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varyar
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 Posted - 21 Jun 2006 : 14:21:28
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Is there any canon translation of the names of the Outer Planes? If not, can someone take a look at my own attempt (based on the dictionary at Candlekeep.com and with a few combinations of my own)? It's for an eventually forthcoming Outer Plane game with an elvish party.
Please and thanks in advance!
Elvish Name Translation (Common Name)
Suor Ardun Mountain of the Holy (Mount Celestia)
Oraeska Fortress Woods (Bytopia)
Daoine Duna Hills of the Stars (Elysium)
Arsyrūn Great Wilderness (The Beastlands)
Arvandor Great Forest (Arborea)
Gisiae Duna Hills of the Guardians (Ysgard)
Ararrnarūn Land of Great Storms (Limbo)
Sharde'Mor'Duna Dark Winds Blow (Pandemonium)
Tanar'ri'iilor Place of Outcasts (Abyss)
Dhaerow'iilor Place of Traitors (Carceri)
Biir Shil Waste of Shadows (Gray Waste)
Avaeathilvandor Forest of Sorrow (Gehenna)
N'suor'iilor Unhallowed Place (Baator)
Dragfaera'iilor Place of Hateful Battles (Acheron)
Myth Akh City of Duty (Mechanus)
Ondathrūn Kingdom of Peace (Arcadia)
Rirūn Outlands (Outlands)
(Yes, I am using the Great Wheel for this. Sue me. :D)
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Jun 2006 : 17:39:46
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How about some for Sigil, the Infinite Staircase, and the two rivers. :) Styx and and, crap forgot the upper planar river. Or the World Ash.
In otherwords, they look good and I might even use them. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 21 Jun 2006 : 17:59:05
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| How about the realms-specific planes?? (I can already detect a few people spitting at this remark lol) |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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varyar
Seeker
98 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2006 : 19:48:46
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First, a correction. Sharde'Mor'Duna should be translated as Dark Windswept Hills, not just Dark Winds Blow.
And as for Sigil and the two rivers:
Myth Aeloua City of Meetings (Sigil)
Suorlalala Holy Water (River Oceanus)
N'suorlalala Unholy Water (River Styx)
Re: Realm specific planes, maybe in a couple days. Next up is organizing a list of the Seldarine before the fall of Lolth. (Biggest hurdle - do I invent elven gods for the schools of magic that don't have them, even with that old Dragon article, or let that slide?) |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 21 Jun 2006 : 20:51:24
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Grin,
Notta for the Staircase or the World Ash? :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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varyar
Seeker
98 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jun 2006 : 00:23:00
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Alas, the dictionary doesn't have stairs, infinite, world or ash in it, so these terms are a bit more of my own devising.
Which has never stopped me before, of course.
Suoresssonta Blessed Tree (World Ash)
Hondghaatiil The True Traveling Path (Infinite Staircase, from which the High Mages took the name of the ritual Ghaatiil) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 22 Jun 2006 : 01:25:51
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Originally posted by varyar
Myth Aeloua City of Meetings (Sigil)
Nice  .
In the dictionary you are using... is there a translation for "Doors"? I'm thinking that a translation for "City of Doors" would be a nice alternative as well.
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Edited by - The Sage on 22 Jun 2006 01:27:42 |
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varyar
Seeker
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Posted - 22 Jun 2006 : 02:15:50
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by varyar
Myth Aeloua City of Meetings (Sigil)
Nice .
Thankee :)
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Originally posted by The Sage
In the dictionary you are using... is there a translation for "Doors"? I'm thinking that a translation for "City of Doors" would be a nice alternative as well.
Good idea, but no luck, unfortunately. My only source is the Elvish dictionary here on Candlekeep.com, which is nice, but has a slightly limited word list.
Anyway, here's a few more:
Artil Place of Great Air (Elemental Air)
Arael Place of Great Earth (Elemental Earth)
Arevael Place of Great Flame (Elemental Fire)
Arlalala Place of Great Water (Elemental Water)
(Air is my own invention, and Earth and Fire are sketchy adaptions of roots in the Candlekeep dictionary.)
Also, Gehenna perhaps works better as Avaeathil'iilor Place of Sorrow despite the overuse of the -iilor suffix. |
Edited by - varyar on 22 Jun 2006 03:22:59 |
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Gray Richardson
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 22 Jun 2006 : 04:07:27
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| I have used Palurinorn as an elven name for the World Tree. The roots are from Steven Schend's dictionary, although they are derived from Tolkien. |
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varyar
Seeker
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Posted - 22 Jun 2006 : 04:16:39
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Originally posted by Gray Richardson
I have used Palurinorn as an elven name for the World Tree. The roots are from Steven Schend's dictionary, although they are derived from Tolkien.
Is his dictionary online anywhere? I found one at Myth Drannor.net that credits him in part, but does he have a specific site? |
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varyar
Seeker
98 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 21:00:41
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And here's the updated version (includes some material from the Semberholme dictionary and a few words of my own devising), with more of the inner and transitive planes.
Alignment Common Name Elvish Name Translation
LG Mount Celestia Suor Ardun Mountain of the Holy
LG/NG Bytopia Oraeska Fortress Woods
NG Elysium Daoine Duna Hills of the Stars
NG/CG The Beastlands Veluthesyrūn Beautiful Wilderness
CG Arborea Arvandor Great Forest
CG/CN Ysgard Gisiae Duna Hills of the Guardians
CN Limbo Ararrnarūn Land of Great Storms
CN/CE Pandemonium Sharde'Mor'Duna Dark Windswept Hills
CE Abyss Tanar'ri'iilor Place of Outcasts
CE/NE Carceri Dhaerow'iilor Place of Traitors
NE Gray Waste Biir Shil Waste of Shadows
NE/LE Gehenna Anilessa Arduna The Nefarious Mounts
LE Baator N'suor'iilor Unhallowed Place
LE/LN Acheron Dragfaera'iilor Place of Hateful Battles
LN Mechanus Mytha Akh Cities of Duty
LN/LG Arcadia Ondathrūn Kingdom of Peace
N The Outlands Rirūna Outlands
- Sigil Myth Aeloua City of Meetings
NG River Oceanus Suoralus Holy Water
NE River Styx N'suoralus Unholy Water
- Infinite Staircase Hondghaatiil The True Traveling Path
- Astral Plane Rina'iilor Place of Memory
- Ethereal Plane Mithshae Grey Ocean
- Shadow Plane Tumbassra'iilor Place of Deep Shadows
- Far Realm Kimrūn Realm of Madness
- Elemental Air Drii'iilor Place of Air
- Elemental Earth Erek'iilor Place of Earth
- Elemental Fire Rillis'iilor Place of Flame
- Elemental Water Alus'iilor Place of Water
- Positive Energy Hondcoia'iilor Place of Pure Life
- Negative Energy Hondmora'iilor Place of Pure Death
- Para-elemental Ice Khelek'iilor Place of Ice
- Para-elemental Smoke She'iilor Place of Smoke
- Para-elemental Magma Rivo'iilor Place of Magma
- Para-elemental Ooze Uita'iilor Place of Ooze
- Quasi-elemental Steam Vilus'iilor Place of Steam
- Quasi-elemental Lightning Sakkamen'iilor Place of Lightning
- Quasi-elemental Mineral Dilun'iilor Place of Mineral
- Quasi-elemental Radiance Ivae'iilor Place of Brightness
- Quasi-elemental Vacuum Lost'iilor Place of Emptiness
- Quasi-elemental Dust Asto'iilor Place of Dust
- Quasi-elemental Salt Geet'iilor Place of Salt
- Quasi-elemental Ash Lith'iilor Place of Ash |
Edited by - varyar on 07 Jul 2006 21:01:34 |
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