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Original names?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:48 am
by voodooKobra
I know that, in the game, one of the long-standing traditions is to add or remove letters from your name.

Jeruh -> Rhue
Sorya -> Rosa
Kava -> Kavax

So, I'm wondering what some of the other character's names were at one point. For example:

Phalax <- Alpha?
Exmus <- Muse?

Re: Original names?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:58 pm
by Requiem
Not sure about any speculation, but there's the Chasta -> Scatha name change that you didn't mention.
No adding or removing there, just a rearrangement.

Re: Original names?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:11 pm
by EmperorJeramyu
Here's the bit of dialog from E6 for anyone who missed it:

SORYA: Relax dear, all I did was
drop the 'Y' from my name and mix
the letters up to form "Rosa".

SORYA: It's quite a common
practice really.

SORYA: Symbolically speaking,
dropping a letter from one's name
represents the release of an old
outlook, attitude, or sin.

SORYA: In the same manner adding
an additional letter would symbolize
a new addition to one's self.

SORYA: Some don't drop any
letters, they just rearrange
the letters. I don't know
what that symbolizes though.

Rhue: That's all very interesting...
So should I address you as Sorya
or Rosa?

SORYA: Isn't it obvious, dear? I
use the name Rosa only for Arena
purposes.

SORYA: It seemed fitting to drop a
letter because I was hiding my outer
appearance in that purple garb.

Re: Original names?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:36 am
by Angel_OA
So Jeruh to Rhue represented the end of Midian's bloodthirst then I take it? That's the general impression he gives in DE.

Re: Original names?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:25 pm
by Requiem
Angel_OA wrote:So Jeruh to Rhue represented the end of Midian's bloodthirst then I take it? That's the general impression he gives in DE.


Not quite. The real Jeruh starts calling himself Rhue after he murders Serena and starts his deluded quest to find her.

Dropping the letter from his name symbolizes leaving behind the sins he committed in the Landorin massacre.

Re: Original names?

PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 1:49 pm
by voodooKobra
I wonder what other names were remixed.

Re: Original names?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:26 pm
by Kcrazy
Just for fun I tried scrambling Midians name and got Damian.

EDIT: Nevermind I'm retarded.