|
| General | Hosted Sites | Civ5 | CivRev | Civ4Col | Civ4 | Civ3 | Civ2 | Civ1 | Misc | Marketplace |
 |
|
|
Welcome to Civilization Fanatics' Center. You are currently viewing our site as a guest which gives you limited access to our site features. By joining our free community, you will be able to participate in the discussions, search the forum, send private messages, vote in polls, upload your own screenshots to the gallery, and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free, so sign up today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact support. |
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools |
Jul 17, 2008, 08:50 PM
|
#1 | |
|
Emperor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,133
|
Horseman names
I'm just wondering how each of the four Horsemen in FfH got their name. My own attempts to figure it out via Wikipedia and Google have turned up Ars moriendi (a book on the "art of dying") and Yersinia (the genus of the bacteria that causes the Bubonic Plague). I already knew about buboes as a medical phrase, although how War got this name is beyond me.
EDIT: Just looked up Stephanos again. Quote:
But that still leaves Buboes... Last edited by KillerClowns; Jul 17, 2008 at 08:59 PM. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 17, 2008, 09:20 PM
|
#2 |
|
Deity
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Ohio
Posts: 17,392
|
Buboes means a swelling of the testicles, whicvh seemed appropriate for war. It is also one of the symptoms of the plague. Ars Morendi is a latin text written about the horrors of the plague, and translates as you said into the "Art of Dying". All three are latin and they lossely break down to the stages of the plague, symptoms, plague and death.
Stephanos is a greek word for crown. More importantly it is the word used to refer to the type of crown the 1st horseman of revelation would wear. Interestingly "Stephanos" isnt the word you would typically use to mean a royal crown, it means a type of crown given as reward or for an achievement.
__________________
Civ4: Fall from Heaven II (forum) (webpage), FfH: Age of Ice Civ5: Queen of the Iceni, Legions, Modders Guide to Civilization V Current Project: Fallen Enchantress |
|
|
|
|
Jul 18, 2008, 12:43 AM
|
#3 |
|
King
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Shoreline, WA
Posts: 913
|
And now I'll always think of testicles when Buboes comes onto the scene...hadn't ever expected that to happen. I'll have to let my friends in on this wonderful bit of knowledge.
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18, 2008, 02:24 AM
|
#4 | |
|
Prince
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 511
|
Quote:
 .
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18, 2008, 02:54 AM
|
#5 |
|
Šumar
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Croatia
Posts: 2,008
|
My guess would be that male testosterone and pride have something to do with testicles and war.
__________________
Play Fall from Heaven - The greatest mod for Civ4! |
|
|
|
|
Jul 18, 2008, 02:57 AM
|
#6 | |
|
FfH´s art monk(ey)
|
Quote:
__________________
 The Art monk(ey)`s Laboratory: my Unit Library not updated for a longer time now, but: ...teaser of my work in progress   Fall from Heaven II still on my crusade to replace every unit with unique art... "People might get tired of crack or heroine. Not of FFH2." - Xenokite  Aftermath mod... survive the nightmare Mad Max Fury Road ... post apocalytic warfare. The new Warhammer Fantasy Battles mod finally here, come and test with us..  teaser pic
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18, 2008, 04:28 AM
|
#7 | |
|
Deity
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Ohio
Posts: 17,392
|
Quote:
__________________
Civ4: Fall from Heaven II (forum) (webpage), FfH: Age of Ice Civ5: Queen of the Iceni, Legions, Modders Guide to Civilization V Current Project: Fallen Enchantress |
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18, 2008, 04:30 AM
|
#8 | |
|
FfH´s art monk(ey)
|
Quote:
__________________
The Art monk(ey)`s Laboratory: my Unit Library not updated for a longer time now, but: ...teaser of my work in progress Fall from Heaven II still on my crusade to replace every unit with unique art... "People might get tired of crack or heroine. Not of FFH2." - Xenokite Aftermath mod... survive the nightmare Mad Max Fury Road ... post apocalytic warfare. The new Warhammer Fantasy Battles mod finally here, come and test with us.. teaser pic
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18, 2008, 10:09 AM
|
#9 |
|
Wizard in the Making
|
ouch now im going to wince whenever i see bubose, takes me back to my childhood days O_O, god thats painful...
__________________
Civ 4 Warhammer: Heart of Chaos Mod  Try it... You know you want to... (Forum) (Download) (Design Overview) (Design Discussion)  AVATAR Mod Development (Main Development Thread) |
|
|
|
|
Jul 19, 2008, 08:48 AM
|
#10 |
|
Windbag of the sea
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,018
|
In context, that sounded very very wrong - did someone show you their enormous red sword during your childhood?
__________________
Blue Marble 3.0 - about a gazillion times sexier than regular Civ 4.
QES: "For a period of time, the rest of the world clamoured to get Levi's genes." Braindead's Mordor site - Dungeon crawling having nothing to do with LotR, plus a freeware remake in progress featuring descriptive text and crazy ideas by yours truly. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 20, 2008, 07:29 AM
|
#11 |
|
Storm God. Yarr!
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 1,202
|
Buboes are swollen lymph nodes that can occur anywhere lymph tissue is; the ones in bubonic plague start in the armpits and neck but you could get them in the groin as well.. [squirms uncomfortably] ok I'm going to stop typing now
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 21, 2008, 04:50 PM
|
#12 |
|
War is the real diplomacy
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: U.S.A.
Posts: 459
|
Oops double post!
__________________
Praetorians are too weak, they need machine guns! Currently playing on Emperor. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 21, 2008, 04:51 PM
|
#13 |
|
War is the real diplomacy
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: U.S.A.
Posts: 459
|
WOW I never thought I would associate the apocalypse with swollen testicles. Thats the power of Fall from heaven right there.
__________________
Praetorians are too weak, they need machine guns! Currently playing on Emperor. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 22, 2008, 12:36 PM
|
#14 | |
|
Warmaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Wherever there's Tequila...
Posts: 2,364
|
Quote:
Wait... ... Now, that ya mention it, I'm disgusted. Kael! Now you've not only ruined wat's left of numerous weekends, but you've now caused me to associate testicles with one of the Four Horsemen. Grr...
__________________
"... I'd give you everything If only I'd have known you'd take it But you don't 'cause you're you That's why I'll always love you My Pearl of the Stars ..." -- Coheed and Cambria |
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 22, 2008, 03:38 PM
|
#15 |
|
King
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Northern Virgina
Posts: 672
|
That is incredibly immature and...bah, just kidding. Kael and Co have reached a whole new level of awesome! Linking the end of the world to enormous red glowing "swords" and swollen testicles. That takes talent. I'm going to go vomit while laughing now.
__________________
"you are aware that talking with incomprehensible Lovecraftian beings formed from the nightmares of a madman empowered by the nightmares of a comatose god who is himself being tortured by the chief servant of the god of madness... is not going to be a friendly, casual chat, right?" Says who? |
|
|
|
|
Jul 22, 2008, 04:45 PM
|
#16 |
|
Secret Emperor
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Where you least expect me
Posts: 2,034
|
Well..Urm....
__________________
Tarquin: My name will be immortalized forever. Elan: As a villian! Tarquin: Thats the beauty of it all. If I win, I get to be a king. If I loose, I get to be a legend. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 22, 2008, 04:53 PM
|
#17 |
|
Prince
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 551
|
Buboes (or the singular, bubo), doesn't have to do with testicles specifically. It's a swelling of the lymph nodes, which is most apparent on the neck, in the armpits and, yes, on the testicles. The word gives its name to the bubonic plague, and buboes are also symptomatic of syphilis and some other diseases that attack the lymphatic system.
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 22, 2008, 07:06 PM
|
#18 |
|
Warmaster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Wherever there's Tequila...
Posts: 2,364
|
Well, guess wat? In this case, we associated a BIG RED SWORD with Buboes. And then attached the apocalypse to that image. So, wat do we have? A subtle reference to the male anatomy. Now, I'm gonna go puke, laugh, and puke some more.
 And if that don't work, I might jus kill my mind. 
__________________
"... I'd give you everything If only I'd have known you'd take it But you don't 'cause you're you That's why I'll always love you My Pearl of the Stars ..." -- Coheed and Cambria |
|
|
|
|
Jul 25, 2008, 02:54 PM
|
#19 |
|
Prince
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Finland
Posts: 559
|
Folks, if a mild thing like this still manages to shock you, you obviously haven't been in the Internets for very long.
Do a bit of exploring on someday...
__________________
My website | My blog
Donating: Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Also very worthwhile: Metuselah Foundation |
|
|
|
|
Jul 25, 2008, 03:05 PM
|
#20 | |
|
Emperor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,133
|
Quote:
Although, from what I've seen, the main reaction hasn't been shock but childish fits of giggling. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
|
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Ethiopian Horseman | ShiroKobbure | Civ3 - Unit Graphics | 16 | Mar 13, 2006 12:25 PM |
| Changing Leader Names to Civ Names in Right Hand Display | brento1138 | Civ4 - Creation & Customization | 0 | Nov 24, 2005 05:34 AM |
| Civ Names rather than Leader names | ArbitraryGuy | Civ4 - Creation & Customization | 4 | Oct 28, 2005 11:24 PM |
| in what direction should the horseman go? | animepornstar | Civ2 - Game of Democracy | 10 | Dec 10, 2001 09:01 PM |
|
