I'm going out on a limb here… Dear @TheEdVerse, I'm looking to name my BBEG something dark/shadow related without being an obvious rip of Wheel of Time or similar existing properties (formerly "Dark One"). Something short, to the point, and derived from Elvish. Any suggestions? https://t.co/WrC2lOk6tg
— David Flor 🇺🇦 (@BrainClouds) November 28, 2021
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Well, in the Elvish of the Forgotten Realms, nevae is both “dark” and “shadow” (and this word is commonly abbreviated in everyday speech to n’vae).
“Darkness” is ormaur, and “dark and eerie” is oumrae. 2)
Dusk lighting and a sooty or shadowed appearance is imbur.
And if you want to say or allude to drow, there are other words, in Elvish and in the tongue of the drow.
For instance, elves disparagingly call drow and the dark elves…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 28, 2021
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…of Ilythiir dhaerow, and this term can be translated as “face of shadow” or “heart of night” or “traitor” or worse.
Drow call shadows “veldrin” and natural darkness or total magical darkness are “oloth.”
As a name, any of these words could have modified endings.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 28, 2021