Some changes, upgrades of sorts.
Alright. I got tired of a few names that sounded a little too childish to me. Arcane was the only simple name that I kind of liked but decided to change anyway. Rhia's known for her very simple, plain names, but I thought to myself, why do I have to settle for simple names? So, rather than using the english word, I've decided to use the same words in Drow. After all, Jesus renamed Simon "Rock", but in their language it was Cephas, or now Peter, not nearly as dull as "Rock". While still being simple, it gives it enough interest and originality. So, the names have changed as follows:
Angel is now Mirshann. (His true name, Azrael, will not change, nor will the secondary name Rhia gives him, Romeo. But for the many, many years I have her referring to him as Angel or Guardian, it will now be Mirshann. Kalvin dubbed his nickname Mir, but Rhia will never call him anything but Mirshann.)
Blade, Rhia's sword, is now Killian, which is actually 'sword' in Drow, because I didn't like 'blade's translation, 'velve'.
Arcane has become Faernor, which is actually a mixture of two Drow words, 'faer', which means 'magic', and 'renor', which means 'black'.
And finally, White was very hard to come up with a new name for. I was hoping to use just a single, simple word for Arcane and White, maybe the direct translations, but 'white' in Drow is 't'puuli', and names with apostrophes just don't sit well with me. So I tried a couple of other words. 'Light' turned out to be 'ssussun', which while not only being very odd just seems too slimy for such a nice character as White. Then 'good' was 'bwael', which to me sounded a bit dwarvish and manly, not at all how White seems to me. So I looked at the words I came up with, and noticed that Bwael and Faer shared the 'ae', and got the idea to splice a couple words together for their names. Since Fael sounded even worse than Bwael, I went with Bwaer, which has a nice ring to it, I think. Still sounds a bit gruff, but it's better than 'White', that's for sure. Besides, I think it's more fitting that their names contain two words. They're not just Arcane and White, but they're black magick, and good magick, a better description of what they really are.
I couldn't think of anything else that needed to be changed, for now. I might end up changing Lemain and Restume's names, but they've rather grown on me ever since I came up with them all those nine years ago. We'll see. Until next time, then, check and see if there's anything you've missed.
Angel is now Mirshann. (His true name, Azrael, will not change, nor will the secondary name Rhia gives him, Romeo. But for the many, many years I have her referring to him as Angel or Guardian, it will now be Mirshann. Kalvin dubbed his nickname Mir, but Rhia will never call him anything but Mirshann.)
Blade, Rhia's sword, is now Killian, which is actually 'sword' in Drow, because I didn't like 'blade's translation, 'velve'.
Arcane has become Faernor, which is actually a mixture of two Drow words, 'faer', which means 'magic', and 'renor', which means 'black'.
And finally, White was very hard to come up with a new name for. I was hoping to use just a single, simple word for Arcane and White, maybe the direct translations, but 'white' in Drow is 't'puuli', and names with apostrophes just don't sit well with me. So I tried a couple of other words. 'Light' turned out to be 'ssussun', which while not only being very odd just seems too slimy for such a nice character as White. Then 'good' was 'bwael', which to me sounded a bit dwarvish and manly, not at all how White seems to me. So I looked at the words I came up with, and noticed that Bwael and Faer shared the 'ae', and got the idea to splice a couple words together for their names. Since Fael sounded even worse than Bwael, I went with Bwaer, which has a nice ring to it, I think. Still sounds a bit gruff, but it's better than 'White', that's for sure. Besides, I think it's more fitting that their names contain two words. They're not just Arcane and White, but they're black magick, and good magick, a better description of what they really are.
I couldn't think of anything else that needed to be changed, for now. I might end up changing Lemain and Restume's names, but they've rather grown on me ever since I came up with them all those nine years ago. We'll see. Until next time, then, check and see if there's anything you've missed.
