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Post by fluke on Nov 10, 2012 23:31:03 GMT -5
I am in need of a monsters' name. The monsters are based on the Ilithids of TSR fame (obviously, I can't use that name). I can't keep referring to them as "Squid Faces." Mine are roughly humanoid with scales, bat-like wings, and tentacles around the face. They are aberrations, meaning they were not formed as a direct creative act of God. They are merges of a sentient species with cuttlefish, lizards, and bats. They believe they are top of the food chain and seek to enslave other races. They have been sleeping underneath the city for millenia until they are awakened by the master villain in "Once Called." Any ideas on a name? |
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Post by Kessie on Nov 11, 2012 11:29:32 GMT -5
Old gods? Eldritch abominations? World of Warcraft called them the Faceless Ones and even the undead ran from them.
You could always look at the latin names for cuttlefish, squids and other tentacley things. Maybe stick pieces of the names together to make something new. Pokemon's been doing that for years, like with the seal named Dewgong. :-p
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Post by Divides the Waters on Nov 11, 2012 11:55:46 GMT -5
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Post by fluke on Nov 11, 2012 22:27:58 GMT -5
A year ago, I said to myself that I would never write Lovecraftian Horror. I had tried and gotten depressed. I don't think that "Once Called" is Lovecraftian Horror. It is the anti-Lovecraftian Horror. Even though the villain is an existential nihilist who believes the universe is exactly as Lovecraft portrayed the universe, the tone of the story is different. The fact of the Father calling us and giving us purpose is the central theme, but I do want Lord Sanuto and his monsters to feel like Lovecraftian monsters.
Thank you both! I hadn't thought about using HPL style names to evoke the feeling. Right now, the front runner for the name is "Children of Dagon." That is what people will call them. Their name for themselves will be something else. Probably found by mashing up Latin syllables.
Another idea I had for them this morning while reading an excerpt from CS Lewis was that while the Children of Dagon sleep beneath the city, they are aware of everything that is going on around them. But they are completely powerless to act or communicate.
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Post by Kessie on Nov 12, 2012 10:32:47 GMT -5
In lots of books, the sleeping monsters can infiltrate people's subconscious, or their dreams, and sway them to their will. In World of Warcraft, the Old Gods actually bleed corruption into the ground, and any creature who is earth-based (like dwarves) view this corrupted ground as deadly poison.
The Book of the Dun Cow is supposedly Christian fiction, and it has a similar situation with that Norse serpent who rings the world. (Nobody has ever read that book, though, probably because it's talking animals. It was so deep I had no idea what half of it meant.)
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