I was just thinking that Lyrium is an interesting name for DA's "magic mineral" and is a term I'd never heard in fantasy before and I got curious how Bioware came up with the name.
So, where did the word "Lyrium" come from?
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Posté 14 février 2010 - 03:13
Azure Zero
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Well its an energy source so to speak so maybe derived from lithium batteries.
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Posté 14 février 2010 - 03:24
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I think it's from 'de-lirium'
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Posté 14 février 2010 - 07:03
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well ly is a latin base sound that a beginning word for spirit, and rium geek pro-sound for focus, so putting the two together, spirit focus, ly-rium. thats why I love the lore of dao, it has these cool references, I wasn't surprise lyrium connects you to the fade this magical substance, the word pretty much tells you. And Of course I'm pulling your leg, I made that crap up I have no idea what it means lol, though I'm going to say I'm with the lithium batteries on this one. energy
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Posté 14 février 2010 - 07:37
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Not sure about the name, but both Maria Caliban and NoAngel89 make good points in that regard.
As for the stuff itself, maybe it's just because I'm reading Dune at the moment... but can you say "Melange"?
As for the stuff itself, maybe it's just because I'm reading Dune at the moment... but can you say "Melange"?
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Posté 14 février 2010 - 10:43
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I believe it comes from the word "lyra", meaning the Greek musical instrument.
Taken from the Lyrium codex entry:
"For in its raw form, lyrium sings and the discerning can hear the sound even through solid rock."
Taken from the Lyrium codex entry:
"For in its raw form, lyrium sings and the discerning can hear the sound even through solid rock."
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Posté 14 février 2010 - 02:33
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I believe it comes from the word "lyra", meaning the Greek musical instrument.
Taken from the Lyrium codex entry:
"For in its raw form, lyrium sings and the discerning can hear the sound even through solid rock."
Well spotted! I should read more codex entries. It sounds like the devs have just stuck the 'ium' suffix from metallic elements onto the end.
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Posté 15 février 2010 - 03:15
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I believe it comes from the word "lyra", meaning the Greek musical instrument.
Taken from the Lyrium codex entry:
"For in its raw form, lyrium sings and the discerning can hear the sound even through solid rock."
lol wow that is good, funny I don't even read the codex, I got to check that out
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Posté 15 février 2010 - 06:12
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I believe it comes from the word "lyra", meaning the Greek musical instrument.
Taken from the Lyrium codex entry:
"For in its raw form, lyrium sings and the discerning can hear the sound even through solid rock."
Indeed, the word makes me think of words like "lyrical" or "lyre" or "lyrics". All music terms.
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Posté 15 février 2010 - 11:14
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Anyone wanna play the lyrium guitar? 
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Posté 15 février 2010 - 03:17
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dark-lauron wrote...
Anyone wanna play the lyrium guitar?
I'll play until my fingers bleed.
So, that's like, what? Fifteen seconds?
