The "What's a good name for this?" thread

I think the "son of the dragon" meaning is connotative/figurative as well.

And for the record, the Dracula that I'm writing is more or less a Physical God among garden-variety vampires — as in, he's more like what you'd get if you fused Castlevania!Dracula and Hellsing!Dracula together, along with a measure of Arcueid Brunestud's more absurdly broken powers/abilities. You know, something like Old World Of Darkness's Antediluvian vampires.

edited 8th Apr '13 7:11:46 PM by MarqFJA

Well, google translate thinks dracul means "devil," so that's not being helpful here.

Technically correct, as "dracul" in Romanian can mean both "dragon" and "devil". Kind of makes sense if you remember that the Serpent from the Book of Revelation is identified with the Devil himself.

edited 8th Apr '13 7:13:07 PM by MarqFJA

Little Dragon of the World Tree would tie in an ominous Norse reference to the mix.

@Marq: I think you need to step back a little. What is your character most known for? What trait best personifies your character? For instance, if it's that he's the ruler of Transylvania, then "The Dragon of Transylvania" works best; or if he's infamous for impaling lots of people of spikes, then "The Dragon of Spikes" or "The Dragon of Blood" might work best.

Basically, the title has to relate to the character and make sense in context. Otherwise, the title would be meaningless and look Narmy.

Oh, he has other titles that do that (yes, including "The Lord Impaler", and "Dark Lord of Transylvania"). This particular title, however, would be one that is used as a common designation by the multinational Church Militant order (may or may not be used by the resident Magical Society) after a few "altercations" between them that proved him in their eyes to be much more of a threat to humankind's existence as a whole than the mere vampire lord that the uninitiated would assume him to be. He's more or less the Vampire Monarch, BTW.

A reference to Nidhoggr, eh? I'll keep that one in mind.

edited 9th Apr '13 10:23:22 AM by MarqFJA

...so just to be sure, is this for some sort of Nasuverse fan work?

No, but the Dracula character in particular and the vampire race to a lesser extent draw upon Nasuverse's two main vampiric species (Dead Apostles and True Ancestors) for some inspiration.

Hm. For some reason my mind keeps going along the lines of the Wyrm of Vermillion Streams.

... Eureka! "Wyrm of Scarlet^* The Biblical seven-headed Beast is described as scarlet-colored, and its rider, the Whore of Babylon, is described as dressed in scarlet and purple. Perdition"! And on a related note, I've been bestricken with the title of "Serpent of Abyssal Chaos".

Thanks for the help!

edited 9th Apr '13 1:58:40 PM by MarqFJA

What's a good name for a mercenar...uh...private security company based in modern day / Next Sunday A.D. Ireland. No policy for what countries it hires its soldie...uh...security specialists from.

edited 9th Apr '13 10:52:56 PM by Eagal

Combat Service? Sorry, maybe someone can come up with something better.

Anyway, I'll also be needing a name for an experimental project that involves giving a super Adaptive Ability to a person. You know, something that sounds cool and doesn't demand Unfortunate Implications. :P

edited 14th Apr '13 4:48:17 AM by PsychoFreaX

Project Assimilate or Project Remix?

Depends; is the project leader a Borg or a DJ?

He's a Mad Scientist. Quite an evil one too. XD

Mainly I want the project name to work with a line I have at the end of a chapter when he releases the subject on a main character.

Something along the lines of... "Experimental project (insert name here). The aim, to test our manufacturing of a reactive adaptation ability. The hypothesis, the intruder will be utterly slaughtered!"

edited 16th Apr '13 7:59:22 PM by PsychoFreaX

Project Proteus, Project Amorphous

Project Galapogas?

Project Prophylaxis? Doesn't quite mean what you want, but...

x8(mercenary company) Something with 'black' in it? It's a reference to their lack of national colors(as in flag colors), to Blackwater and to the real-life Black Company.

I need a name for one of the humanoid species in my book. They are reptilian and have an aptitude for magic. I really need a better name than my other one. Or if you know any mythical creatures that might fit the bills.

@Eagal - How about something really mundane, like say, North Security?

What about the Irish Private Army?

Or would that be too unsubtle?

The Telchines were more ichthyan, but otherwise they're similar (and they need more love anyway). There aren't really a lot of reptilian races in mythology... this might be helpful, though.

In the interest of Calling Your Attacks, what to call a move that ignites concentrated pockets of oxygen to create an explosion, Roy Mustang a la mode? Alliteration preferred. I was thinkin' something like Stellar Salvo.

Thermometric might be a good word to have in there (since that's basically what such an explosion is).

I should point out that oxygen on its own can't burn....

edited 19th Apr '13 7:51:31 AM by Bisected8