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[Khylia Morgoth]

Have you ever wondered where game desiners and such come up with character name, how do they research. wel i stumbled upon a name we all of dragon age know well and hear alot, Andraste where did this name come from i wondered well i looked it up and i found what i was looking for,


Andraste
Celtic myth name of a Briton goddess of victory, meaning
invincible

if you happen to come across anything else like this pertaining to Dragon Age please do share and thanks

[David Gaider]

I assure you *I* don't look at name meanings when I name characters. The fact that some name meanings are apropos thematically for the characters is coincidental.

[Khylia Morgoth]

Thats cool i still think its awsome that i stumbled upon that, and it being a goddess name realy cool,

[JrayM16]

Naming characters and other things to mean something in the subtext is creative writing 101.

[L33TDAWG]

David Gaider, trying to shoot down an interesting thread!

[Shepard Lives]

David Gaider wrote...

I assure you *I* don't look at name meanings when I name characters. The fact that some name meanings are apropos thematically for the characters is coincidental.

I don't believe you.

[Chris Priestly]

It is true. If anything, David has a perchant for naming characters after poeple he knows or games with in real life.

[lv12medic]

shepard_lives wrote...

David Gaider wrote...

I assure you *I* don't look at name meanings when I name characters. The fact that some name meanings are apropos thematically for the characters is coincidental.

I don't believe you.

Get the Maleficar.  We need some mind reading interrogations done.  

[Faz432]

Morrigan

Another Celtic name, read the description, pretty much our Morrigan spot on.

I don't believe you David

[Khylia Morgoth]

lv12medic wrote...

shepard_lives wrote...

David Gaider wrote...

I assure you *I* don't look at name meanings when I name characters. The fact that some name meanings are apropos thematically for the characters is coincidental.

I don't believe you.

Get the Maleficar.  We need some mind reading interrogations done.  

ok the Templars are gone bring em out 

[Khylia Morgoth]

Faz432 wrote...

Morrigan

Another Celtic name, read the description, pretty much our Morrigan spot on.

I don't believe you David

So cool Thanks Faz432 :happy:

[Faz432]

Here's a more indepth one for Andraste

[David Gaider]

Faz432 wrote...

Morrigan

Another Celtic name, read the description, pretty much our Morrigan spot on.

I don't believe you David

That's nice.

The name actually belonged to the character of a friend (who was nothing like Morrigan in Origins, incidentally-- I just liked the name). Where she took the name from, I don't really know.

But if you'd like to see more into it, hey, who am I to stop you? Clearly I have reasons to lie.

[Khylia Morgoth]

Faz432 wrote...

Here's a more indepth one for Andraste

Wow Faz432 that is very indepth thank you for shareing that, its awsome when you find stuff like this pertaining to a loved game such as Dragon Age: :happy:

[Faz432]

David Gaider wrote...

Faz432 wrote...

Morrigan

Another Celtic name, read the description, pretty much our Morrigan spot on.

I don't believe you David

That's nice.

The name actually belonged to the character of a friend (who was nothing like Morrigan in Origins, incidentally-- I just liked the name). Where she took the name from, I don't really know.

But if you'd like to see more into it, hey, who am I to stop you? Clearly I have reasons to lie.

Haha just a double coincedence then?

[Champion1]

David Gaider wrote...

Faz432 wrote...

Morrigan

Another Celtic name, read the description, pretty much our Morrigan spot on.

I don't believe you David

That's nice.

The name actually belonged to the character of a friend (who was nothing like Morrigan in Origins, incidentally-- I just liked the name). Where she took the name from, I don't really know.

But if you'd like to see more into it, hey, who am I to stop you? Clearly I have reasons to lie.

David has a dark, hidden agenda...

[ProfessionalPirate]

Alistair means Protector and Defender of man, Scottish/Gaelic version of Alexander



http://www.meaning-o...es/alistair.asp

[Khylia Morgoth]

ProfessionalPirate wrote...

Alistair means Protector and Defender of man, Scottish/Gaelic version of Alexander

http://www.meaning-o...es/alistair.asp

thanks for the info and that so sounds like Alistair

[Faz432]

A slightly more far fetched one is Duncan.

If you've read Macbeth you'll know the king is named Duncan and while our Duncan is not a king he is a kind, guiding and a wise father figure who dies and whose death causes a certain amount of trouble just like Macbeth's Duncan.

His son is called Malcolm which which is also coincidentally the name of the trailer warden.

Boom!

Modifié par Faz432, 06 octobre 2010 - 10:12 .

[TheMadCat]

David Gaider wrote...

I assure you *I* don't look at name meanings when I name characters. The fact that some name meanings are apropos thematically for the characters is coincidental.

That is a hell of a coincidence then because there were a ton of characters in Origins whose name meanings actually reflected on them directly, IE Duncan being Gaelic for Brown Fighter.

[Argyle]

I am sure David is not lying about this, but he can only speak of his conscious mind. There are cultural undercurrents which run in our subconscious minds which will cause all of us to seek out connections and associations. So when a character name or even a situation resonates a neural synapse because perhaps we encountered something like it before, regardless of whether we recall any of the details, there is still a sense of connection. The success of the original D&D system owes much to this fact ('cause it certainly wasn't the streamlined ruleset).

[TheMadCat]

Argyle wrote...

I am sure David is not lying about this, but he can only speak of his conscious mind. There are cultural undercurrents which run in our subconscious minds which will cause all of us to seek out connections and associations. So when a character name or even a situation resonates a neural synapse because perhaps we encountered something like it before, regardless of whether we recall any of the details, there is still a sense of connection. The success of the original D&D system owes much to this fact ('cause it certainly wasn't the streamlined ruleset).

Right, but they're not vague connections and associations, some of them actually directly reflect the character. I'm not calling David a liar, I'm simply saying there were a lot of coincidences. Like I noted above, Duncan being a Gaelic name meaning Brown Fighter, Dark Warrior, or whatever combo you'd like as they're interchangable isn't a vague connection. Duncan in literally a dark , brown skinned fighter.

[David Gaider]

TheMadCat wrote...
Right, but they're not vague connections and associations, some of them actually directly reflect the character. I'm not calling David a liar, I'm simply saying there were a lot of coincidences. Like I noted above, Duncan being a Gaelic name meaning Brown Fighter, Dark Warrior, or whatever combo you'd like as they're interchangable isn't a vague connection. Duncan in literally a dark , brown skinned fighter.

And when Duncan was named, he wasn't even brown. That came later.

Alistair got his name because "House Doctor" and "Cash in the Attic" were on TLC a lot at the time and I thought Alistair Appleton was kind of adorable.

How these names end up being appropriate? Call it cosmic influence if you like, I don't really know. I'm not sure why anyone would think I would lie about this-- would there be a problem if I did look up meanings to name a character?

[the_one_54321]

I think it's ironic that the name means invincible while the character was betrayed, captured and burned at the steak.