Oh my goodness this brings back memories of what may possibly the greatest mmorpg to ever grace the computer screen. I've been playing since mid 2000 and to this day I have yet to quit though I have been recently playing on free shards. Speaking of which I'm working on a server of my own, complete with a custom map and everything from the equipment to monsters is being redone. Its basically what Age of Shadows should have been. No artifacts, no abusing magic items, gold will be more limited than before, no legendary skills, guards that can actually be killed, plus many more. I've been working for around 2 years now and I still have a lot to work on. Basically I just work on it on my spare time so things are rather slow for the time being.
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This is really quite something. I love that you've included these subtle touches to indicate it's ancient age. In particular the tones you've used to indicate a fading of the ink over time as well as the crosshatching from a woodcut or other printing method. It all ties together very nicely.
Why is it a peeve? I love to use real-world names, especially obscure, ancient names. Lends a sort of depth to a fantasy world you wouldn't get by making up names, unless you go all Tolkien and make up a whole language.
I don't like it when names from our world are used in fantasy because it just doesn't feel believable. Why would people and places in a different world have names that have meanings in languages of our own world? That's why, as a matter of fact, for my own world I am going all Tolkien and inventing a whole bunch of languages so I can make names and mysterious foreign inscriptions...
I mean really old names. Not obvious names. I'm not going to call a place "Germany" or something, I'm going to call it something that sounds german but still has some sort of meaning. Like I have an area that is mostly plains and small forests the I call "Ostenmark". "Osten" is german for eastern (maybe? I think so, but I'll have to check) or east or something, and "mark" is a word that means "plain" or "land" in Scandinavian languages (or something along those lines). I kinda rely on Google Translate, which is not the best translator. This name is used by other peoples, mostly not the inhabitants, so there are other names. And when you use names that have some sort of meaning in our world, it gives a sense of familiarity to a fantasy world. That's why I dislike some worlds, because everything is too foreign and, well, fantastical. So you're languages should sound just a little like something you'd actually find if you want it to seem ealistic and believable.
Well yeah, I guess. I suppose Tolkien's use of Old Norse for Dale and Old English for Rohan is compatible with what you're talking about. However "Britannia" is no more obscure than "Germany"...
I know that. Britannia is fairly obvious, and Germany was just my example of something that would be blatantly ripped off. And yes, Tolkien's use of languages like that what I'm talking about, taking words from languages no one speaks any more but would still seem like it belongs to that race/area/person/whatever. Tolkien even used Old High German for his orcs. He just changed "ork" to "orc". "Ork" being the equivalent of "ogre" or something like that. And I don't use "Britannia" in my world, either. I use pretty much the oldest names for a region I can find. Like the people in certain regions have the latinized names of Gallic and Celtic peoples that I change a little, adding a little to the end of the name or the beginning.
That's a real loaded question, man. There's a long amount of back story pertaining to the main Ultima series (1-7), but the generalized answer is because the ruler is named Lord British and it's named after him/.
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Wis Quas Lor: Knowledge of light
Sanct Ex Mani: Protector of freedom and life
Rel Sanct: Great wealth
And the translation of the big banner on top is:
Vas Uus Sanct: Creator of great protection
And when you use names that have some sort of meaning in our world, it gives a sense of familiarity to a fantasy world. That's why I dislike some worlds, because everything is too foreign and, well, fantastical. So you're languages should sound just a little like something you'd actually find if you want it to seem ealistic and believable.
However "Britannia" is no more obscure than "Germany"...
And I don't use "Britannia" in my world, either. I use pretty much the oldest names for a region I can find. Like the people in certain regions have the latinized names of Gallic and Celtic peoples that I change a little, adding a little to the end of the name or the beginning.