About army names (orc) names
Thick consonant slabs like "Brummodh" and "Drozdruldrokh" sound chewed rather than spoken, while French titles such as "les Bagarreurs Libres" translate into brawlers and beasts. Either register works for raiding mobs in a skirmish game, the standing threat on a setting's border, or rival clans in an orcish civil war. Save the rare disciplined titles for the warlord's personal guard.
How army names (orc) names are built
The orc force generator runs several molds. A French descriptive mold pairs an article-noun host with an adjective, as in "Les Tripes Truculentes" and "Les Phalanges Carbonisée", sometimes on a singular head like "La Hargne Bestiales". An English mold sets a modifier and a plural agent-noun behind "The", giving "The Grand Gorgers" and "The Thunder Impalers".
The Grand Gorgers
modifier "Grand", agent-noun "Gorgers", behind fixed "The"
Les Charognes Stagnante
French host "les Charognes", agreeing adjective "Stagnante"
La Cognée Dévorantes
singular French host "la Cognée", adjective "Dévorantes" from a separately drawn bank
Naming notes
The flavour leans on decay and menace: French nouns for guts, ghouls and shrouds (Tripes, Goules, Suaires) with sinister adjectives (Orageuses, Dévorantes), while the English branch names the horde by what it does (Gorgers, Maimers, Impalers). Use the English "The Thunder Impalers" forms for a disciplined warband and the French carrion phrases for a rotting horde. The French adjective agreement is loose in places (La Cognée Dévorantes), a quirk of the paired banks, so reroll if a mismatch bothers you.
Questions about army names (orc) names
- What makes the orc names feel harsh?
- The English branch names orcs by violent deeds, Shatterers, Maimers, Impalers, while the French branch picks decay words such as Goules and Suaires and adjectives like Dévorantes and Orageuses.
- Why are some orc army names French?
- One mold pulls an article-noun host (les Charognes, les Crevasses) and pairs it with an agreeing adjective, so "Les Charognes Stagnante" reads as a rotting horde with correct French agreement.
- Why do some French results mix singular and plural?
- The host and adjective come from separate banks, so a singular head can draw a plural adjective, as in "La Cognée Dévorantes". Reroll if you want strict agreement; "Les Tripes Truculentes" shows a matched draw.