Pam Carlson (carlsonp_at_wolfenet.com) Wed, 20 Aug 1997
>Actually, I think Harald Smith came up with the
red/green-destruction/fertility bit. Dennis Hoover pushed for the two
kings part. We did spend several e-mails discussing titles, ("Grand
Pooh-Bah" was even tossed about!), but "king" finally popped out because
there's not a
much more accurate term in English.
Dennis Hoover (dhoover_at_home.com) Sun, 24 Aug 1997
>First, the roles of the two [three] kings are so different, that we
either had to have a fairly
generic term, like king, with the emphasis on Red or Green [or Black],
or we had to have different terms for the kings. ... Other terms for
ruler (like tyrant) have more specific connotations that are wrong for
Alkoth.
Yes, I do admit to coming up with these titles. As Pam points out it
was about the most accurate term we could come up with from English. As
Dennis notes, a term such as tyrant was not the right connotation
(especially for the Green King). At the time I believe I postulated
some DH term (with the Red King as Shar-something and the Green King as
Alk-something), but king was easier to use.
Harald
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