Talk:Varlamore
Name origins
[edit source]As aspects of GentleTractor's legendary reddit post are making it into the game in the near future, he has been kind enough to divulge the origins of their names to me; below was his answer verbatim:
Varlamore
[edit source]Varlamore is the one word that I kind of constructed out of base word sounds, rather than having a word that means something. Basically went through and listed out each of the major kingdom & region names and tried to pick out the most "RuneScapey" qualities of them to find a kingdom name that fit. Ended up settling on a 3 syllable word, decided to start with V, as its a less common letter and there weren't any significant kingdoms/regions starting with that letter - only notable place being the city Varrock, which I though might be nice to take the first syllable of for a subtle bit of familiarity. Then just added extra bits to it 'til something sounded nice, so got to Varla that way. Then it needed a little "more" to bump it into 3 syllables and, hey, there ya go, Varlamore.
Auburnvale
[edit source]Really simple one, I really like Autumn. đ And wanted to see what an autumnal themed location in game would look like. So just picked a word that kind of worked for a nod to Autumn & the associated brown-orange colour pallet, so Auburn, then adding another suffix to make it sound more medieval-fantasy. Wasn't really 'til this final Varlamore map concept though that it kind of grew into its name as I could finally put it in a proper little valley (i.e. vale).
Avium Savannah
[edit source]For the OG map, I wanted to put Civitas into a unique biome that had a bit of a Kharidian desert vibe (in terms of feeling a bit hostile & open), so once again I started by looking at what biome types we hadn't explored in game, and settled on a vast savannah type. Knowing Civitas had some Latin routes to it, I figured it made sense to try and contiue the trend the Jmods had for that by picking a Latin name for the savannah. Searched a number of different terms to do with vastness, emptyness, loneliness, wastelands, etc. Ended up with the word ÄvÄum, which I then anglicised by removing the diacritics/accents to simply "Avium".
Supposedly, it means:
- Pathless region, wild waste, wilderness, desert
- Lonely or solitary places
That's purely me trusting some random online latin dictionary though.
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SpineTalk
03:04, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
Feedback (Sun, 08 Sep 2024 14:45:28 GMT)
[edit source]- This is the very thing I tried first on release and it did not work. Even now, it gives the message You can't use the fairy ring to go there until you have visited Varlamore. -- SpineTalk 14:58, 8 September 2024 (UTC)