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Sat, 2008-07-05 10:18
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New Gatetowns

Imagine if you will, that three thousand years or so have gone by in the Outlands, or if you like, it is three thousand years in the past.
The current Gatetowns have slipped into their chosen plane, or have yet to be formed.

Make up some names for Gatetowns!

Gatetown Title : Plane
Turmoil : Abyss
Polémus : Archeron
Vigour : Arcadia
Crippleback : Baator
Kur : Beastlands
Glimmerholm: Bytopia
Confine : Carceri
Rhapsody : Elysium
Pitchfork : Gehenna
Ebonrattle: Grey Waste
The Honored Princibility of Freecourt : Limbo
Formulite : Mechanus
Soteria : Mount Celestia
Nothogaster : Pandemonium
Splendour : Ysgard

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Sat, 2008-07-05 10:44
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Gatetown Title : Plane
Threshold : Abyss
Momus : Archeron
Bannerhigh : Arcadia
Marrowhands : Baator
Voice : Beastlands
Glimmerholm : Bytopia
Gallows : Carceri
Brilliance : Elysium
Bruise : Gehenna
No One Mourns The Wicked : Grey Waste
Frown : Limbo
Citadel Twelve : Mechanus
Saint's Steppe : Mount Celestia
Pusillanimous : Pandemonium
Dauntless : Ysgard

Tue, 2008-07-08 16:28
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I like the idea... Maw:

I like the idea...

Maw: Abyss

Charon: Acheron

Horizon: Arborea

Unitas: Arcadia

Blackbone: Baator

Anima: Beastlands

Summit: Bytopia

Ephialta: Carceri

Lethe: Elysium

Phlox: Gehenna

Bleach: Grey Waste

Rainbow: Limbo

Codex: Mechanus

Ascent: Mount Celestia

Direwind: Pandemonium

Bifröst: Ysgard

Wed, 2008-07-09 14:45
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Say, those are pretty good! I like Horizon and Codex.

Brink : Abyss
Magnificence : Archeron
Septembous : Arcadia
The City of Deaf Judges : Baator
Forca : Beastlands
Zweilander : Bytopia
Clutches : Carceri
Auditis et Visis : Elysium
Bloodfort : Gehenna
Hollow's Heart : Grey Waste
Arodnap : Limbo
Nibbana : Mechanus
Steadfast : Mount Celestia
Manyways : Pandemonium
Stadianta : Ysgard

Wed, 2008-07-09 16:13
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Could you explain where some

Could you explain where some of your names come from? Some, like Stadianta or Nibanna I have no clue where they come from. Also Nomus, soteria and Nothogaster. Are those just names that sound good, or is there a deeper meaning?

Some more I thought of:

Acheron: Casus. (Yes, I know that this is ironical given the nature of the plane.)
Fadeway: Hades
Aeternium: Arcadia (Or Celestia)
Summit: Bytopia (The gate of this city leads to the point where the two skies touch)
Alma: Beastlands
Aurora: Elysium
Memento: Ysgard

Wed, 2008-07-09 17:19
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Here's some of my own

I've tried posting a few times before but failed. It showed some errors I couldn't understand. My connection here in Morocco is not very stable, and I'm still getting used to the new site. Hope this time I'm successful.
Carnal: Abyss
Ordu: Acheron
Daydream: Arborea
Educate: Arcadia
Iron Maiden: Baator
Capitol: Bytopia
Safari: Beastlands
Stuck: Carceri
Serenity: Elysium
Engulf: Gehenna
Bore: Grey Waste
Xoas: Limbo
Archology: Mechanus
Vigilance: Mt. Celestia
Ventrilocke: Pandemonium
Restless: Ysgard
I know some of them are not very good, but they were the ones I tried to make up quickly so they were not excluded from the list.
Gatetown of Acheron, Ordu, means "Army" in Turkish. It is also the name of a city in Turkey. The word, "Horde" in English probably originates from this word, as the pronunciations are very similar. I couldn't resist using this word for Acheron.

Thu, 2008-07-10 12:22
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Eldan wrote:
Could you explain where some of your names come from? Some, like Stadianta or Nibanna I have no clue where they come from. Also Nomus, soteria and Nothogaster. Are those just names that sound good, or is there a deeper meaning?

Stadianta is made up!

Nibbana is Pali for Nirvana.

Momus is Greek for mockery or ridicule.

Soteria was a Proto-Greek goddess of safety that didn't make it into the Zues ruled religion.

Nothogaster is latin for "false belly". I just mixed two words togethor for that one.

 

 

 

 

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