#elven names

[cocomochicakes]

I want to say this is probably something along the lines of acculturation.

For example, when some families emigrate to other countries, they often change their surnames and names to fit the conventional pronunciation of that country. In my own family this has happened TWICE historically on my mother's side: once when Austria became a part of Italy and then again when the same family came to the U.S. and they made their names more "American". Meanwhile my family native to Texas has kept their names since before anyone even colonized this region.

This is all just a theory but it would fit the concept of Astarion having a more traditional Elven name while Halsin and Shadowheart's families may have adapted theirs to suit the area they resided in.

Very curious about Elf Naming Conventions like.

Halsin Silverbough. Jenevelle Hallowleaf. The surnames are Elfy but common-tongue words. Same thing with "Silverleaf", the fake name elf-origin players (including Astarion) can give the mirror.

But then we have Astarion Ancunìn??

It's a LINGUISTICALLY elven surname. We don't really know what it means. Why??? Why is it different??? It can't be a racial distinction bc Halsin is full-blooded and has the common name, while Shadowheart is half human. Is it a CLASS thing??? I mean we can assume Astarion was reasonably blue-blooded. Maybe it's like?? Classier??? To operate in elvish as much as possible??

Also I think it would be fun if elves are Weird about handing out their full name willy nilly. Like you gotta watch out. For the fairies. "Can I get your name?" "NO. but I will tell it to you. :)"

[sleepy-writes-stuff]

DP X DC PROMPT #27

(Time for something a little more lighthearted/found family. Could probably also make this a crack prompt instead.)

(#) = Notes at the end of post

(*) = Just me building off of other ideas.

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Visitation Rights

When Danny went to list Dani/Ellie as his heir after she'd come back from her years of traveling the world, he was quickly informed that he already had one in line for the thrown.

"What? Since when?!"

The pretentious, floating eyeball looked like he wanted to be anywhere else other than here, providing information to King Phantom, but explained anyway.

"The day you officially achieved royal status, you permanently linked your being to the Infinite Realms. When this happened, however, a child was in the process of being created with the assistance of ectoplasmic runoff that's been leaking into the mortal world for centuries. As a result of your power being incorporated into the Realms at such a time, this human child retained an imprint of your core signature. The Infinite Realms itself has recognized this child as your offspring. Your... other offspring has yet to be recognized in such a way and would therefore be considered your second heir once claimed."

Danny stared at the Observant with wide, blank eyes that were slowly filling with dread and panic.

"Why are you just telling me this now?? My coronation was over a decade ago!" He held his face in his hands and gave a horrified groan at what he just learned.

"If you really wanted that clone as your heir, I'm afraid it's too late to change it-"

Danny's head shot back up with a snarl and furious green eyes.

"That's not what I'm upset about you walking cataracts! Eleven years! I've missed eleven years of this kid's life!! How could you think I-"

At a loss for words, he growled deep in his chest. Deep enough that it echoed throughout the halls and rattled the floors.

"Who is this kid, and where can I find them?"

Once given the information and learning of the child's other parental figures, he gets to work. A few weeks later, he appears in the home office of a well-known billionaire with a stack of papers that he promptly slams onto the desk in front of the startled man. (1)

"I demand visitation rights to our son, Damian Wayne."

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(1) Danny actually visited Talia first to get visitation rights. Needless to say, that didn't go very well. He's still got a couple knives floating around in his chest cavity because of it.

(*) ALSO! I'm not sure how this lines up with the DC/Batman timeline. All I figured out is that if Danny waited to be crowned until after he graduated college as an astrophysicist, which take 5 to 7 years, he'd be about 36 years old when he finds out about Damian. Bruce would be about 41, so the age gap is only 5 years. If y'all wanna make this Danny/Bruce, go ahead!

[missygoesmeow]

i started a new run and its been like 5 minutes

[sakasakiii]

when i first designed erestor 3 years back i wasnt totally aware of his potential half-elf status, and since then ive come across some more fanon interpretations of him being haleth and caranthir's kid which i really liked!!!! so ive decided to rework him a little by combining my original lore for him into this concept 👉👈 i ended up getting carried away on whole different tangent with his backstory which ive summarised down below HAHA

tldr to expand on some key points under the cut:

born in F.A. 371 to haleth and caranthir; his parents' romance is short but passionate, and while many of the haladin are initially unsure about the nature of this union, they dont oppose it. for 4 years they live an unconventional but happy life together

haleth leaves thargelion in F.A. 375 and raises erestor with her people once they resettle. he's too young to remember much about caranthir. throughout his childhood she never tells him who his father is, but he also never really feels the need to ask.

he's captured in F.A. 460 (40 years after his mother's death) and escapes in F.A. 510. two years later, he finally finds refuge in Amon Ereb-- six years after the deaths of caranthir, celegorm and curufin in the 2nd kinslaying.

is tasked by maedhros to assist maglor with elrond and elros' education after they're taken in following the 3rd kinslaying in F.A. 538. he becomes a weird mix of a nanny/older brother/teacher figure to them, and a strange but sweet bond forms between them.

entrusted to protect elrond and elros following the break out of the war of wrath. he leads them to the Host of the Valar, where the twins are given the choice of the half-elven; to his surprise, he's afforded this choice as well, and decides to remain elven out of compassion for elrond after elros chooses mortality.

remains by elrond's side to watch over him for most of the 2nd age. during this time he resides in lindon as a healer, translator and archivist; later joins elrond in imladris, and partakes in the war of the last alliance as a combat medic.

in the 3rd age, is beset with sea-longing after what he regards to be a long and tiresome existence; he's also filled with guilt for being unable to help elrond heal celebrian’s psychological wounds, and contemplates following her back to Valinor. ultimately decides to stay back a bit longer, however, and lingers until after sauron’s defeat when the rest of the elves finally depart for the West. 

that's just a very condensed version but one day i hope to explore in some 4th age stuff where he finds out who his dad is...?! or will he?!?! who knows lol

[peasant-player]

Everyone in the Tolkien fandom who spent hours to makes ellaborated charts, name descriptions, little drawings and every other thing to help get to know the characters better.

And get like 3 views

Know that I love you and hope your life is filled with kindness.

[felassan]

Davrin's piece is really neat, with a great sense of motion. Enhaloed by a golden sun he looks heroic. The background colors of blue, blue-gray and gray recall the blue and silver colors of the Grey Wardens. the diagonal lines with the crosses in them remind me of stars in the sky, and of shields and heraldry, you know like when they have symbols patterned on them like this? (I don't know what the technical term for that is hh). A knightly feel. his eyes are glowing[?] blue in this, which takes you back to the DA:O trailer-era when the Hero of Ferelden shown in promotional material would sometimes have glowing blue eyes when he was being all.. Wardenny. in this the effect seems to extend to his vallaslin, which when we saw them in the character trailer were black. the hilt of his sword has a griffon wing motif going on like here, and of course, the griffon shield, also glowing blue, giving the impression of blue flames or light, and similarly doing a battle-cry itself.

Assan shoots overhead like he did in the character trailer, like an arrow. he is shaped like an arrow-head, the line going from his feet giving the impression of an arrow-shaft.

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[blueskittlesart]

Wait wait, what the Loz sibling manga?

oh god i want to say it was one of the early NES promo mangas. iirc it was by mishouzaki?? it was legitimately batshit insane. they obviously hadnt figured out like. ANY lore whatsoever at that point and im not entirely sure that mishouzaki ever actually. played the game. or even read the manual. so the triforce functioned as like. a typical 80s manga space-weapon almost and zelda wore like a mech suit at one point and link experienced actual in-universe racism multiple times and at the end of the manga it's revealed that link and zelda are half-siblings because zelda's mother CHEATED ON HER HUSBAND

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Idk man, what if Legolas was simply his sindarin name bc the light elves couldn’t pronounce his silvan name and Legolas just did not care enough to get them to pronounce his name correctly bc most light elves don’t even try.

Imagine:

Silvan elf: Lysrilahs!

Elladan: *looks left* *looks right* whomst?

Legolas: *nodding at the silvan* hi, what’s up?

*Legolas & silvan elf have a short discussion*

*elladan, elrohir, and arwen’s brain malfunctioning*

Arwen: what was that?

Legolas: oh, that’s my actual name. Yeah, most of the noldor and sindar i’ve met don’t even try to pronounce it right, so i’ve sindarized it to “legolas”.

Arwen:...

Elladan:...

Elrohir:...

Arwen: do you mean to tell me we’ve been friends for centuries and we didn’t even know your name!?!

[stiffyck]

au with @minecraftshipwreck

[caput-medusae]

holding on to the ‘mirdania is celebrian’ theory until the end of the season or until she gets killed off

[corsairspade]

Halenthir scenario where they get married for tax benefits (in a platonic good friends sort of way) and fall in love long distance via sending each other letters with ideas on how to best leverage their marriage for tax evasion.

[raviollies]

Lavellan learning Tevene for Dorian: hey wait a fucking minute

[armenelols]

Actually. Star crown Elrond is important to me because it keeps the theme of his family carrying stars with them, their connection to the stars and skies far beyond what even all other elves have. Thingol, who fell in love with a Maia from beyond Arda and Aman and from before time itself existed, and who, of all the elves, was alone named Elwë, after stars; Lúthien and the nightingales, birds, free with their wings, soaring the skies; Dior who carried the silmaril with the light of the Trees inside it; and Elwing who inherited it, and turned into a bird, flying as Lúthien's nightingales once did; Eärendil, a literal star; and Elros, who followed his father's star to Númenor, a star-shaped island where eagles dwelt. Star crown Elrond is important to me okay

[zaahvi]

finally doodled all my dragon age protags!! now awaiting veilguard to add number four :)

[hellamorte]

☠️🐦‍⬛ alvdis “rook” ingellvar

[lezabeththetheodoraimposter]

shannon wants us to think elves have strange names because they’re elven, but garwin is a much stranger name than keefe and fitz combined