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How is Arakhn pronounced?


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a-RA-khen, more or less.

 

It's actually based on two words from Vietnamese: "arak," which means "star," and "khn," which means disease. I know a Vietnamese origin seems weird, since the Council is supposed to have originated in Italy, but a fairly obscure high-level standalone mission explains the connection. Spoilers!

 

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I made that all up. Ain't I a stinker?

 

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"I woke up despite my head; To see the trail I blazed last night with the words I said; Still she laid there in the charred and smoking wake of fears I fed ...

Then she got up to look around; Muttered words I’d never heard a human sound; Then from her hair grew forty serpents, from her eyes a fiery shroud...

From her mouth came forty voices, and I heard them cry aloud: The Sun Won't Cast No Shadow Anymore! The Willows Never Weep and the Wind Will Never Moan!"

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I pronounce it "uh-RAH-chn". With the ch towards the end being similar to the -ch in a Scottish Loch, as @Krimson said.

 

There is a real-world thing called arachnophobia, and I believe (but might be wrong) that the proper pronounciation of that word places the emphasis on the second syllable. So I figure we should do the same with Arakhn's name,

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