Type:
Bug
Severity:
Normal
Game version:
Morrowind
Concerns:
TR_Mainland
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Description:
Almost every Dark Elf female name in Arena and Daggerfall ends with -ah, as one of the internal setting rules, but no Dunmer female names in Morrowind end in -ah except for Barenziah, who was imported from Daggerfall. Thus, ending a Dunmer female NPC's name with -ah confirms it was based on Arena procgen rules, not Morrowind's names.
The attached plugin makes the changes:
- Morah Savil -> Morisa Savil
- Odairah Folvyn -> Odera Folvyn
- Taviah Uvel -> Tavani Uvel
- Aliah Saryni -> Alina Saryni
- Elivah Baryon -> Elvynu Baryon
- Releniah Dren -> Relena Dren
- Dariah Vervul -> Darusa Vervul
There might be more examples of this in other section files, but it caught my eye in Narsis.
Comments
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I disagree that we should
I disagree that we should entirely abandon it. Barenziah is not the only -ah name in lore, there are Morgiah, Katariah, Karliah (from TESV, but still) and Vermothah. Also such ending doesn't feel out of place because there are male Dunmer names ending with -ah, like Odaishah.
My personal headcanon is that female -ah names became archaic before 3E427 and only old Dunmer or Ashlanders still have them. That's why I gave Mama Dren the name Releniah, and I think that could work at larger scale if we don't make npcs with such names too common.
Closing, based on discord
Closing, based on discord discussion we aren't nuking -ah names