About wraith names
Bleak one-word results define this set, plain nouns like "Bone" beside stranger compounds such as "Glumbreath" and "Tornsun". The style mirrors how Wraith in a Stargate Atlantis inspired story get named by others rather than themselves, a single epithet standing in for a hive's whole history. Compounds suit commanders, bare nouns the drones and lesser officers beneath them.
How wraith names are built
Names build two ways: a single attested entry from a 187-item bank, or a two-part compound fusing a descriptor with a dark noun. Worked examples from the bank: "Bone", "Evenquill", "Glumbreath".
Bone
a single attested entry
Evenquill
a descriptor fused to a dark noun
Shore
a single attested entry
Naming notes
The style is gothic and predatory, single grim words or brooding compounds (gloom, breath, quill) that read like life-draining hunters. The single-word bank gives terse options. Use these for vampiric-alien characters or original predators in a fan story set in that style.
Questions about wraith names
- Are these canon names?
- No. They are fan-made names in the gothic, predatory style of that species, not official ones.
- Why are some just one grim word?
- A single-word bank returns terse names like Bone alongside the brooding compounds.
- What gives the dark tone?
- The compound bank pairs a mood word with a grim noun, producing a brooding, life-draining feel.