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mikie
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USA
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 Posted - 19 Mar 2014 : 14:19:52
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Well met all! Does anyone know the correct way to address elven royalty? Do you say their entire name or just their first and last name? Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!
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Barastir
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
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Posted - 19 Mar 2014 : 17:27:10
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Mikie,
Not necessarily royalty, but Elaith Craulnober called Arilyn Moonblade "etriel", a term who would be roughly translated as "noble elven girl". "Etrielle" would be "noble elven woman", and "quessir" would be "noble elven man", as an elven version for "gentleman".
EDIT: Actually, I remembered Elaith calling Arilyn "etriel", and I thought she got surprised or embarassed when it first occurred. But the first one to call her that way was Kymil Nimesin, and then she got impressed, for Kymil was a hero figure for her. Later in her career Myrin Silverspear also called her using this term, but in a way that somehow implied royalty. See this text from Elaine Cunningham's Elfshadow:
"Myrin Silverspear had taken a special interest in her and her career. Whenever she stayed at the inn, he looked after her as if she were elven royalty. As usual, he met her at the foot of the stairs with a low bow. 'Your presence honors this house, Arilyn Moonblade. Is there anything that you require this evening, quex etriel?' As usual, Arilyn winced at the extreme deference of his greeting." |
"Goodness is not a natural state, but must be
fought for to be attained and maintained.
Lead by example.
Let your deeds speak your intentions.
Goodness radiated from the heart."
The Paladin's Virtues, excerpt from the "Quentin's Monograph"
(by Ed Greenwood) |
Edited by - Barastir on 19 Mar 2014 17:37:48 |
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Eltheron
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 19 Mar 2014 : 17:43:51
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This may also be helpful:
Elven Dictionary
http://www.candlekeep.com/library/articles/diction_elf.htm
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"The very best possible post-fourteenth-century Realms lets down those who love the specific, detailed social, political and magical situation, with its thousands of characters, developed over forty years, and want to learn more about it; and those who'd be open to a new one with equal depth, which there just isn't time to re-produce; and those repelled, some past the point of no return, by the bad-taste-and-plausibility gap of things done to the world when its guardianship was less careful."
--Faraer |
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Barastir
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1607 Posts |
Posted - 19 Mar 2014 : 18:55:29
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Originally posted by Eltheron
This may also be helpful:
Elven Dictionary
http://www.candlekeep.com/library/articles/diction_elf.htm
I've actually taken the translations I cited from this dictionary, but in Elfshadow the more direct translation for "etriel" is "noble elf-sister". |
"Goodness is not a natural state, but must be
fought for to be attained and maintained.
Lead by example.
Let your deeds speak your intentions.
Goodness radiated from the heart."
The Paladin's Virtues, excerpt from the "Quentin's Monograph"
(by Ed Greenwood) |
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mikie
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 19 Mar 2014 : 19:02:50
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| Thanks guys! Just what I was looking for & needed. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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