Discussion regarding beast tribe naming conventions.

[Tiamat]

Hello all!

It's good to be back. 7 months was far too long to be afk...

Sorry about the ninja post yesterday sans pomp-and-circumstance, but we've been scrambling to wrap up 2.28 goodness, and the plan was to put it on a back burner, but a similar post made its way onto the JP forums and I didn't want you guys to be left waiting.



Well, we still haven't covered Sahagin, kobolds, goblins, Qiqirn, or Mamool Ja...so if I were in your shoes I'd be expecting at least a "II". I'll see what the JP side has planned, and work towards getting something done. (Though like has been mentioned, the quest team is thinking of revealing a lot in the beast tribe dailies, so we'll have to wait and see what can go where).

Welcome back! I was sad that I killed you in game.

[Keres]

The lv.30 Bard quest:

Has a moogle named Pukno Poki and Jehantel says "I would have you present yourself to him." And "I made a promise to him then,". And "I have been ill able to oblige him"...

so............?

Maybe Jehantel is just really bad at telling male and female moogles apart and/or doesn't know/remember the naming convention?

EDIT: It also says "will often have," not "always," so maybe his name is just one of those uncommon cases.

[Leira_Raine]

Here's my question about a naming convention:

For the Ixali, what happens if on the super exceedingly rare chance that the wind doesn't blow upon the birth of an Ixal?

Would it just be named... Like...

Just L... or S... or something? Without a root ending?

[Firefly]

I have always hoped for a Sylph named Dyslexia.... ._.

Don't you mean a Slyph named Dyslexia?

[Velox]

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I think it may be a little more simple than that. Given how Moogles are tied to the Twelveswood like the Keeper clan of Miqo'te, I'm thinking the last syllable could represent a family line or clan.

All males have KUP
All females have PUK (opposite letters for opposite genders)

for example,
Kupni Kapp would be a male (Kup) of the 'ni clan.
Pukni Pakk would be a female (Puk) of the 'ni clan as well.

Given the moogle's apparent love of alliteration, their "name" simply starts with same letter as their gender. This would mean their last name is actually their given name, and their first name is part of their surname.
So we have Kipp who is a male of the 'li family. He is called Kupli Kipp.

Granted we know nothing of moogle lore outside of what the devs release, but this is simply speculation and how I have envisioned them given the similarities in their names and the naming conventions of other races.

[Anonymoose]

I'm thinking the last syllable could represent a family line or clan. <...> this is simply speculation

It's good speculation, for what it's worth. For now, I just went with the more open-door explanation in case something like you're proposing did not turn out to be the case and matching syllables were coincidence; following the old "you can always saw the board again if it's too long, but once it's too short it's too short" rule. I wouldn't be surprised if you're on to something, though.

[Fernehalwes]

Welcome back! I was sad that I killed you in game.

All is forgiven. I'll just keep respawning.

Here's my question about a naming convention:

For the Ixali, what happens if on the super exceedingly rare chance that the wind doesn't blow upon the birth of an Ixal?

Good question. Most Ixali fledglings are born in the canyons of Xelphatol, so rare is a day when the wind does not blow, even a little. Therefore, to the Ixal (a very superstitious race, who rely heavily on augury in their everyday lives) being born on a day without wind is considered a terrible omen, and such newborns are cast from their nests (to put it kindly) as to not bring misfortune upon the tribe. However, some Ixali parents (like any parent of any race, I suppose) reluctant to sacrifice their brood will falsely claim they felt a gust even though there was none and use an name of one of the four winds to spare their child.

I hope that helps!

[Macka]

All is forgiven. I'll just keep respawning.



Good question. Most Ixali fledglings are born in the canyons of Xelphatol, so rare is a day when the wind does not blow, even a little. Therefore, to the Ixal (a very superstitious race, who rely heavily on augury in their everyday lives) being born on a day without wind is considered a terrible omen, and such newborns are cast from their nests (to put it kindly) as to not bring misfortune upon the tribe. However, some Ixali parents (like any parent of any race, I suppose) reluctant to sacrifice their brood will falsely claim they felt a gust even though there was none and use an name of one of the four winds to spare their child.

I hope that helps!

Whoa and I thought they where more civilized then that.

[AmyNeudaiz]

Whoa and I thought they where more civilized then that.

Hahahahaha. No.

[Kyan]

I'm a little confused with the term "birth" - are Ixali born live or hatched from eggs?

Birth: the emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being.

When it comes to "birth" of Ixali, I would have assumed that, perhaps like Sahagin and Amalj'aa, they would "hatch" considering they are bird-like beastmen. So would an Ixali "birth" occur at the time of their hatching?