About krogan names
Heavy two-part results like "Zruyrdok Hugaru" and "Krentor Churru" land with the weight of a shoulder charge, though terser picks like "Col Srugo" hit just as hard. In Mass Effect-inspired fiction the second name reads as clan, the thing a krogan defends longer than any government. Judge candidates by how the full name sounds mid-threat, since that is where it will be used.
How krogan names are built
Krogan names build in the style of Mass Effect's heavy warrior species, joining two assembled words that share a structure. Each half stacks an onset, a vowel and an ending, with the personal name closing on a 60-entry ending bank and the family name on a two-part ending of its own. The result reads blunt and heavy, as in Pidraven Carga.
Pidraven Carga
Pidraven + Carga
personal name (onset, vowel and personal ending) plus family name (onset, vowel and two-part family ending)
Dramorgath Belaku
Dramorgath + Belaku
personal name plus family name
Greervakk Rarake
Greervakk + Rarake
personal name plus family name
Naming notes
The personal-name ending bank (60 entries) carries most of the personal-name variety, while the tiny family ending bank (six entries) makes family-name endings repeat fast. The two halves are built independently, so a pair like Pidraven Carga usually opens on different sounds. Suited to clan warriors, mercenaries, or original characters in that brutal, guttural register for fan settings.
Questions about krogan names
- Are these official Krogan names?
- No. They are fan-made names in that style, assembled from phonetic slot banks rather than any official source.
- Why do both names in a pair sound similar?
- They usually do not. Each half is assembled independently from its own slots, so a pair like Fathoruk Purako opens on different sounds; any echo between the two is coincidence.
- What makes the names read as heavy?
- The banks favour blunt consonant clusters and doubled letters like -kk and -rr, as in Greervakk and Rarra, which lands hard and guttural.