About trogg names
Lumpy double-g endings and gargled vowels mark results like "Sagawlugg" and "Grawmygg", while "Filgor" is about as refined as the register gets. The crude sound fits cave brutes inspired by Warcraft's troggs, tunnel swarms that boil out of a dig site at the worst moment. Anything that comes out sounding polished probably belongs to the dwarves they tunnel under instead.
How trogg names are built
Trogg names are built entirely by syllable concatenation across six small banks (of 21, 35, 37, 11, 11 and 9 entries) using three nested templates. The base five-slot chain makes "Tarak" (t+a+r+a+k) and "Morlach" (m+o+rl+a+ch); the longer mirrored forms reuse one vowel slot to build "Burandag", "Bradlalak" and "Tardodach".
Morlach
m (onset) + o (vowel) + rl (medial cluster) + a (vowel) + ch (closer)
Brurlig
br (onset) + u (vowel) + rl (medial cluster) + i (vowel) + g (closer)
Bradlalak
br (onset) + a (vowel) + dl (medial cluster) + a (repeated vowel) + l (medial consonant) + a (repeated vowel) + k (closer)
Naming notes
Troggs are crude stone-creatures, and the banks deliver that: hard onsets (br-, gr-, t-), grinding medials (-rl-, -dl-, -gl-) and blunt codas (-ak, -ach, -ag). The repeating vowel slot is the structural signature, surfacing twice in the long templates so a name like Tardodach keeps a single vowel color around its mineral consonant clusters. There is no gender split and no surname, just a single rough handle. Use the short template for a horde of identical cave-troggs and the longer mirrored build for a brute that needs a heavier, lumpier name.
Questions about trogg names
- Why do trogg names sound so grinding and blunt?
- The banks are stocked with hard onsets (br-, gr-), mineral medial clusters (-rl-, -dl-, -gl-) and blunt codas (-ak, -ach). Names like Morlach and Bradlalak lean on those to evoke crude stone-creatures.
- Do troggs have surnames or gendered names?
- No. The generator outputs a single neutral handle with no surname or gender split, just one rough name per trogg, fitting their primitive, hive-like nature.
- Why does the same vowel appear twice in longer trogg names?
- The mirrored templates reuse one vowel slot on both sides of a medial cluster, so a name like Tardodach holds one vowel color around its lumpy consonants. The repetition is a structural feature of the long build.