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Thread: Name for the Siren's Realm?
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05-29-2013, 08:18 PM #1
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05-30-2013, 04:13 AM #2
Considering that it was formed by the Dusk Man from various Halskapa coastal provinces and the main religion is Nesirie, perhaps the name should be based on Halskapa and something sea-related. Or maybe Halspaka and Dusk Man related?
A Danish translation of the words "weep" or "tear" may also be suitable, given the terror the Dusk Man gave the land and the goddess and water symbol. Over time, the meaning might have been lost and the Siren might not have understood it and hence not changed it.
Mind you, the provincial names don't seem very Rjurik. Perhaps the population is a mix of Rjurik, Anuirean and secret Masetian, with Gnoll, Goblin and Kobold communities in parts.
Sorontar
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05-30-2013, 08:40 AM #3
Relying on a quick look through multiple online dictinaries and translation tools:
Using Swedish
Morgrat- from Mörk gråt 'dark weeping'
Using Finnish
Pimitku - pimeä itku 'dark weeping'
Using Danish
Morkar - mørke tårer 'dark weeping'
Old Norse/Icelandic
Myrkratur - myrkur grátur 'dark weeping'
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06-01-2013, 03:27 PM #4
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06-02-2013, 01:51 AM #5
From memory, the Dusk Man is canon.
I imagine that Halskapa would care about its coastal provinces even if the hills and weather prevented much farming etc. Therefore, I can't imagine them being empty. They might just have had problems with access problems with the rest of Halskapa and the Wailing Winds (preventing them being good ports) and that is part of the reason why the Dusk Man won.
As it is, the role of the wiki is to expand on the original descriptions in a way that is more all-encompassing. We have been trying to make each description of a province or regent work into the other desciptuions we have made, canon or not.
Sorontar
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06-03-2013, 08:29 PM #6
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06-15-2013, 09:21 AM #8
Thanks Lucky, what made you think of cliff-top villages?
Is the name made-up or tweaked from the Scandanavians/Celts?
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06-15-2013, 09:57 AM #9
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Name is made-up, but the intent was to make the realm culturally distinct from the rest of Cerilia. Plus, from an imagination / mapping stand point, I was looking for something that was more magical and seeing mountains covering the Siren's lands made me think of inlet cut gorges with white marble towers built right into the cliff faces.
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