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Foozbane · Elder Joined: 03 Sep 2002 Posts: 724

Vote for the one you like best in the above poll.

The one that wins above will be the name used for the combined world currently being developed and collaborated on!

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Marquis Drayfox · Sat 07/19/03 6:30pm

Yeah!!! Cobar Arulean kicks butt!

Uin · Hardass Joined: 04 Sep 2002 Posts: 1555

I'm confused as to how Cobar Arulean can mean Burnt earth and waterlilies.

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Marquis Drayfox · Sat 07/19/03 7:25pm

So... then don't think of the meaning, think of the cool sounding words that fit together well instead.

Foozbane · Elder Joined: 03 Sep 2002 Posts: 724

Here are a couple references,

Cobar: http://www.babynamenetwork.com/detail.cfm?name=Cobar&gender=Male
Arulean: http://www.araluenbotanicpark.com.au/about-story.html

Yes 'arulean' is a modified spelling from 'araluen', which also means 'singing waters' or 'running waters'.

Also, this page interestingly describes "Har Rhun" (roughly) as meaning 'aftermath; lit., after the war': http://www.terethend.com/sup_lang_dek.shtml

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Ultrafoo · Grandmaster Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 430

I think Har Rhun is an extremely appropriate name if it indeed means After the war, and not Southeast. I think we can incorperate something about Dysotopia Island being overrun with something into our history to make the name even more appropriate..something like the colonists did when they founded the good ole USA...New York, New Jersey, etc.
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M-K · Elder Joined: 01 Oct 2002 Posts: 755

The good ol USA came a bit after the original Colonists moved in.The settlement of North and south America was an adjunct of Imperialistic rivalry nothing noble nothing glorious in it.A lot of rape murder exploitation ask a few indians if you can find em.Well thatt be nice to build in we can stael the land from the Tuskans paying then a few beads force there women into prostitution...give them blankets laced with smallpox...and practice genocide.
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Falkhor · DysoMOD|DM Joined: 14 Sep 2002 Posts: 1264

Of these two i think Cobar arulean is my fav, partly because Conrad has his mind set on Har-Rhun for his mod.
There is a fair bit of colonisation history between har rhun and tuskan i think as Tuskandale was raised by human colonists striking a deal with a local halfling tribe.
(which is why you see so many halflings sharing the city). Unlike the USA Tuskandale managed to remain a beacon of civilisation on the wild frontier, though it has its history of racial conflicts.
At some point there was an independence war with Har-rhun and peace eventually was reached, but sure, it could at some point flame up again.

Ultrafoo · Grandmaster Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 430

M-K...i was just relating an example, i didn't need our entire history to decide on a choice, thanks. And i chose the first one for the same reason as Falk.
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Conrad Hollows · Sun 07/20/03 2:10am

Har-Rhun meaning "southeast" comes from Tolkien derivitive elvish.

Glith · The Wanderer Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Posts: 247

What I can see is Cobar for the overall mod / campaign - comprised of the current lands of Tuskan and Har-rhun. Whether you use the Tolkien elvish (Southeast) or Aftermath - they'd both kinda fit.
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Glith · The Wanderer Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Posts: 247

Ok - Got these up on the web:

Cobar Arulean - 7500 years before common era:

http://www.whitestar.org/cobar/cobar-past.jpg

Cobar Arulean - Today:

http://www.whitestar.org/cobar/cobar-current.jpg

Enjoy.

Note: These are not final maps, and can (and will) change. Also, we do NOT have a scale on them - but the area here is pretty damned big.

Later!

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Glith · Sun 07/20/03 3:29am

Hence - whatever 'Cobar Arulean' meant 8000 years ago, after whatever happened, happened - it meant something else - burnt earth.

CattiBrie · Sun 07/20/03 6:25am

I stand by Glith on this one... Cobar for the over all server(opt)/module name, Tuskandale and Har-Rhun for the areas inside the module..

Conrad Hollows · Sun 07/20/03 5:10pm

I am inclined to go along with this arrangement for names myself. It's fit nicely with the general storyline framework as we've put it together.

Falkhor · DysoMOD|DM Joined: 14 Sep 2002 Posts: 1264

No problem with Cobar Arulean as World name and Tuskan and Har-rhun for the module names. Since I rather doubt more votes will sway the vote one way or the other I suggest calling Cobar Arulean winner in the naming pole and we move on to redesigning the site.

Jase · Sun 07/20/03 5:35pm

Yeah, we finally have all the names!

Maelstrom696969 · Mon 07/21/03 5:34pm

Then it's decided then. I'd lock this topic if I could remember how...

Glith · Mon 07/21/03 6:25pm

All Locked Up then...