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Varun Srinivasan
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One thing that Elden Ring gets right is Naming Things. Fantasy names often feel fake or forced. Real world names feel right even if you're hearing one for the first time. Maybe its because of some shared proto-indo-european roots that we subconsciously grok. Crumbling Farum Azula though, hits right.
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Varun Srinivasan
@v
Tolkien also has a similar characteristic. Perhaps because of how much time he spent building the linguistic world behind LotR.
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Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
The best person naming places was and will be forever Terry Pratchet. No one has ever been close to him 😄
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iSpeakNerd 🧙♂️
@ispeaknerd.eth
The whole LotR book series, Silmarillion and such was written to explain the history behind the languages he constructed. It was language then had to have a people to speak it, who needed history for their world to explain his viewpoint that the world was ever declining (he fought in WW1, understandable view)
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Nate
@natedev.eth
fwiw george rr martin was involved in the creation of elden ring's lore
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Miguelgarest
@miguelgarest.eth
Tolkien did take a lot from Icelandic/old Norse and Finnish. All names and words sound good and kind of makes sense. Names like Gandalf and Thorin come straight up from the Prose Edda (Snorri Sturluson, recommend a read if you're into mythology)
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Ramsey 🎩🤝
@ramsey
Sure, but I mean, Tolkien started the entire thing. Ain't no lore in any SF book, game or animated thing without him having an impact on it.
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Double D
@daved
Tolkien so goated All hits no misses with the naming, beyond the names of places even down to the names of the characters. I see a remake of the original LOTR trilogy in a not so distant future!
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