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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
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 Posted - 02 Dec 2008 : 15:07:59
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The latter. I go with Steve's research over Races of the Wild anyday--partly because RoW is *core*, whereas Steve's notes are Realms-specific . . . and because Steve's just cool. 
kiir comes from the same word from which we build the term thaelkiira, which are powerful elven lorestones (see Elminster* in Myth Drannor, et al). "Thael," in this case, means "ward" or "warding" and can also mean "mantle" as in spellmantle.
And for the record, I don't find Twinkle an objectionable name for the sword. It operates on a bemusing level, but it's also (IMO) just a name. No worse than naming a sword "Cutter."
Cheers
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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Pandora
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 02 Dec 2008 : 15:20:45
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Wild names from an old campaign ... when I was a lot younger (none of those were my idea):
- two half-elves had acquired Hippogriffs to ride ... one of them was called HARLEY and guess what the others name was ... DAVIDSON
- one of these half-elves had "Tenthe Irty" as a name because in german "half-elf" sounds pretty much like "halb elf", which is 10:30 ...
- obviously stolen from Monty Python two others were called "Fanfan / Pompom, Chevalier du Noix de Coco"
As it is with childrens names funny names work for some time, but if you have to live with them for the rest of your life it can become a great pain. Twinkle isnt really a bad name for a sword, except it doesnt really sound "powerful". In fact Twinkle is a great name, because it is simple and short. The best solution I would see is adding a "real name" and keep Twinkle as the nickname which is used all the time.
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
*I almost said "Ed" in Myth Drannor.
Whats wrong with Ed in Myth Drannor? I bet he was the first there!  |
If you cant say what youre meaning,
you can never mean what youre saying.
- Centauri Minister of Intelligence, Babylon 5 |
Edited by - Pandora on 02 Dec 2008 15:21:32 |
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A Better Name Than "Twinkle"?
