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So, on my travels to take screenshots for the base images of "The Travels of Gazkra, Orc," I found myself sneaking through LBRS for the scenery. I needed shots of the orcs, worgs and general area, and of course found myself at Halycon's Nest.

Background: The Bloodaxe Worgs, apparently bred by the Scarshield Legion, are famous. Rumors abound of their being spawned by demons or demon blood, but the reality of it is that two huge, fearsome worgs are used to breed the majority of the Legion's raiding force. These are Halycon, the red/dark gray female worg, and Gizrul the Slavener, the massive pale gray worg. When adventurers arrive in LBRS to kill the worgs, they can see that Halycon actually has a litter of black pups in the Nest with her.

I found out, for the first time (I missed it the first five times through apparently >.>), that these pups--whelped from the legendary Halycon and Gizrul themselves--are tameable. They grow to normal size, of course, but they share Deathmaw's trait of growling when clicked.

I love the idea of having a worg from such well-known roots, and I want a name that fits him. Something noble or fearsome, worthy of a great mythical figure, something that commands respect (something along the lines of Halycon or Gizrul as names, perhaps). I know this sounds weird, but I don't want to use the name of something that is already well-known, so nothing from mythology. It's hard to explain, but I guess I want a noble, fierce-sounding (perhaps Horde, or orcish-sounding) name that isn't already well-known, something suitable for a hero... or a villain!

Two words stood out to me in the officially translated Orcish words.

Garmak - 'anguish' (actually Gar'mak, but it works without the apostrophe as a name)
Laktuk - 'suffering' (again, Lak'tuk)

EDIT: Other ideas!

Valormok - the orcish settlement in Azshara, has a nice strong ring to it
Thrakk, Revash, Golar, Zugas, Uruk - all random words from in-game spoken orcish

I actually love those, both of them, but they're sort of "taken" already--I am not sure if you know this or not (and epic props for good taste if you don't ) but there's a pair of black wolves in Agmar's Hammer, sitting dripping blood on either side of the throne, each named Gar'mak and Lak'tuk, with titles reflecting the translations!

P.S. In other news, I use far too many commas >.>

(Edit to your edit--I see Valormok, and I like that, shall consider, thanks! )

Oh wow, had no idea! I remember the wolves for sure, but didn't recall their names at all. Edited my first reply with a couple more ideas, may edit more if I think of anything else.

Hmm, amusingly enough I already have a wolf named Thrakk--I think if you say Heroic, it comes out Thrakk to allies. I may swap it over, though... my current Thrakk is the armored black worg, and one day I realized he kinda looks like he's wearing spectacles, and it ruined EVERYTHING I've had Uruk too, I like that one as well. I may just go spout a stream of gibberish at a guildmate's ally alt and see what happens, lol >.>

Urko? Tolkien elf term for orcs, which seems to have originally meant 'something that provokes fear'.

Well, with the assistance of my husband's Alliance alt (and some of these from an old friend), I've gotten a list of "translated" words. These are things that are NOT official translations--they don't actually *mean* anything. It is, however, what the Orcish language parser will show an Alliance character if you say the "meaning" in Orcish. In other words, if you name a wolf Thrakk, as a Horde, you can point to the wolf and say Heroic, and the Alliance will see you point to Thrakk and say, "Thrakk."


Aaz'no Demon
Golar Noble
Gul'nath Cerberus
Kazreth Soldier
Kil'azi Stinger, Tornado
Kog'zela Darkfire
Magan Death
Maka King
Makogg Daemon
Moguna Prince
Moth'aga Fearless
No'ga Demon, Ghost
No'ku Blood, Storm
Nogu Tide
Ogerin Poison
Raznos Friend
Re'ka Night
Regas Devil
Revash Dragon
Tago Fang
Thok Worg
Thrakk Heroic
Uruk Howl, Omen
Zil'nok Thunder
Zuggossh Guardian

Now to choose one

Edit: Rage at spaces being removed : / Oh well, it will look sloppy >.<

I don't suppose anyone with an Alliance/Horde pair of friends can find out what "Warrior" comes out as? >.>


...Or Hero...

Acherontia wrote:anyone with an Alliance/Horde pair of friends can find out what "Warrior" comes out as?...Or Hero...

Warrior=Kil'azi
Hero=Dogg (I kid you not)

Dogg kind of has a Thrall defiance thing going on, yes?

Awesome, thank you