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    Player Midareyukki's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Terin View Post
    Also just commenting, I think it's funny (and sadly, disappointing) that the name of the Hrothgar race is Norse, but as far as I'm able to tell, neither of the existing Clans seems to have any Nordic influence? There seems to be a decent Russian influence, as well as Germanic (which I suppose is some connection), but I'd definitely dig a clan more aligned with the old Norse, "viking" sort of culture. And I feel like that would mesh absolutely perfectly with more of a "Wolf" clan for the Hrothgar.
    Ackchyually... it's Anglo-Saxon "Hrothgar" is the Anglo-Saxon version of the Norse "Hroar". Which is odd because...

    Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
    Calm down there, we haven't seen all of Ilsabard. Besides, Hrothgar may have been like that before Gunnhildr.
    Gunnhildr is indeed Old Norse.

    ...so idk what our devs are trying to accomplish, but it seems Germanic, Nordic and Slavic all kinda count?

    But we're only told of the Slavic names for the Source. Germanic names like Magnus and Norse names like Runar tend to be more associated with the First.

    ...and then there's the fact that Misija Votyasch is a Hrothgar name |D I know people can adopt, but given how caste societies work and how there's virtually no indication there's any relation going on with Hrothgar ancestry... yeaah. And I checked: Roegadyn NPCs have their normal "Eorzean-style" nomenclature in Gangos. So this isn't a "Bozjan naming thing".

    Hrothgars are a design mess xD consistency dove out the window.
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    Last edited by Midareyukki; 02-25-2023 at 08:14 AM.