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Nickeris86:
Apocrypha: Yes each race has a name for the others and the vampires have their own name for their race. The Orcs are a tribal people and refer to themselves as their clan name rather than the racial name humans have given them. Not all the clans get along with each other or humans while others do. Its kinda like the various clans and tribes of the Muslim nations.


--- Quote from: Snowleopard on January 19, 2011, 06:42:34 AM ---Have you named the Goddesses?  If so, I would think that the races ought to take their names from their creator's name.  Or, at least, it's a suggestion.

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I've kicked a few ideas around but nothing has stuck out to me

I was thinking of a derivative of Tiamat for the goddess of death. The other two I don't really know though I am leaning towards an A name for the goddess of life.

Apocrypha:
How will the Orc tribes be naming themselves?  After animals or virtues or traits?

I like Snowleopard's idea of them basing their names after the goddess they follow.

Nickeris86:
it depends on the tribe. there are around fifteen major tribes

The Corvidian:
For the desert race look more into Perisan, Jewish, and Middle Eastern Legend
For the Elves, look into obscure Norse legends, Northern European legends also take inspiration from Japanese legends.

meg_evonne:
I'd suggest just writing it for now. The names will follow eventually. Also you may change them several times as you progress.  Often the perfect names will surface eventually.

I have spent hours on baby name/meanings etc sites and an equal amount of time experimenting with the free dictionaries on line for different languages, including Latin. You might be inspired by plugging in a few virtues or traits into some odd and different languages and see what pops up.  I think there is even a Klingdon - English variety that some readers might enjoy or recognize.

Had to modify because I remembered another great name search idea...track the word histories backward. Very good dictionaries will do that for you.  Word roots can be fascinating to play around with...and then you can get to old English, Saxon, Norman, whatever.  It's rather a fun bit of research.

Best wishes!

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