With a crackle and hiss the tiny goblin materialized in the center of the cavernous chamber. Disoriented, he glanced quickly from side to side, taking in the astonished looks of the small party of battle weary adventurers who had summoned him, before, finally and fatefully, looking up into the rapidly descending jaws of an enormous dragon. In a tiny, squeaky, quivering voice he uttered the only words of his brief and ill-fated existence... "oh shit".
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Oban Quickshade, Clan Defender
. . . says, "Walk softly and carry a big axe."
(Just a quick first impression of your new Halfling Rogue.)
No name is going to be mock-proof. I like the way Oban sounds, and it feels like the recommended Halfling names. It's maybe not as fun as Lummox, but I like it, even if I'm the only one.
Hehe - I was just helping Scott research Tolkien names for his new character and stumbled across this:
Aerin - M? dialectal S? see GAY- Q aira red, copper-coloured, Nol gaer [Etym; in later S aer meant 'holy' (borrowed from Q), but such an analysis in this context seems unlikely]; see also RIG- crown, Nol rhîn crowned [Etym]; in early writings Tolkien called her Airin Faiglindra 'Long-tressed Airin' [faigli long tresses + a derivative of LI-, lind twine? (older lexicons)]; air- > aer- would seem to be a dialectal S variation of the Q aira (above); note Anglo-Saxon æren 'brazen'; 'Copper-top' or figuratively 'Auburn-hair'; an Adan woman
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No name is going to be mock-proof. I like the way Oban sounds, and it feels like the recommended Halfling names. It's maybe not as fun as Lummox, but I like it, even if I'm the only one.
Hehe - I was just helping Scott research Tolkien names for his new character and stumbled across this:
Aerin - M? dialectal S? see GAY- Q aira red, copper-coloured, Nol gaer [Etym; in later S aer meant 'holy' (borrowed from Q), but such an analysis in this context seems unlikely]; see also RIG- crown, Nol rhîn crowned [Etym]; in early writings Tolkien called her Airin Faiglindra 'Long-tressed Airin' [faigli long tresses + a derivative of LI-, lind twine? (older lexicons)]; air- > aer- would seem to be a dialectal S variation of the Q aira (above); note Anglo-Saxon æren 'brazen'; 'Copper-top' or figuratively 'Auburn-hair'; an Adan woman
(emphasis added)
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