The World of Avlis

M'Chek = M'Chekian
T'Nanshi = Nanshi
Drotid = Drotidar
Toran Sharda = Toranish
Ferrell = Ferrellam
Dubanat = Dubunati
Brekon = Brekonese
Deglos = Deglossian
Galdos = Galdossian
Jechran = Jechranese
Elysia = Elysian/Elysial
Tyedu = Tyeduan
Kurathene Empire = Kurathene (but will probably specify fiefdom I'd imagine, which would be specified by the fief owners, but...
Medec = Medeccan
Trenium = Trenian
Lomar = Lomaric
Servator = Servator
Halstead = Halsteader
Kuras = Kurasian
Crullath = Crullian
Arvanos = Arvanish
Valorian = Valorite)


(edited AGAIN to reflect a few suggestions and/or corrections)

Ferrellian or Ferrellite, I would guess.

I like the Ferret idea, but I doubt the residents would.

Say that Drotid one out loud. Maybe Drotid=Drotid?

Actually, I think the peole of T'Nanshi are the Nanshi, the language they speak is Nanshilae. I believe the T' is like the old irish O' meaning 'of the'

I think loki70 is right, at least Nanshi sounds better (and I've seen it written in game too, for instance in the banner outside the T'Nanshi Army barracks in Zvidureth).

I've always figured Drotid = Drotidian.

For all my Kurathene documents I've alternately used "kurathean" and simply "kurathene"

People living in Kuras are referred to as Kurasians, as in the quote "When in Kuras, do as the Kurasians do."

Regional distinctions were never really meant to be used much but in the old Empire some form of the prefect's family name was used to represent a region's people.

If anything you'd usually use what geographic region they're from more than fief name.

I believe "Brekonese" has been used more than once for thingsi n game(angus pot roast?)

Rain&Clouds wrote:I think loki70 is right, at least Nanshi sounds better (and I've seen it written in game too, for instance in the banner outside the T'Nanshi Army barracks in Zvidureth).

Wait. I'm right? On world info? Great, now I KNOW I'm an addict.

Rhissaerk Jalesh wrote:I've always figured Drotid = Drotidian.

Ditto.

Nightshade wrote:

Rhissaerk Jalesh wrote:I've always figured Drotid = Drotidian.

Ditto.

Drotidian just sounds crap to me, but so does Drotidi tbh. Drotidese sounds too fake too.

Drotidan perhaps? Drotian? Drottish? Drottian? Dross?

As Drotid's more a human name for the country, wouldn't they really have their own way of refering to themselves that sounds nothing like Drotid?

Nob wrote:As Drotid's more a human name for the country, wouldn't they really have their own way of refering to themselves that sounds nothing like Drotid?

My assumption is that these pronunciations were all human/common whatever. I assume many countries pronounce their country's name entirely differently from the way other country's citizens do.

What is the difference between Drotid and Shaahesk? Is Shaahesk the race and Drotid the country? If so, then I would guess that that the Drotid would consider themselves Shaahesk, regardless of where they are, just as the elves generally use the term Nanshi for all elves (Nanshi being the term in Nanshilae for elf). The only difference is that lizardmen sounds a bit odd when talking about the person you are talking to.

Edit: Spelling

I like Ferrellian.

Ferrell = right-sized peoples

From the info page about Drotid:

Drotid is a nation ruled by Lizard men (they call themselves the Shaahesk)....

I think that answers two questions, at least as far as lizard men are concerned. Non-lizard men from Drotid still need to call themselves something other than Shaahesk, probably just "slave."

Another vote for Ferrellian!

szabot wrote:From the info page about Drotid:

Drotid is a nation ruled by Lizard men (they call themselves the Shaahesk)....

I think that answers two questions, at least as far as lizard men are concerned. Non-lizard men from Drotid still need to call themselves something other than Shaahesk, probably just "slave."

Thanks for the confirmation, Szabot. Probably should have just looked it up in the first place.

In this issue I'm going to follow whatever Vergilius says...when he does so..

Nob wrote:As Drotid's more a human name for the country, wouldn't they really have their own way of refering to themselves that sounds nothing like Drotid?

Well yes, absolutely, but much like we say Germany and German and they themselves say Deutschland and Deutsch and we (in English) say Japan and Japanese but they say Nihon and Nihon-no or Nihonjin, I am thinking about the English language side of things here.

Silly me I confused the term Shaahesk with what the drangonari called the lizards Should have guessed they call that to themselves though, sounds pretty lizardeske *chuckles*

Fifty wrote: Medec = Medici

although the place has some very rough semblance to rennaissance italy, the inhabitants certainly aren't part of an italian trading dynasty.

The people who live in the Medec Basin proudly call themselves Medeccan.

Drotid = Drotidar
Ferrell = Ferrellam
Valorian = Valorian

In Kurethene Drotid = Fancy Luggage

whot about ferrell= ferrells
or ferrell folk
or folk that are happy they aint living anywhere else
ferrellton...ferrelltonians