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| Dennis |
Posted - 20 Sep 2011 : 12:42:05
Who do you think has the most interesting epithet or title?
*I'm not sure if Melegaunt's sobriquet was widely known when he was alive, but Vala once called him that in The Summoning. Maybe it's only used by the Vasaan tribe that he rescued (or tricked to become his servants). |
| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 08 Dec 2011 : 02:17:15
Malik cause he cant lie. |
| Yoss |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 17:30:18
I was going to go with 'Blackstafflings', ya know, like ducklings. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 15:34:24
O-K. I kinda expected a reply of that sort. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 15:30:39
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
Does Khelben's son have a nickname? Little Blackstaff? Blackstaff Junior?
Until he grows up, he's the Blackstick. And once he becomes an old man, he'll be the Blackcane. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 14:45:52
quote:
Originally posted by Icelander
The Sojourner is also pretty cool.
Agreed. It somehow reverberates a sense of mystery. And irony, once the reader knows what the bearer of that name is capable of. |
| Icelander |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 14:40:00
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
Does Khelben's son have a nickname? Little Blackstaff? Blackstaff Junior?
I'm fairly sure both those terms refer to something of more intimate nature to the Blackstaff. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 12:48:24
Does Khelben's son have a nickname? Little Blackstaff? Blackstaff Junior? |
| Icelander |
Posted - 15 Nov 2011 : 06:00:27
No reflection on any of the characters, but I think that the Seraph of Lies is the best sobriquet here.
The Sojourner is also pretty cool. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 19 Oct 2011 : 01:43:39
quote:
Originally posted by Idamar of Thay
I vote Dmitra Flass for the pure courage to give yourself a royal title, even if only figurative, in a land ruled by arrogant mage-lords who hate the idea of royalty.
The zulkirs tolerated it because it's a rung lower than queen. Had she been bold enough to call herself queen, I suppose the zulkirs would have eliminated her. |
| Idamar of Thay |
Posted - 19 Oct 2011 : 00:10:57
I vote Dmitra Flass for the pure courage to give yourself a royal title, even if only figurative, in a land ruled by arrogant mage-lords who hate the idea of royalty. |
| Yoss |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 15:18:52
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
quote:
Originally posted by Yoss
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
I can't believe no one mentioned The Srinshee. The sound alone inspires fear and awe. Perhaps we're so used to calling Oluevaera Estelda by her title that we think it's her name?!
Haha, I may have been guilty of that.
I'm also probably guilty of voting 'other' for the Blackstaff because lately I've realized I do like Khelben quite a bit for no specific reason I can pinpoint. A rare thing (never mind that I do usually know exactly why I like certain characters), since I generally tend to like wizards as much as you like (well, dislike, obviously) fighters.
Not exactly dislike, but indifferent. I tend to avoid them for my sake.
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Khelben's a fine archmage. He shouldn't have died.
Yeah, I know, I was just kidding. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 13:08:50
quote:
Originally posted by Yoss
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
I can't believe no one mentioned The Srinshee. The sound alone inspires fear and awe. Perhaps we're so used to calling Oluevaera Estelda by her title that we think it's her name?!
Haha, I may have been guilty of that.
I'm also probably guilty of voting 'other' for the Blackstaff because lately I've realized I do like Khelben quite a bit for no specific reason I can pinpoint. A rare thing (never mind that I do usually know exactly why I like certain characters), since I generally tend to like wizards as much as you like (well, dislike, obviously) fighters.
Not exactly dislike, but indifferent. I tend to avoid them for my sake.
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Khelben's a fine archmage. He shouldn't have died. |
| Yoss |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 12:47:52
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
I can't believe no one mentioned The Srinshee. The sound alone inspires fear and awe. Perhaps we're so used to calling Oluevaera Estelda by her title that we think it's her name?!
Haha, I may have been guilty of that.
I'm also probably guilty of voting 'other' for the Blackstaff because lately I've realized I do like Khelben quite a bit for no specific reason I can pinpoint. A rare thing (never mind that I do usually know exactly why I like certain characters), since I generally tend to like wizards as much as you like (well, dislike, obviously) fighters.
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| Dennis |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 12:10:33
quote:
Originally posted by Nightseer
Nightseer!
I am biased btw.
Your username made that pretty obvious. |
| Nightseer |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 11:06:46
Nightseer!
I am biased btw. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 11:03:18
I should have also included Szass Tam, The Regent of Thay.
The Lich Lord of Thay doesn't sound bad, either. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 10:56:56
I went with Foxy! |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 10:42:37
quote:
Originally posted by Marc
What does the Srinshee mean?
quote:
Hello, all. Wooly Rupert recently asked Ed of the Greenwood this: So does "Srinshee" have a specific meaning, then?
And Ed makes reply: Yes.
After I stopped laughing, I sent Ed back a “c’mon, dear, more!” e-mail, and received this additional lore:
“srinna” is an old, nigh-forgotten Elvish dialect word meaning: “one who tests limits/the testing of limits/the finding of new horizons and thus establishing new boundaries”
From this, obviously, “srinshee” is a wise female elder, strong in magic, who tests the limits (of magic), and THE Srinshee is an individual whom some elves, at some time, have officially confirmed or anointed in this role. The term has drifted, over the long years, to mean something more like ‘keeper of the secrets’ (of magic) or ‘keeper of our power.’
So saith Ed. so there you have it, Wooly dearest.
love to all,
THO
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| Dennis |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 07:38:59
quote:
Originally posted by Marc
What does the Srinshee mean?
voted for the Seraph of Lies, although the Soujourner has a mysterious quality
I am not sure. Maybe an elven title for the most powerful and most revered non-deity being.
Agreed on The Sojourner. |
| Marc |
Posted - 18 Oct 2011 : 07:26:32
What does the Srinshee mean?
voted for the Seraph of Lies, although the Soujourner has a mysterious quality |
| Dennis |
Posted - 17 Oct 2011 : 16:16:00
I can't believe no one mentioned The Srinshee. The sound alone inspires fear and awe. Perhaps we're so used to calling Oluevaera Estelda by her title that we think it's her name?! |
| Nilus Reynard |
Posted - 16 Oct 2011 : 20:25:27
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
Halaster Blackcloak – The Mad-Mage of Undermountain
Always liked Halaster (or Hilather, depends on what era). |
| Dennis |
Posted - 16 Oct 2011 : 17:34:41
Pale Night deserves an honorable mention. It seems ironic that such beautiful title is held by a powerful being so hideous that even reality itself rejects it. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 23 Sep 2011 : 13:19:45
quote:
Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
On topic, I've always liked Halaster's.
Whenever the word mad is mentioned in FR fiction to describe someone, almost automatically I think of Cyric. |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 23 Sep 2011 : 01:25:13
Nope, it's Mags himself- courtesy of a link to Earth accidentally created by my own monk/wizard currently residing in Waterdeep- Petrius Paquar, aka Edanliante(his elvish epithet) or Orbrivvil. (If you speak drowish...)
On topic, I've always liked Halaster's. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 22 Sep 2011 : 02:01:57
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
I propose that Trobriand's epithet be changed to "The Mage of Magnetism." Sounds Magneto-ish, but a fine improvement.
That might explain the numerous sightings of an Asteroid M-like construct floating in orbit around Toril. 
 Maybe Trobriand is Magneto's alternate self in Toril. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 22 Sep 2011 : 01:55:32
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
I propose that Trobriand's epithet be changed to "The Mage of Magnetism." Sounds Magneto-ish, but a fine improvement.
That might explain the numerous sightings of an Asteroid M-like construct floating in orbit around Toril. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 21 Sep 2011 : 20:30:08
I wonder if Trobriand can also manipulate etherium. |
| Kilvan |
Posted - 21 Sep 2011 : 20:04:43
I hope it is not referencing X3 ending... A puppy dies everytime this movie is mentionned (damn, I killed another one myself)
Edit: Ugh, THAT was my 500th post? Not very glorious... |
| Dennis |
Posted - 21 Sep 2011 : 19:56:30
Or The Mage of Magnetism, welcome to play chess. (Kudos if you get that reference.) |
