Chaotic Names
Where do they come from?
An odd question I know but where do the Chaotic names come from?
I ask because my background is in Ancient Civilizations (especially Greeks and Romans, which is what I did my degree in) and usually I can recognize the ‘root’ or inspiration for a name, but I am struggling with those of the Chaotic characters and Chaotic creatures.
Some are recognizable, some look like they are done with branding in mind, but in the main the inspiration for the Chaotic names escapes me entirely.
Of course I am not talking about the TV characters such as Major Tom here, they are easily recognizable as westernised names mixed used for branding purposes and to align the Chaotic line with the Chaotic online game. No what I am talking about is the names of the Chaotic creatures, those mighty warriors that they ’scan’ on the Chaotic TV show, and that we use our Chaotic cards to represent in our games, both online and the physical TCG.
Other Companies
To be honest I can’t always get it. Take Pokemon for example, I am a huge fan of that but I will never (or at least its highly unlikely that I will ever) understand the Japanese language and word structure and so I don’t ‘get’ their naming systems. But other systems are easier.
Games workshop, both Warhammer and Warhammer 40k, are games I am a fan of (especially their background) and it is usually easy to find the root, or at least the inspiration, for the names of their characters, races etc. They are easy to place because the imagery they use is easy to pinpoint and then the names are easy to take from the culture that the imagery comes from (e.g. ‘The eye of Horus’ and the name Horus have strong mythological roots).
But the names of the Chaotic creatures escape me, I just can’t work out where their root comes from at all. I know it is geeky, and not of interest to many Chaotic players, but it is something that intrigues me.
So if you have any insight about the Chaotic names please do leave a message in the comments, if not nip over to the Chaotic Forum here at Chaotic Masters to start chatting about all things Chaotic.
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