Nation names ??
 

Do anyone know where the nation names come from in Dominions 2 ??
I know the R'lyeh is Cthulu's city name.
I have information about Jotunheim, Vanheim and Atlantis.
But the others ?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Oops that was a mistake on my part. My Pin Yin must be getting really rusty http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

I agree with you that a general named "Lui Bei" serving under me sure feels funny. Since Dominions mostly takes other nations from Celtic/Norse/Aztec/etc myths, I think it would have been better if IW used actual figures from Chinese mythology with correct Pin Yin names instead of "vaguely Chinese" ones.

Hmm... you know, we could always make a mod to do exactly that http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">AFAIR, many names in Dominions I came in response to this request:
http://www.google.ca/Groups?hl=en&lr...ewsc.telia.net

I guess Dom II inherited those names, but Tien Chi was added in Dom2, so if you have good Chinese and Pin Yin, Illwinter may welcome added/corrected list of names for Tien Chi.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Actually, there is a spell 'Warriors of Muuspelheim', gives fire resistance to your army IIRC. Still, it does sound like a good idea for a mod.

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let me expand on Ulm (founded in 854) a bit. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Ulm is the place of the tallest church in the world, the Ulmer Münster, 161.53m tall, built in 1377-1890.
the stair to the top of the tower has 753 steps, and the Münster offers room for 20000 people.

here a few pictures:
http://www.ulmer-muenster.de/portal/indmueg.jpg
and from across the Danube:
http://www.ulmer-muenster.de/portal/muentot2.gif

of course, Ulm is also the home of A. Einstein, and this year is "Einstein year", celebrating his 125th birthday.

if you don't know Einstein:
http://www.8ung.at/liquid1/clipart/bw/einstein.jpg


by the way, Ulmians, and the whole region (Schwaben) are usually accused of being stingy. there's a German joke "Schotten sind des Landes wegen Verschwendungssucht verwiesene Schwaben" but don't ask me to translate it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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I'm still waiting for an explanation of Arcoscephale. That seems to be a tough one.

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bow-headed.

no, seriously.

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Disclaimer: Of course I know that all nations in Dominions 2 are fiction/fantasy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Man: Norman maybe. The description (conquered a kingdom/strict (feudalism) fits pretty well and the knight unit has a norman shield and IIRC even chain mail armor like the knights on the Bayeux tapestry.

Ermor: Rome. The names and descritptions of the legionary units in Broken Empire and their position on the battlefield are correct. But Soul Gate got it wrong: Tribunes, Senators and Consuln weren't religious leaders.

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Arkos and Cephale both stem from Greek. The latter refers to the head or mind, the former to leader or chief. At least that's what some Googling suggests.

Edit: As for Man, well, there's actually an Isle of Man, which IIRC has some Celtic heritage and related legends.

[ March 12, 2004, 18:31: Message edited by: Taqwus ]

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"Arcos" means arc, or arch is essence, (ie. like a bow (same general idea)). Of course, "arch" can mean leader (as in "arch-druid"), but I wasn't joking about "bow-headed"

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well, OK, "bow" is usually something like "toxou" in greek (mounted archers were the toxotes), but the point still holds...

really, though, linking the "arcos" to the "arch of the sky" or some such is probably a good bet; thus mixing it up semantically w/ Apollo/Apollonian...