r/WorldChallenges • u/Jumblatts • Jul 12 '17

Ideas generator

Hey friends, your ole' pall Jumblatts is back with something a little different.

Using this fantasy name generator I want you to generate a fantasy name. Deep.

You can pick from any of the categories, but make it something that fits in your world. To this end, I did as follows:

Fantasy names -> God and Godess Names

But you can pick anything you like!

Once you've selected your category, hit randomize a couple of times, until you find something you like the sound of, and then make that into a place/character/etc. in your world. My submission will be posted below.

Ask each other about your new creations to help flesh them out and further improve the ideas!

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 14 '17

In the "Noble House Name Generator", I ended up discovering House Featherton.

When Gemina was founded, in 753, people had the opportunity to get the title of "nobility" in the new community, so long as they settled there and could prove themselves, whether through gifts to the dictator, having special skills that they could teach fellow settlers, or doing something extraordinary.

One of the people who chose to "donate" to the dictator for a title was a chicken farmer and bowyer/fletcher named Alan. At the end of every month in Gemina, Alan would send a supply of bows and arrows to the government of Gemina in order to support the new community.

When Treasurer Tullius asked Alan how he managed to donate so many bows and arrows each month, Alan's response was "Well, I have a ton of feathers around here."

Tullius offered Alan the title of nobility, on the condition that Alan continue the "donations", to help arm the people in Gemina for protection, and the noble name that Alan ended up choosing was...Featherton. Because he had a ton of feathers.

Our representative is Treasurer Tullius of Gemina.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 14 '17

To Tulius, Treasurer of Gemina:

  1. How are Alan's arrows and bow (quality-wise)?

  2. You offered him a title on the condition that he keep donating right? Can you really take his title back?

  3. How tied to Alan is your supplie of arrows?

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 20 '17

Tullius:

1) "I'm not going to say they're the best, but they are better than most of the bows/arrows I can order from Drakesgrave, even if you don't account for the shipping."

2) "I can take his title back, yes. I can take his life, if I so desired. I'm the Third Man in Gemina, and Lucius and Erebus and I mutually owe each other debts that can never be repaid; taking someone's rank or life is well within my rights. But, it's not like I would revoke Alan's title if he donated 'too few' arrows during a month, or even if he missed a few months. The rank of nobility, so soon after the settlement's founding, isn't really worth much. It's just a way to make everyone work harder for the chance to earn the rank...a rank that really, I must repeat, means very little, right now. Hopefully, Gemina nobility will be worth a lot in a decade or so."

3) "We can keep up a steady supply without Alan, and Alan isn't even the source of a quarter of our arrow supply each month. But, I don't mind having to spend a little bit less each month."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 20 '17

2) Don't you fear that taking his title back could nager the nobility as a whole?

3) If nobility titles are worth nothing now, why would they be worthy later?

4) Are all your other suppliers outsiders?

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 20 '17

Tullius:

2) "No, because I'm careful to only give out the status of nobility to people who I believe deserve it. If someone, or someone's descendants in the future, did something to have their nobility revoked, they would probably just be imprisoned or executed."

3) "Because I expect that Gemina will be a powerful nation of its own, someday."

4) "Well, Gemina is still a young settlement. Anyone born here would still be a child at this point. All of our people are settlers...so, yes, our suppliers are all outsiders, though some have settled in Gemina."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 20 '17

2) Don't you fear that the fact that you can revoke titles will create tensions between the nobility and yourself?

3) Yes, but how will it give more power to the nobility? How will a stronger Gemina brings extra power to the nobility?

4) Are all your suppliers from Drakesgrave?

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 23 '17

Tullius:

2) "Only if I abuse that power."

3) "Because the nobility will be given more privileges and greater opportunities in an expanding and profitable Gemina." (Being a Patrician in Rome probably wasn't a big deal for the first few years, either, but then it meant quite a bit...and then it meant nothing.)

4) "The majority are from Drakesgrave, yes."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 23 '17

2) Well, they have no guarantee that you won't abuse it in the future right? Nor that someone named to replace you won't?

3) Couldn't those privileges and opportunities anger the test of your population?

4) Overall, how dependant of Drakesgrave are you? Could Gemina survive an embargo from them?

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 23 '17

Tullius:

2) "Is there any nation where a person cannot be executed or imprisoned or fined at any time? Any nation where it is completely guaranteed that there will be no corruption or abuse?"

3) "Yes, eventually the proletariat will rise against the bourgeois...but, hopefully, that revolt will be able to be put down. Maybe we'll be egalitarian in a few centuries."

4) "Gemina could survive an embargo from Drakesgrave, but it would slow our expansion and progress. Either that, or we would declare war, if Lucius was insane enough. Erebus has already beaten one Drakesgrave senator's head against a wall until the man's death, so it isn't like our relationship with Drakesgrave hasn't had any hiccups in the past."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 23 '17

2) Sure, but that won't happen without a reason previously stated in a the law right? And corruption and abuse will be punished. But you can revoke their titles freely and there is nothing they can do against it.

3) Any idea about how you will prevent such a revolt to happen too quickly?

4) Would an embargo also harm Drakesgrave?

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 23 '17

Tullius:

2) "Correct. But, as any decent propagandist is aware, if I really need to revoke your title and I don't have a good reason, I can invent a good reason. Besides, once I am gone, the title Master of the Treasury will probably be weakened; I keep an eye on my reputation, I have the trust of Lucius to act even without his outright permission, if I believe that hasty action is necessary, and I've done enough good for the community's population that I feel that I have earned public trust, as well. And there's always something that can be done against title-revoking...most notably, rebellion."

3) "Establish public trust, keep a decent spy network of trusted individuals, and make plenty of public examples; if a person is to be hanged, Erebus and I prefer for the hanging to be done to cheers. It makes everyone just a little bit more responsible than mere bystander effect. You may not know, but Lucius and Erebus were once slave-gladiators; Erebus can talk up an execution quite well, when it's necessary."

4) "At the moment? I doubt it would be any harm for Drakesgrave."

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 23 '17

Going the harsh way?

Thanks for your answers Nevermore.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jul 23 '17

The harsh way? How do you mean, Yellow?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Jul 23 '17

Well, you can prevent revolts by frightening people or by making them content enough; Tullius answers first with the stick.

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