Name for Shackville east of Andothren

immortal_pigs · Post by **immortal_pigs** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:47 am

EDIT: The final name for this village is GOL MOK

Proposal name for island Shackville east of Andothren:

"Hlavan"

Melchior Dahrk · Post by **Melchior Dahrk** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:32 pm

We can discuss NAMES some more?

immortal_pigs · Post by **immortal_pigs** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:36 pm

don't tell me you want to name it "Mundrethiville"!

Melchior Dahrk · Post by **Melchior Dahrk** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:04 pm

immortal_pigs wrote:don't tell me you want to name it "Mundrethiville"!

No. But I'd be more inclined to give it a stereotypical shack town name like Gnaar Mok, Seyda Neen, or Hla Oad.

Like Thira Don, Aleen, Gol Mok, or Hla Doro.

immortal_pigs · Post by **immortal_pigs** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:15 pm

I like all of those, most of all Gol Mok and Hla Doro.

Terrifying Daedric Foe · Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:33 pm

Hla Doro gets my vote.

Rats · Post by **Rats** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:42 pm

Gonna mix things up with Gaal Huk

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:00 pm

I don't like Hla Doro, but Gol Mok is nice, imo.

Melchior Dahrk · Post by **Melchior Dahrk** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:32 pm

Gol Mok rolls nicely off the tongue. Hla Doro sounds a bit too... Spanish to me.

No interest in the newly fabricated names, Thira Don or Aleen?

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:01 pm

Melchior Dahrk wrote:No interest in the newly fabricated names, Thira Don or Aleen?

Neither of them sound particularly Dunmer to me.

Melchior Dahrk · Post by **Melchior Dahrk** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:09 pm

Yeti wrote:Neither of them sound particularly Dunmer to me.

I'm not defending either of those names, but where do you see anything like Gnaar, Mok, Seyda, or Neen used elsewhere in Dunmer words and names? Does "Mok" sound particularly "Dunmer"? "Thira" sounds more "Dunmer" to me than that.

edit: Sorry, apparently I'm just feeling argumentative today. But seriously, answer the question! >:|

immortal_pigs · Post by **immortal_pigs** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:04 pm

Gol Mok gets my vote.

Also if it's any consolation I did put your suggestions in my name bank, where I keep all decent names for later suggestion/use.

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:14 pm

Thira sounds more along the lines of a typical fantasy name to me. Also, if you replace the "i" with an "e", it becomes the name of a famous island from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini]ancient Greek history[/url]. When I see Aleen, I can't help thinking of the Scottish boys name Allen, and Don stands out as an honorific used in Spain and Italy.

Melchior Dahrk · Post by **Melchior Dahrk** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:27 pm

immortal_pigs wrote:Gol Mok gets my vote.

Also if it's any consolation I did put your suggestions in my name bank, where I keep all decent names for later suggestion/use.

Lol, no consolation is needed. It's just always interested/irked me how different the Dunmer village names are from other Dunmeri names and words; well only Mok, Seyda, and Neen. The Dunmer language is an obession of mine (from time to time... can an obsession be inconstant?

).

Glad you like Gol Mok.

Yeti wrote:Thira sounds more along the lines of a typical fantasy name to me. Also, if you replace the "i" with an "e", it becomes the name of a famous island from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini]ancient Greek history[/url]. When I see Aleen, I can't help thinking of the Scottish boys name Allen, and Don stands out as an honorific used in Spain and Italy.

And neen is Dutch.

And don't check urban dictionary for what mok is slang for!

Though you're right that Thira makes me think of Spira which makes me think of my second favorite game... but word association is an endless plague if you let it be.

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:12 pm

So is everyone keen on Gol Mok?

but word association is an endless plague if you let it be.

I agree. I only brought up the above points because I found the associations particularly distracting.

Post by **Gnomey** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:26 pm

I'm fine with Gol Mok. I am more worried about whether the shack village will be kept or not, though.

Post by **arvisrend** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:32 pm

I don't think there is any current plans to axe the village. It briefly was discussed in the context of the delta, but you made the delta and the village was kept. Not seeing a point in changing that now...

Post by **Gnomey** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:37 pm

I didn't touch the village because I didn't know what was going to happen with it.

There is some discussion on the village in [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24310]this thread[/url]. I had actually meant to make a thread about the fate of the village, but never got around to it, especially with all the other things currently being discussed about the section.

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:56 pm

I'm in favor of keeping Gol Mok as an impoverished shack village similar to to Gnaar Mok and Hla Oad, except not in the swamp. Perhaps it's origin could lie in peasant farmers being pushed off their lands on the west bank of the Thirr by expanding Hlaalu plantations. Now they're mostly fishermen. Add in a little Camonna Tong presence (perhaps a hideout for the group's losers who are too lame for Andothren), along with a little smuggling traffic between the Inner Sea and Thirr River Valley, and I think we have a good concept for the place.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:03 pm

Locking this thread. The name of the village is Gol Mok, make another thread to talk about what its like or if it stays and what not.