About orcish city names
Grinding consonant clusters define results like "Vreguzgog" and "Qilgodh bhord", all chewable, with two part forms such as "Ner dhurmeg" splitting into settlement and clan. The dh and zg combinations are hard to say gently, which is the point. Use single words for war camps and compound results for the rare orcish city with walls and a warchief's seat.
How orcish city names are built
Orcish names chain short fragments from four small banks (of 22, 8, 58 and 10 entries) in fixed patterns, often producing two-word forms. One pattern yields a single word like Vroducrerd, while others split across a space into forms like Gicrurd kraz or Ner dhurmeg. Only the leading word is capitalised; a second word stays lower-case, as in Gharrord nag.
Gicrurd kraz
chained fragments forming two space-separated words
Vroducrerd
onset, vowel and link fragments chained into a single word
Ner dhurmeg
chained fragments forming two space-separated words
Naming notes
The fragment banks are very small, so the same pieces recur and results stay tightly themed. Two-word patterns place chained fragments on either side of a space, while single-word patterns return one chain. Use single words for minor holds and two-word forms for larger ones so a territory's map reads as a hierarchy.
Questions about orcish city names
- How are orcish names assembled?
- By chaining fragments from four small banks (22, 8, 58 and 10 entries) in fixed patterns, some single-word and some split across a space.
- What are the two-word forms?
- Some patterns place chained fragments on either side of a space, giving forms like Gicrurd kraz and Ner dhurmeg.
- Why do the names look so similar to each other?
- The fragment banks are very small, the largest being 58 entries, so the same pieces recur across results and keep the set tightly themed.