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shades of eternity
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Posted - 11 Oct 2019 :  21:55:18  Show Profile  Visit shades of eternity's Homepage Send shades of eternity a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Came across this term while doing research for Muranndin (the title of the Oni that rules there)

What exactly does it mean and is it a one-off term or is it part of a royalty terminology?
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sleyvas
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Posted - 12 Oct 2019 :  00:30:00  Show Profile Send sleyvas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Its farmerspeak for Myrkul … ba da bam... I'm here all week.
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shades of eternity
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Posted - 12 Oct 2019 :  01:51:57  Show Profile  Visit shades of eternity's Homepage Send shades of eternity a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Old MacMyrkul had a farm... :p
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George Krashos
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Posted - 12 Oct 2019 :  08:07:50  Show Profile Send George Krashos a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It’s a derivation. The ogre ruler of Thar was the Tharkul. So the ogre ruler for Muranndin was a Murkul.

— George Krashos
"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus
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Wooly Rupert
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quote:
Originally posted by George Krashos

It’s a derivation. The ogre ruler of Thar was the Tharkul. So the ogre ruler for Muranndin was a Murkul.

— George Krashos


And the ruler of the Enterprise was a Kirkul.
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