About n'raqi names
Choked, gurgling strings like "Voph'livuk" and "Kukshoul" sit beside dread titles such as "the Wrathful", sounds dredged up from somewhere far beneath the surface. The mix suits faceless ones and void cultist material inspired by Warcraft's old god servants. Pair a raw name with one of the titles when you want a herald players will remember.
How n'raqi names are built
N'raqi names mix a titled epithet pick ("the" plus a dread word) with multi-slot fragment builds, several carrying apostrophe clusters. "The Starless" is a whole epithet pick, while "Voph'livuk" (v + o + ph'l + i + v + u + k) and "Shijithral" build seven-slot fragment forms.
Voph'livuk
v (onset) + o (vowel) + ph'l (apostrophe cluster) + i (vowel) + v (medial consonant) + u (vowel) + k (closer)
Shijithral
sh (onset) + i (vowel) + j (medial consonant) + i (vowel) + thr (medial cluster) + a (vowel) + l (closer)
The Starless
Starless (epithet pick)
Naming notes
The faceless ones of the old gods get two registers: dread epithets (The Starless) from a 104-entry epithet pool, and unpronounceable apostrophe-laden personal names (Voph'livuk) for the things themselves. The ph'l cluster gives a void-speech wrongness. Use the epithet form for how mortals refer to an n'raqi and the apostrophe build for its true, maddening name.
Questions about n'raqi names
- Why do some n'raqi names start with The?
- The epithet pool supplies dread epithets like "The Starless", how mortals refer to a faceless one, as opposed to its true personal name.
- What are the apostrophes for?
- Clusters like ph'l in "Voph'livuk" mimic void-speech, an unpronounceable wrongness fitting the old gods' servants.
- Which form names the creature itself?
- The apostrophe-laden fragment build is the n'raqi's true, maddening name; the epithet is only the title mortals give it.