The etymology of my moniker... well, it's the main character in my favorite Tolkien Tragedy: The Tale of the Children of Hurin. Most people already know that. If not:
http://www.lotrlibrary.com/racesofarda/turin.asp
The name Turin means "he who desires mastery" and Turambar means roughly "master of fate." So the name seemed to fit well into the Grand Lord/take-over-the-universe thing.
My avatar is a Common Mode transcription of the name in tengwar letters. I pasted it into MS Paint and put some color behind it, then had DEG do his magical frame/lightsource thingy to it.
My Empire's name, Aa' Turam, is just a play on the roots of the Sindarin, as is the name of its citizens; the Tura'amni.
In Eru's Name, MayYourSunsShineForever
Turin Turambar
Grand Lord of the Tura'amni
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Aa Turam Empire
Geekdom is eternal... you will be assimilated... resistance is futile.
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'We, the weird, chasing the pointless, for no reason at all, have been finding out things that have no effect on anything important for at least a couple days and are now qualified to chase our tails to the merriment of all watching.'-Narf et al
"Of course, you don't want to be going about handing out immortality willy-nilly, that just wouldn't be responsible." -O'Shea