smnolimits43 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 I'm sitting here watching the movie First Knight, and it has inspired me to make a name based on Lancelot and the knights of the round table. Thanks in advance.
Clave Dark 5 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Sir Slamalot? I find this helpful to grab handfuls of related words at a time: https://onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml It's not always perfect and some searches can really go far afield quickly, but it's better than nothing. 1 1 Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Healix Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Well, do you want it to be funny, or serious? 2 Forever grateful to be back in my city!
Tattooist Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Maybe have a medieval-esque European name, like Baldwin or Bertram. I saw a knight toon on Everlasting with the name "Cedric" which I thought was pretty cool. 2 Server: Everlasting Character: Tattooist Super-power: Ink Manipulation
Turric Posted January 16 Posted January 16 I am something of an amateur Arthurian scholar, having read just about everything I can on the subject. There are tons of lesser known knights in the stories. One of the more comprehensive websites I have come across on the matter is this: http://nightbringer.se/nightbringer/index.html There is just butt tons of information on this website about everything Arthurian. And while Lancelot is my least favorite KOTR, for I think he plays better as a villain, my favorite knights are either Gawain or Sir Lamorak / Lamorac. I also think that Queen Guinevere makes for a better villain as well. Another good knight that was a later addition to the stories is Lohengrin, which comes from German (Continental) additions to the tales in the late middle ages. He is said to be a son of Parzifal (Percival or Peredur in the original Welsh). The most common or well known KOTR include: Gawain / Gawaine (usually listed as the best before the addition of Lancelot to the stories) Bedwyr / Bedivere (sometimes listed as the most trusted knight) Lamorak / Lamorac Mordred, the Bane of Britain (Arthur's illegitimate son, and nephew) Lancelot Bors Tristan Percival / Peredur / Parzifal (almost good enough for the Holy Grail) Galahad (only knight good enough to find the Holy Grail) Cai / Kay Owain / Yvain Culhwch (Arthur's cousin, one of the oldest knights, even before the addition of the Round Table to the stories) Tegyr Cador Agrivain / Agrivaine Gareth Gaheris Ector / Hector (Cai's father) Pellinore Tor Aglovale Gereint Lot Nestor Hoel Fflewdwr Colgrevance Ider (Knight of the Frogs!) Brunor the Black Lucan Dagonet the Fool Griflet There are so many more. These are the just a few that came to mind within a minute or so. Let me know if I can be more help. This is my favorite subject in the world and I did several research papers on the topic in school and grad school. 1 5 1 1 1
Scarlet Shocker Posted January 16 Posted January 16 As others have said you can play it straight as a medieval knight type character and choose a legendary name or even an historical name (Tudor, Norman or Plantagenet springs to mind) but you can also bring a spoof element in, or maybe even a take on a knightly type comicbook character: Black Knight springs to mind as the most obvious example. You could even go for something earlier, say late Saxon; anything from Alfred to Ethelred and plenty in between, or even Carolingian or the proto-Holy Roman Empire (it wasn't holy, it wasn't roman and it wasn't an empire but otherwise it did what it said on the tin.) There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
UltraAlt Posted January 16 Posted January 16 8 hours ago, smnolimits43 said: I'm sitting here watching the movie First Knight, and it has inspired me to make a name based on Lancelot and the knights of the round table. Well, I think that is more commonly known as King Arthur and the Kings of the Round Table, but in the comic book universe, I can see how King Arthur might be confused with someone else ... As far as Lancelot, (add "Sir" as desired) Lancelot du Lac Lancelot of the Lake Lancelot the Brave Lancelot the Chaste Lancelot the Pure Lancelot the Virtuous Lancalot Lancellot Lancealot Lancelott Lanselot Spearalot Spearelot Spearsalot Spearselot 1 If someone posts a reply quoting me and I don't reply, they may be on ignore. (It seems I'm involved with so much at this point that I may not be able to easily retrieve access to all the notifications) Some players know that I have them on ignore and are likely to make posts knowing that is the case. But the fact that I have them on ignore won't stop some of them from bullying and harassing people, because some of them love to do it. There is a group that have banded together to target forum posters they don't like. They think that this behavior is acceptable. Ignore (in the forums) and /ignore (in-game) are tools to improve your gaming experience. Don't feel bad about using them.
Snarky Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Take the name you want. Seriously. I do not know the name you have in mind. Say you choose "Mark' If nothing is available that you like from the below list look at the ones closest. Then research that in the language you want, say Gaelic, Marcas (not listed below) Then find the alternate spellings. before standardized spellings certain languages (most) were all over the place with how stuff in spelled. This was a very simple name. Take something like Oswald and you are off to the races.... In other languages Belarusian: Марк Bulgarian: Маркo, Марк Breton: Mark Catalan: Marc Classical Syriac: ܡܪܩܘܣ Coptic: Ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ Czech: Marek Welsh: Marc Danish: Mark German: Markus, Marcus Greek: Μάρκος English: Mark, Marc, Marcus Esperanto: Marko Spanish: Marcos Estonian: Markko Basque: Marco Finnish: Markku French: Marc Friulian: Marc Lombard: March Irish: Marc, Marcas Croatian: Marko Hungarian: Márk Italian: Marco Cornish: Margh Latin: Marcus Lithuanian: Markas Latvian: Marks, Marcis, Mārcis, Mareks Dutch: Mark Norwegian: Markus Polish: Marek Portuguese: Marco, Marcos Romanian: Marcu Russian: Марк Sardinian: Marcu Slovak: Marek Slovene: Marko Serbian: Марко Swedish: Mark, Markus Turkish: Markos Ukrainian: Марко, Марк
TheOtherTed Posted January 16 Posted January 16 If you're willing to dive into Welsh names from the Mabinogion, this might help: https://welshgiftshop.com/blogs/welsh-gift-shop/welsh-baby-names-from-the-mabinogion-girls-boys Absent from this is Bertilak, the Green Knight, which is weird because Peredur made the list.
Snarky Posted January 16 Posted January 16 20 minutes ago, TheOtherTed said: If you're willing to dive into Welsh names from the Mabinogion, this might help: https://welshgiftshop.com/blogs/welsh-gift-shop/welsh-baby-names-from-the-mabinogion-girls-boys Absent from this is Bertilak, the Green Knight, which is weird because Peredur made the list. what about Gemordasschmekt? where is Gemordassschmeckt?
Scarlet Shocker Posted January 16 Posted January 16 1 1 There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
TheOtherTed Posted January 16 Posted January 16 28 minutes ago, Snarky said: what about Gemordasschmekt? where is Gemordassschmeckt? Couldn't tell ya - I have no idea what a Gemordas is, nor why anyone would schmeckt it. 2
Techwright Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Not to steal from @Turric's good list, but I maintained a couple of lists of Arthurian characters back when I played No Man's Sky, and used the names for system naming. Probably the biggest list I worked with was the following: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters 3
wjrasmussen Posted January 17 Posted January 17 21 hours ago, Healix said: Well, do you want it to be funny, or serious? Or seriously funny? 1 I went to Ouroboros all i got was this lousy secret! COH bomp bomp:
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