About cidarian names
Gravelly results like "Varrorn" and "Fagogans" sound like words overheard on a dock, short, consonant-heavy, and easy to call across a quay. They fit deckhands, harbor masters, and shipowning families in a Witcher-inspired kingdom that lives off the sea. A polished result such as "Ravelin" makes a clean pick for someone with a title.
How cidarian names are built
A Cidarian result assembles a single name from small fragment banks along several templates, from a short three-fragment form up to a seven-fragment form, plus an "of" place-byname and a second fragment series. The fragments combine into compact words like "Lerren", "Croreen", "Pheral" and "Deans". Several banks are tiny (three to seven entries), so variety comes from how the pieces stack rather than from long lists.
Croreen
cr + o + r + ee + n (five-fragment template)
Pheral
ph + e + r + a + l (five-fragment form of the second series)
Deans
d + ea + ns (three-fragment template)
Naming notes
The style favors l, r and d onsets with doubled letters in the middle (Lerren, Riarrens), giving a brisk, slightly southern Witcher-style flavor suited to mercenaries and minor folk in fan fiction set in that world. Short picks like "Deans" feel like quick everyday names, while "Vennarnah" and "Detaros" read as fuller formal ones. The place-byname ("of" plus a place name) lets you tie a character to a place without asserting any in-world geography.
Questions about cidarian names
- Why do so many names double a letter in the middle?
- The middle fragment banks carry doubled letters like rr, nn and ee, so results like "Lerren", "Riarrens" and "Vennarnah" share that brisk doubled beat. It is the most visible texture cue of this Cidarian style.
- Why are some names so short?
- The shortest template is just three fragments, which yields tight names like "Deans". Longer templates add more fragments and produce fuller names like "Neadeban".
- Are these official names?
- No. They are fan-made names built to sound like a region in the Witcher setting, not canon names from the books or games. Use them freely for original characters; they carry no official status.