Hellsguard Names

[Iscah]

There are probably no shortage of names in real life that we'd find unusual, or even outright hilarious. The real fun, though, comes from exploring the origin of the name. I would say the same principle applies to Hellsguard names.

Hellsguard 'last names' aren't really surnames though - it's just one individual two-word name, and the second word gets used as a surname when they need to be referred to that way. In normal speech, they might be called by their full name or either half of it. (eg. Hoary Boulder is usually called "Hoary", but Curious Gorge is "Gorge".)

Must be a bit odd for players who've used proper generated names though? I'd like it if they had an extra field in the character creator that let you input a nickname separate to your full forename/surname.


And yes, some of the Hellguard names seem like very strange things for people to decide to call their children! Sea Wolves are similarly odd once you start looking at the translation guide here and working out their meanings, but at least you could explain that as people liking the sound of the name without necessarily knowing the meaning, or maybe naming them after someone else.

[Vidu]

And yes, some of the Hellguard names seem like very strange things for people to decide to call their children! Sea Wolves are similarly odd once you start looking at the translation guide here and working out their meanings, but at least you could explain that as people liking the sound of the name without necessarily knowing the meaning, or maybe naming them after someone else.

Exactly - Sea Wolf names work a bit more like our real names do, I'd say. Looking at the meaning of some of my friends names irl (or at my own), I'm scratching my head a little too... but at least that meaning is concealed and you havent named a newborn "Drunken Stag"... makes me all the more excited to see Roegadyn children though! And see if we'll indeed meet a 5 year old called "Wasted Beaver"...