound like a disease, but that probably won't seem very mystical or occultish. [/QUOTE]
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