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| Doge |
Posted - 10 Oct 2016 : 16:48:39
Greetings sages, I'd like to know what happens to a dwarf's name after he/she is exiled. I read that a dwarf's name belongs to his/her clan and is passed down through generations and is to be carried with pride and respect. So what happens if his/her name is stripped? Does he/she become nameless? If so, by what name does he/she go about with? And how do other dwarves address him/her?
EDIT: It's for a dwarf monk character that fell into the sway of a very non-dwarven order. He's basically self-exiled and would probably be exiled when he returns to his clan. I doubt his former clan would let him go around carrying his old name so he'd probably take a new name. Also, any suggestions for a name an exiled dwarf would give himself. |
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| Doge |
Posted - 11 Oct 2016 : 05:50:52
Thanks Wooly! |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 10 Oct 2016 : 17:17:11
From Ed's own pen, in the book Dwarves Deep:
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A clanless or outlaw dwarf, or one ashamed of his clan or wishing to conceal its identity, commonly uses only the name of his kingdom to distinguish him from others with the same name. Surprisingly, the legitimate reasons for concealing
one#146;s clan, especially from nondwarves, are many. To a traveling dwarven merchant, for example, revealing his or her clan only affords competitors a chance for blackmail, deception, and time-wasting entreaties-false or hopeless-to others in the clan, attempting to use the merchant as a go-between, spokesdwarf, or agent.
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Dwarves who wander the Realms or dwell exclusively in the company of humans, and who are outlaw or have no clan affiliations from birth, usually adopt human last names (see the section on Brotherhoods; most of their leaders are so named).
This is from the inside cover of the book; it is a page devoted to dwarven names. |
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