FFH Country Names + Lurchip Lore

[Ekolite]

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if there are any country names for the FFH civs hidden away in lore somewhere. There are some that I think I know, for example, The Bannor Empire, and I've always called the Kurios Kuriotatia, I don't know if that's right.

Also, I'm planning a FFH story centering around the Lurchip, so if anyone wh has some interesting information about them please can you post it here.

Things I know:

-They are dwarves, not nomes, in FFH
-They come from the Underhome (is this right?)
-Barnaxus was made before the Age of Ice,
-The lurchip attacked the Illian capital to try and stop a ritual to bring Mulcarn into the world.
-Barnaxus and all their army were frozen, Barnaxus built Ice golems for Mulcarn.


Things I would like to know :

-Relationship with Kazad.
-One of the leaders was captured by belseraphs (info?)
-Any thing (and everything) else.

So if anyone has recently read something in the pedia about them could you briefly describe it and post where you found it in the pedia. Also, Kael, I know you have reams of cool lore, please post some....

 

[Nikis-Knight]

I don't recall seeing names of the places, as opposed to the peoples living there. Here's some possibilities based mostly on what sounds good to me
Amurites = Amuria
Balseraphs = Balseria
Calabim= Calab
Clan of Embers= probably just called orc lands or Clan lands by outsiders
Doviello = Dovya
Elohim = Eloy
Grigori = Grigoria
Hippus= ?
Illians = Illia
Infernal = Hell, duh
Khazad = Khazakstan ? (only thing that comes to mind)
Kuriotates = Kurias
Lanun = Lana
Ljosalfar = Elfland? Ljosaland?
Luchuirp = Chuirp
Malakim = Malaka
Mercurians = probably never have much of a distincive home; "occupied Calab" or "Mercurian controlled Balseria" would probably be fitting
Sheaim = Shea
Sidar = Sidya
Svartalfar = Svartaland?

 

[reverend oats]

Khazad = Khazakstan

 

[Rex rgis of Ter]

In the Luchurip pedia entry it mentions the name of the empire the LUchurip were in before the Age of Ice, which I believe is Krazh- ze- Dun(Something like that, I would look it up). As for the relationship with Khazak, I doubt it it bad or good. The Khazak hadn't been to the surface for 300 years, and the Luchurip are likley good enough to forgive them of past wrongs.

Also the Luchurip's sphere is enchantment, so the rival sphere is force, the Girorgi's. Balseraphs are an obvios enemy, and in the civilization listing (Can't find it, sorry,) it lists them as their enemy. The most likley religion of the Luchurip is RoK, as Kilmorph was the one who showed them how to survive in the AoI (Pedia entry). The order is likley as well.

 

[Ekolite]

Ok thanks, if anyone else has any info please keep posting, I haven't written a story in ages. Tomorrow I'll go through all the pedia entries myself.

Is there any info about how their golems work or anything? Details on how they make them etc, I think there may be something in the clockwork golem entry, have to check though.

 

[loki1232]

I believe the svatalfar land would be svartalheim or whatever the appropraite norse word for it is.

 

[BCalchet]

Let's see, some alternate suggestions from me:

Amurites = Amúr
Balseraphs = Balmasque
Calabim = Calduar (Silly reference, but it could work.)
Clan of Embers = The country *is* the clan - so Clan of Embers.
Doviello = Dovgard
Elohim = Elohrinn
Grigori = Dûdâêl (A word used to describe the world by Cassiel, but someone misunderstood, it caught on, and Cassiel appreciated the irony.)
Hippus = Something non-civilization-based. Say... Kural?
Khazad = Khâr Khazak (Sounds dwarfy. I'm letting "Khâr" be a dwarven word for country, more or less.)
Kuriotates = Eurabat (A name that came to Cardith in a vision. I somehow find myself wanting to speak of the Kuriotates as the Kuriotates *of* something - in this case, the Kuriotates of Eurabat.)
Ljosalfar = Alfheim (Not so much as a name as their word for "elf-home", or the place where elves live.)
Luchuirp = Khâr Luche (See Khazad)
Malakim = Malabīyya, or Malabia.
Sidar = Sidar (Servicable as a country name too, I reckon.)
Svartalfar = Svartalfheim, also called Black Alfheim.

 

[loocas]

Beeri was the one captured by Perpentach.

 

[merciary]

The Luchurip have kinda of a duel religion thing, they worship Nantosuelta (Enchantment) for power/magic, but worship Kilmorph as their creator and for providing assistance during the Age of Ice after they lost to the Illians so if you 're doing a game-wise Runes is good.

Also The only time they've gone underground once they split from the Khazad was when Kilmorph showed them again During the Age of Ice and once it ended they went back to the surface and have not sought to return there.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

Yeah, but pretty much everyone (most men, probably orks, even elves) were living in caves at the time. Of course, the Civilopedia says that the Luchuirp learned their lesson from the Age of Ice and while they want to regain the empire of the Open-Skyers they will not wholely abandon there cavers Kilmorph showed them.

(Its Kradh-Ke-zun, not Krazh- ze- Dun, but you were pretty close)

Most of BCalchets names sound nice. Most of them remond me of LotR or norse mythology, which is what it should be (that or Hebrew). I'm not a fan of Nikis-Knight's Latinized-sounding names.

What does Dûdâêl mean? (why is it so ironic?)

Since I always think of the Rhohirrim or the Mongols for the Hippus, I would probably call their lands the Mark or Stepe of the Hippi. (I thought I vaugely remembered a name for their land in Tasunke's entry, but that was removed for some reason.)

 

[BCalchet]

Well, I'm not sure ironic is the right word, but...

According to Wikipedia, Dûdâêl means something along the lines of God's Kettle/Crucible/Cauldron - while it's originally a place of imprisonment and referring to the judeo-christian god, Cassiel uses it to signify a world where the gods play around with people, stirring up trouble as they please.

Of course, nobody else knew what it meant, and Cassiel used it around people... and all of a sudden, they started calling their new-born country, where the whole point was to be *free* of such influence, that exact word!

 

[loki1232]

Also, how about Chthonia as the formal name of the infernal lands? Chthonic is a word meaning pertaining to hell, and sounds evil enough.

 

[MayNilad Man]

Seems a bit more appropriate for OO worshippers, rather than Veil worshippers

 

[Ekolite]

Ok Ive been through the pediaand was actually overwhelmed with all the background info on the Lurchip. Anyway, I have loads of ideas for my story, just need to sort it all out and think of a way to start it off. Haven't written a stroy in quite a while so wish me luck.

 

[Deon]

Ask Kael =).
I mean, he's the One of the DnD staff based on FFH universe, and he should know all the names. Maybe it's not the best solution, but it will be at least not the herecy .
Because it's fun to make desicions like Khazad = Khazakstan -.- , but to be authentic you should admit that sometimes the name of the populus has nothing similar to the name of the country* and also the name of the country is EQUAL to the name of the populus.
I wish to hear Kael's words in this thread.

* Very common examples:
Hobbits -> Shire
Rohirrim -> Rohan
...
Can you guess it by yourself?

(As Rohirrim-> Rohan, Calabim may be -> Calan ).

 

[Ekolite]

LOL! Kazakstan. I think I missed that the last time I checked this thread. It seems its been moved to lore, dunno if it really belongs here but meh.

 

[wilboman]

The Kuriotates are a federation, so it is the Kuriotate Federation. At least, that has always been my intention. Kael may have differing opinions.

 

[vorshlumpf]

Malakim = Malaka

I'd suggest avoiding 'malaka', if at all possible.

 

[Nikis-Knight]

There's too many languages...

 

[zxcvbnm]

It's the Malaka desert, the Scorpio river valley