BlueLion Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I will be playing as a Human Meadow Drifter Cipher. I want to name him in line with the world lore. As such, where I can I find information on the Aedyrian language and standard names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 The Pillars of Eternity wiki is probably the best place for it. You can also try asking Josh Sawyer specific questions directly on his tumblr. http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Aedyran http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/ "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Another entry: http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Aedyran_Dialects "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificate Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 In fact, I wouldn't mind if the game suggested appropriate names during character creation, in the vein of CK2 character editor. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 In fact, I wouldn't mind if the game suggested appropriate names during character creation, in the vein of CK2 character editor. Yeah. That would be a nifty option. I Doubt they'll be implementing it for release. Maybe in a future patch or in the expansion? "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Yea. Roger just doesn't quite fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) I've always been fond of Carlos the Dwarf myself. Edited January 25, 2015 by Leferd 3 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificate Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Yea. Roger just doesn't quite fit. You can always look up variants of that name. 'Hrodger' should fit nicely. I'm being told that it's old germanic. For the record, my first character will be named Avery (if from Aedyr) or Charlotte (if from Vailia), I haven't quite decided yet. Edited January 25, 2015 by Magnificate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3st Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yea. Roger just doesn't quite fit.You can always look up variants of that name. 'Hrodger' should fit nicely. I'm being told that it's old germanic. You could make it a bit more noble, like Hrothgar. Fnord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lephys Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Or Trogdor... Burninating the countryside... burninating all the peasants. 8P 7 Should we not start with some Ipelagos, or at least some Greater Ipelagos, before tackling a named Arch Ipelago? 6_u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Some good examples here. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Might go for Gemynd. Old germanic for 'mind', suits my Cipher build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Sheets Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I believe in the PAX stream it'll show the names that I created for that party. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Leif. Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I believe in the PAX stream it'll show the names that I created for that party. Though I forgot what they were I remember being amused by them as I saw them. I tend to use that Behind the name website if I am particulary dry on ideas for a particular culture's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 I believe in the PAX stream it'll show the names that I created for that party. Though I forgot what they were I remember being amused by them as I saw them. I tend to use that Behind the name website if I am particulary dry on ideas for a particular culture's name. Laura, Gwen and Greg I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I am terrible at coming up with character names. I always wind up naming them Gfted. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I am terrible at coming up with character names. I always wind up naming them Gfted. You and me both. Well, except for the Gfted part. I have my own oft-repeated thingies. When I do get creative it's usually in the form of some play-on-spelling joke name or something. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Sheets Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I believe in the PAX stream it'll show the names that I created for that party. Though I forgot what they were I remember being amused by them as I saw them. I tend to use that Behind the name website if I am particulary dry on ideas for a particular culture's name. Laura, Gwen and Greg I remember. Missing Sylvester and two others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManifestedISO Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I don't know how, or why, but they just come to me. Really great character names, unique, dynamic, interesting. It's like they're already alive and they whisper who they are. Usually six to eight letters, good mix of vowels and consonants, plus setting-appropriate and generally mysterious and/or intriguing. It's like I'm a vessel channeling exceptional monikers. 1 All Stop. On Screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I'm never sure whether it's expected to come up with just one name, or a first and last name. 1 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 http://www.etymonline.com/ Handy website for old language based names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lephys Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) I don't know how, or why, but they just come to me. Really great character names, unique, dynamic, interesting. It's like they're already alive and they whisper who they are. Usually six to eight letters, good mix of vowels and consonants, plus setting-appropriate and generally mysterious and/or intriguing. It's like I'm a vessel channeling exceptional monikers. In a very forced combo of French and English, purely for the purposes of this joke working, you are... The Nom-duit! Edited January 29, 2015 by Lephys 1 Should we not start with some Ipelagos, or at least some Greater Ipelagos, before tackling a named Arch Ipelago? 6_u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMac Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 For fun, I added an Eternity option to my random name generator. It'll give you some mishmash of a name based on the names of the characters in the game, which might not be good if you care about the particulars of the individual cultures. Also, you might end up with the name of an actual character in the game, which would be awkward when meeting them (that's fairly unlikely, though). 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerulean Shaman Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Man, I love doing stuff like this myself though usually I go with established character names. Still, it warms my heart to see people give care to their names and as a result love to their characters. Tired of seeing "Loordawesome333" as a character name. >.> Granted, really only though it was an MMO thing but then I see people doing it in videos for dragon age inquisition and ect and I'm like... what? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdphys Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 For fun, I added an Eternity option to my random name generator. It'll give you some mishmash of a name based on the names of the characters in the game, which might not be good if you care about the particulars of the individual cultures. Also, you might end up with the name of an actual character in the game, which would be awkward when meeting them (that's fairly unlikely, though). I ran 3500 names and got a few repeats (Elf showed up alot ?) Does the generator actually mix names together? or is it a random selection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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