Race Naming Conventions for Viera and Hrothgar

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Originally Posted by WhiteArchmage

We only know one Viera (Fran) and one Hrothgar (Queen Gunhildr). Sadly, it means we can't infer much from Viera and Hroths may be Scandinavian. I think for HW Au Ra naming conventions were given...2 weeks before release?

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Well in FFXII there's Fran, Jote, Mjrn, Krjn, Ktjn, Nera, Alja, and Rael. I'm sure I missed a few but they will probably be similar. The 'J' is pronounced as a 'Y'. (Example: Jote= Yo-te) Can't wait to see :)

I meant Viera in XIV :p I do expect the dev team will go for a XII-style naming convention but in XIV, so far, we only know Fran.

Especially since TA/2 was...weirder and didn't seem to have a set naming style for the Viera (Shara keeps the 2 syllables while having 5 letters, Verre and Ruuj are odd because they're named after colors, and Alouette and Valentyne... yeah).

i thought they had the naming conventions on the site. I remember reading something. Like i think for the Viera, they still use J as a Y, and i think both clans use short names, but one clan uses one syllable and the other 2 sylablle. As for the Hrothgar, I think it was regalish names, but The Lost have more umm.. forgotten names, if that makes sense. I tried checking the site to refresh my memory but I couldn't find the races for some reason. weird

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Originally Posted by Eloah

i thought they had the naming conventions on the site. I remember reading something. Like i think for the Viera, they still use J as a Y, and i think both clans use short names, but one clan uses one syllable and the other 2 sylablle. As for the Hrothgar, I think it was regalish names, but The Lost have more umm.. forgotten names, if that makes sense. I tried checking the site to refresh my memory but I couldn't find the races for some reason. weird

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Don't think any of that was official.

The Viera stuff is taken from FFXII, and the Helion part is likely taken from the only named Hrothgar, Gunnhildr.

I just need the surname conventions, so I can get a name change for my character.

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

Don't think any of that was official.

The Viera stuff is taken from FFXII, and the Helion part is likely taken from the only named Hrothgar, Gunnhildr.

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Well, Hrothgar aside, since it would be brand new to my knowledge, the Viera info should be the same as XII, since a good amount of lore is lifted from the Ivalice saga, with only a few minor changes to have it fit into XIVs story. I doubt naming conventions would need to be changed to fit.

I hope they release the naming conventions for both races before early access, so potential nerds like me can burn money on name-changing.

If what the Au Ra got in Heavensward is any indication they should be released a week or two before EA.

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Originally Posted by Cilia

If what the Au Ra got in Heavensward is any indication they should be released a week or two before EA.

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To be precise, they were posted 5 days before HW early access started.

13 days still, but I'm starting to get nervous. Hopefully this isn't something they just forgot about. C'mon, I need more than a few days to ponder about a name for my character, I'm the type of person who spends all of the first day of a new game in the character creator. At last we got that in the benchmark.