Re: Ralian Name Lists

From: David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com>
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 17:13:11 -0700


Terra Incognita

> BTW, I searched about Lankst in Web and failed, AFAIK there is not enough
> knowledge about this Alakoringa Area as Aggar....

You're right.

(Also, I don't know that it's technically an Alakoring area. Alakorings are a type of Heortling. Anyone in Ralios is not a Heortling.)

I do know that Lankst is where you find staff-churches (the kind the vikings used to build). There's an article about one in a fairly early issue of Tales of the Reaching Moon.

> Firstly, I should find proper naming list for Ralian Barbarians, once I
> thought I can simply use the Sartarite Heortling list for them (TR
> p.156-157.) But I changed my mind but I cannot use Germanic Names simply.

I frequently steal from Irish sources for East Ralios. I don't think that Lankst would be the same, but there might be some overlap (the way the Vikings used Njall, from Irish Niall).

But they are not Heortling, so don't use Heortling names.

> How I can pickup name from RW parallels for them? (Surely, AFAIK,
> some Sartarite have Icelandic Names...) "The foolish father chose name for
> his son "Heort" !" Is Alakoring real human name?

Yes, I think Alakoring is a real name. I think we know only three names from Lankst (Alakoring, Kocholang, Garundyer) and they're all at least 3 syllables.

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