Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) I haven't made a topic since... can't remember... I'm not making this topic for fun or spam, but this is just my theory. Where did the Spiderweb game names come from? Exile: Obviously, people who were misfits are exiled into the underworld. Geneforge: Dunno, maybe because the Geneforge pool forged magic into people's genes? Avernum: From Lake Avernus in Italy. Avadon: In Hebrew, Abaddon means the "Destroyer". Nethergate: ??? ----- -Nightwatcher Edited October 27, 2013 by Revan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Avadon was made up so it wouldn't have trademark conflicts with an existing brand. I thought it was a variation of Avalon. Nethergate refers to a gate, entrance, to the Netherworld, a lower plane of existence in this case the one of death and magic. There are probably other explanations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Geneforge centers on the titular artifacts, which remake people (at a genetic level, in a magical way) and is all about making new creatures. Lake Avernus is the entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology, so it fits. Abaddon has an etymology with death and destruction in it from Hebrew. I'm not sure what could possibly get you banned. It doesn't fit with Avadon, though. I think Jeff just liked the sound of it and didn't think through the fact that it's too similar to Avernum. It makes our letter-number abbreviations harder! —Alorael, who also still cringes at "Lynaeus" every time he reads it and starts picturing phylogenies and Latin naming. Triumph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Ceiling Durkheim Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Doesn't the nether gate refer to the portal Sylak created to allow the sidhe and other magical beasties to leave the world? I thought the game mentioned that connection a couple times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 But it also refers to the village of Nethergate. It's unclear why it has that name. I can only assume from its proximity to the portal to Annwn. —Alorael, who sees all kinds of gates to all different nethers in the area. It is, perhaps, a nether region. Ceiling Durkheim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I saw the entirety of Shadowvale (or Shadow Valley, as the Romans call it) as something of a gateway, metaphorically speaking, to the sidhe, to magic, etc. But ultimately I always assumed the titular gate was the portal Sylak created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 But it also refers to the village of Nethergate. It's unclear why it has that name. I can only assume from its proximity to the portal to Annwn. It's also situated at the entrance to a valley, which is a low land in a rather more literal sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt MMXPERT-seraph of thermodynamics Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 ever wanted avernum and avadon to fuse? http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Xaiya Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 ever wanted avernum and avadon to fuse? No. Anyways, I remember Jeff commenting on where he came up with the name Avernum, but I can't for the life of me remember where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 He's said it's from Avernus, the gateway to the underworld, associated with the actual lake in Italy. Avernus is the nominative case and Avernum is the accusative. —Alorael, who is pretty sure Jeff gave just that reason. He could be wrong, though. That etymology has been brought up on the forums without Jeff so much that it could have driven out the real, secret history of the naming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 He's said it's from Avernus, the gateway to the underworld, associated with the actual lake in Italy. Avernus is the nominative case and Avernum is the accusative. —Alorael, who is pretty sure Jeff gave just that reason. He could be wrong, though. That etymology has been brought up on the forums without Jeff so much that it could have driven out the real, secret history of the naming. he totes did give that reason, i'm pretty sure it's even in the avernum 1 readme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 He's said it's from Avernus, the gateway to the underworld, associated with the actual lake in Italy. Avernus is the nominative case and Avernum is the accusative. —Alorael, who is pretty sure Jeff gave just that reason. He could be wrong, though. That etymology has been brought up on the forums without Jeff so much that it could have driven out the real, secret history of the naming. It's stated right up front in A1 that Avernum was a name for the underworld, so Jeff was obviously aware of the etymology when he chose the name. ever wanted avernum and avadon to fuse? Genevernum! (Dikiyoba felt the sudden need to inflict that on the newest generation of Spiderwebbers, sorry.) Triumph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Hahahahaha! I'm not new, I don't think, but I've never seen that before. I want muppet vlish!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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