posted
Interestingly, puting my Elf name into the system yields not my actual name but Rúmil Sáralondë.
Posts: 1332 | Registered: Apr 2005
| IP: Logged |
posted
Keebler? Tolkien? D&D? New to the idea of fantasy creature naming conventions?
Either that, or a muggle. Probably a smarter than average muggle, but still underequipped for dealing with the fantasy world. You have experience, probably more than a few well-formed weapons, and you wield them reasonably well. But given that Hatrack (and the world) is not one-sided, you shouldn't be surprised at being accused of being a gnome, or even a troll. If you stand tall with pointy ears, stealthy skills and association with nature, you will inevitably be confronted for them. To quote Eddings, "I hate elves. I also hate dwarves, but elves garner a special hatred in my heart."
One of the greatest lessons Hatrack taught me is how extensive our racial biases are, how widely those races can differ between fantasy universes, and how completely incomprehensible some of those universes will have to remain.
Posts: 4313 | Registered: Sep 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
Those look rather like real Tolkien elvish names. My elvish is rusty, I'll have to go pull out my guide and see if I can't translate them. Mine was Elessar Culnámo. If I'm not mistaken, Elessar was Aragorn's elvish name.
*grabs elvish-english dictionary*
elessar = elfstone cul = golden-red namo = judge/ordainer
Hmm... elfstone golden-red judge... guess he just fed the elvish dictionary into a computer and uses some sorta point system to randomly generate names from the Quenya.
Posts: 3295 | Registered: Jun 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
Amras Tulcakelumë or Aerandir Tulcakelumë depending on whether or not I shorten my first name.
Posts: 5422 | Registered: Dec 2001
| IP: Logged |
posted
On the Hobbit name generator, Tante Shvester translates to Polly Sandybanks, and my real name translates to Molly Sandybanks.
Posts: 10397 | Registered: Jun 2005
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by Alcon: Hmm... elfstone golden-red judge... guess he just fed the elvish dictionary into a computer and uses some sorta point system to randomly generate names from the Quenya.
Yeah, it's something like that.
quote: the algorithm is simple. It takes the first and last letter of each name then, based on a character set, expresses those letters as a two-digit key which maps to the index of a particular Hobbit name.
It doesn't explicitly say that the elvish one works the same way, but it seems a safe bet.
Posts: 2437 | Registered: Apr 2005
| IP: Logged |
Printer-friendly view of this topic
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
![[Angst]](graemlins/angst.gif)
