Lazy-ass Fantasy names

A follow-up to yesterday’s post about lazy vrs. rigorous fantasy names:


You know what bugs me? Fantasy names for things with obvious predecessors. Like fantasy-Japan being called “Naponia” or something. Bleh!

It’s so lazy. Especially when obscuring those predecessors is so easy.

For example, I’m in Starbucks right now, so let me tell you a tale of a hero. A hero named…


Tropp. Tropp Fey from the village of Tamogue in the kingdom of Cauve, ruled by the cruel tyrant Rannelot. But Tropp is special! The power of the ancient K’vii runs through his blood, and with it he can save fair Jeena and perhaps, even the world.


Or perhaps our story comes from the far-off land of Taba in the sea of Tomou. The Hahei clan have usurped the throne and kidnapped the infant emperor Deira. But their vaulting ambitions do not go unopposed! The wise Wein clan gathers its armies to meet the Hahei on the storied field of Bura-wa-shino.


Or even the tragic comedy of Est Rabaques, the impoverished noble who read too many tales of romance, went insane, and declared himself a knight. Accompanied by his sarcastic servant Tejo Maccan, Rabaques rides forth from the town of Ha Véjene on his faithful horse Totullánte, hoping to win the heart of his neighbor, the widow Fara Patina.


Now, can anyone figure out where those names came from?


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Published on March 02, 2017 13:00
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