Name Association Game

Aodfionn

With the fantasy genre rife with archetypes and tropes, I'm kind of curious to see what names pop into folks' heads for some of the standard roles. For an Achaean twist, I've added a few specific to the game. My answers in italics. 



Who do you think of when you imagine...


The honorable knight: 

Aerek. Maybe Anedhel, if he'd cut his hair. 

The wise old wizard? 

Havyn. 

The healer/cleric? 

Halos.

The unwilling hero?

Antidas. 

The cunning villain?

Taraus. Amunet. Kaevan. 

The rogue wanderer?

Skye.

The merchant?

Shayde. Or Kaiu. 

The bookish scholar?

Torinn/Elipise. Nerds.

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

Tesha will get you murdered and keep you optimistic all at once.

The mage driven mad by power?

Hi, Aegoth.

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

I play in Targ, idk what a bard is

The feistiest dwarf?

Antidas

The gentlest giant?

Greys because he refuses to ever not be in dragonform

The crazed barbarian?

Austere

The noble thief?

Antidas because he's the only thief I can think of. 

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

Havyn acts like a damn classy lady. 

The common peasant?

Jinsun. Or Tibitha, because she's a farmgirl. 

The scariest Divine?

Aurora because she will murder me and Artemis because I live in constant threat of earthquakes IRL.

The most eligible Undead bachelor?

Ugrach? Moar like Ooo-grach!

Sarathai

Aodfionn said:

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

Tesha will get you murdered and keep you optimistic all at once.

The mage driven mad by power?

Hi, Aegoth.

I feel like "Aegoth" is the answer to both of these.

Shayde

The honorable knight: 

Verrucht

The wise old wizard? 

Carmain

The healer/cleric? 

Elipise

The unwilling hero?

Karren

The cunning villain?

Jinsun

The rogue wanderer?

Rip

The merchant?

Madelyne

The bookish scholar?

Herenicus

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

Gawi

The mage driven mad by power?

Aegoth.

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

Not a bard, but Laytron breaks out in song every hour.

The feistiest dwarf?

Laytron

The gentlest giant?

Carmain

The crazed barbarian?

Jinsun

The noble thief?

I know too many thieves. I'll say Xuaco with how much he has stolen.

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

Aodfionn

The common peasant?

Juree. He does not carry anything of value on him when I rummage through his inventory/packs.

The scariest Divine?

N/A

The most eligible Undead?

Belladona

Added: Rich Bastard

Zulah

Kez

I answered from long ago. Anyone for some sentimental crap? I think only two of these people still log in.

The honorable knight: 
Meahnem

The wise old wizard? 
Eamon

The healer/cleric? 
Carmell

The unwilling hero?
Garth 

The cunning villain?
Bood 

The rogue wanderer?
Ozfingwe

The merchant?
Keturah

The bookish scholar?
Mulkerrin

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?
Rocktamer

The mage driven mad by power?
Coran

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?
Ralph

The feistiest dwarf?
Molotov

The gentlest giant?
Das

The crazed barbarian?
Jarik

The noble thief?
Silvaria 

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?
Cree 

The common peasant?
?

The scariest Divine?
Pandora

The most eligible Undead bachelor?
Zsarachnor

Aerek

The honorable knight: 
Metzger, the Iron Lion.

The wise old wizard? 
Zhuge was never a wizard, but I always took notes when he spoke.

The healer/cleric? 
Elowin

The unwilling hero?
Kenway

The cunning villain?
Lorielan. Flair. Rho. Tenebrus. Honorable mention, Melodie.

The rogue wanderer?
Taril

The merchant?
Trey

The bookish scholar?
Aikou. Orklanishkal and Vayne come to mind, but I never really met them in person.

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?
Santar

The mage driven mad by power?
Aegoth

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?
Griffel, mostly just laughing. 

The gentlest giant?
Gnaash

The crazed barbarian?
Rangor

The noble thief?
Tenebrus

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?
Beneficia

The scariest Divine?
Babel, officially, but as soon as Lorielan reads that she's not top pick, I'm sure she'll rectify that.

The most eligible Undead bachelor?
Kemnast. Every girl loves a man in uniform.

Kresslack

The honorable knight: 

Tirac

The wise old wizard? 

Erhon

The healer/cleric? 

Melodie (pre-Mhaldor)

The unwilling hero?

Eril

The cunning villain?

Taraus

The rogue wanderer?

Khairt

The merchant?

Magnar

The bookish scholar?

Amunet

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

Ovid

The mage driven mad by power?

Dowager Montagenet

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

(IDK)

The feistiest dwarf?

Faur

The gentlest giant?

(IDK)

The crazed barbarian?

Rangor

The noble thief?

Zulah

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

Czanthria

The common peasant?

Lukan

The scariest Divine?

Sarapis when he's drunk

The most eligible Undead bachelor?

Slith

The Old, forgotten knight?

Vexlore

Jurixe

The honorable knight: 

Tirac (This might be subject to some debate as I never had to fight Tirac. His character mannerisms, to me, were always of a perfect gentleman, but his opponents may not agree. Having said that, he was still the first one to spring to mind, with Trey a close second.)

The wise old wizard? 

Hycanthus, or perhaps Beneficia. Most mage characters I've interacted with either only qualify for either old or wizard.

The healer/cleric? 

Liliana, just because she would bless everyone in sight if she could.

The unwilling hero?

I feel like Parni best fits this category given what transpired. Don't know any adventurers that really would fit this.

The cunning villain?

Sabiru is my first choice, but only because I'm biased and I never really was part of any actual villainous planning besides raids. If I'm honest, Tvistor fits this category in style and execution to a T. 

The rogue wanderer?

I don't know if he's in a city now, but Beya comes to mind. I liked how he would visit each city equally and spend time with them, that was the closest thing that I ever encountered to the travelling bard archetype. My character disdained him for his profession, but I respected him as a player.

The merchant?

Trey is the epitome of a great merchant for me, seems like there's no deal he can't work in his favour, and that's a combination of dumb luck, great cunning, an opportunistic eye and pure stubbornness in the face of unfavourable gambling odds.

The bookish scholar?

Beneficia, probably because she was obsessed over libraries and recording ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. 

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

I can't believe no one has said Cain yet; he was the original, though Aegoth's certainly taken up the mantle. Then again, he would also blow himself up for no reason sometimes, so.

The mage driven mad by power?

Mage Cain is also who jumps to mind first for me.

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

Probably Lyaeus. Adventurer bards...never met one yet. Well, maybe Tancred Lasalle, if he was a Bard. 'Final Resting of Travian Shea' is still one of my favourite Achaean works.

The feistiest dwarf?

Faur is the only one that I really associate with any kind of Dwarf roleplay. I generally dislike Dwarves - no real reason, just don't like them for whatever reason.

The gentlest giant?

Silvarien, probably. Soooooooooooo many artefacts but wouldn't hurt a fly with them.

The crazed barbarian?

I'm kinda stuck on this one. I want to say Cain again but Cain is on everything remotely 'crazy' here. OH - Bain! Their names even rhyme, it must be a name thing. But yeah his public posts were gold.

The noble thief?

It's difficult to say. Probably Tvistor, back when he stole. Otherwise, I think it depended on the day of the week - once Jarrel actually gave me back half of 600k after I told him it was for a license, but then got very angry at me and said he should have kept the gold cos I got him killed on his second incursion, so I don't really think that counts.

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

Kaevan was always the epitome of nobility for me. So many people tried to emulate his aristocratic air, but only Kaevan really made it feel genuine - mostly because he's like that in real life as well haha. Otherwise, probably one of the many Cyrenian lords and ladies, mainly because it's easy to RP a noble in Cyrene.

The common peasant?

Anyone who isn't CR3 and above or in an aligned city is more or less a peasant to Jurixe. Haha I kid. (mostly) No one really springs to mind, but by definition this person would be extremely ordinary, so wouldn't have caught my notice.

The scariest Divine?

Sartan. You never know whether he'll approve of what you do or not, particularly when you're not a combat-type.

The most eligible Undead bachelor?

I really never looked at the descriptions for the undead (mainly because I don't go to the UW) but I guess Zsarachnor?

The old, forgotten knight?

I want to say August just because that sounds like an awesome name for a knight. Maybe Kaelin or more recently, Batista. Out of Mhaldor, maybe Shiro or Metzger. Aaseth? Hesa? Can't remember any more.

Jinsun

The honorable knight: 

Antonius

The wise old wizard? 

Ezekial

The healer/cleric? 

Farrah, because I unno?

The unwilling hero?

Seragorn? We drag him out a lot when he's busy.

The cunning villain?

Melodie? Probably had the only cool villain that I know of that wasn't just her being douchey.

The rogue wanderer?

Skye?

The merchant?

Laytron

The bookish scholar?

Juniko, Lianca, Sybilla

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

Jhui, Dalran, any occultists in a raybomb

The mage driven mad by power?

Cain

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

People bard?

The feistiest dwarf?

Tordahl

The gentlest giant?

Jhui or Seragorn

The crazed barbarian?

Proficy, your the right choice.

The noble thief?

No such thing. This mechanic rips off people so hard that anyone who claims to be "noble" about it is flat-out lying, don't care how you RP it.

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

We don't have those in Ashtan

The common peasant?

Shirszae

The scariest Divine?

Babel

The most eligible Undead bachelor?

Slith

The old, forgotten knight?

That poor guy that used to guard Shallam

Kresslack

I wish I'd have given long form answers for mine. Now the edit button is gone. 

Melodie

Jinsun said:

The honorable knight: 

Aerek and/or Metzger will always be the shining examples that come to mind, though honourable mention to Tirac.

The wise old wizard? 

I can't really think of any characters who fit this, which is so weird considering how common of a trope it is. Will just have to give it to Hycanthus as well!

The healer/cleric? 

Contest between Elowen and Halos, for two very different reasons.

The unwilling hero?

Ellodin. The perfectly capable guy of handling things but is generally preferring not to step up. But he's the hero we need.

The cunning villain?

Saeva. You wouldn't think it, but she is capable of great and terrible things.

The rogue wanderer?

Skye hands down.

The merchant?

Trey, though honourable mention to Proficy for sure.

The bookish scholar?

Selira. Could always go to her for information about just about anything, when she was active.

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

Aegoth. Never give him reason to holocaust unless you're prepared for this.

The mage driven mad by power?

Also Aegoth.

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

Griffel, an old throw-back. Most famous for his wahmbulance.

The feistiest dwarf?

Tinathia! Very calm in general but manage to do the terrible thing and daaaamn.

The gentlest giant?

Gnaash, bless his heart.

The crazed barbarian?

Aodfionn, for particular reasons others might not know about.

The noble thief?

Tenebrus, always and forever.

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

Cree, who Mel always tried so hard to model herself after.

The common peasant?

Wilbur. Always Wilbur.

The scariest Divine?

Sartan, for very obvious reasons, but also because there just remains so many goddamn unknowns.

The most eligible Undead bachelor?

Kemnast for sure. Would walk arm in arm with him.

The old, forgotten knight?

That C-guy who wanders around Eleusis. Never remember his name.

Melodie

Ehh crap, messed up that quote a bit. That's what I said, not what Jinsun said!

Jurixe

That C-name person is Cirdan and is actually who I was trying to remember for the scholar part!

Nicola

Hycanthus cannot be anyone's wise old wizard, he's Achaea's version of Rincewind!

Melodie

Then I substitute in @Makarios as my choice because why not.

Nicola

Old forgotten knight wandering Eleusis is Cwincan, Cirdan is Cyrenian.

Krypton

He doesn't wander anymore on account that he's Eleusis's spark keeper now.

Jurixe

Nicola said:

Old forgotten knight wandering Eleusis is Cwincan, Cirdan is Cyrenian.

Oh I read C-name and got so excited on remembering Cirdan that I didn't even read the second part of the sentence. My bad!

Magnar

The honorable knight: 

Kasa

The wise old wizard? 

Jukilian

The healer/cleric? 

No idea

The unwilling hero?

Rino - For selling his primes unwillingly to me but it still makes him my hero.

The cunning villain?

No idea

The rogue wanderer?

Well, she is not a rogue somehow this reminds me Bambi. I don't know why.

The merchant?

Seragorn

The bookish scholar?

Rasui

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?
-

The mage driven mad by power?

-

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

He is not a bard but i think it's Laytron. It makes me cry because his voice is not that good

The feistiest dwarf?

No idea

The gentlest giant?

No idea

The crazed barbarian?

-

The noble thief?

-

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

Czanthria, I didn't speak much her but I really love her.

The common peasant?

Me. I am in Hashan about 48 years, I didn't even get a single cityfavour yet

The scariest Divine?

I don't know much about divines yet.

The most eligible Undead bachelor?

-

The Old, forgotten knight?

I can't recall his name now. It seems he is really forgotten.

Anedhel

Before I do the thing... @Aodfionn, why you rag on Annie's hair? S'so pretty  

Okay, moving on!

The honorable knight: 

Shallamese Ellodin. 

The wise old wizard? 

Aodfionn, but less Obi-Wan and more Zeddicus. 

The healer/cleric? 

Lianice.

The unwilling hero?

Azelhu, always thinking she's too small to beat people up. I miss Azelhu  

The cunning villain?

Tanris and friends. 

The rogue wanderer?

Skye.

The merchant?

Iron Chef Skye! . 

The bookish scholar?

Lachlan, what a nerd .

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

Tesha. Hands down.

The mage driven mad by power?

Mithridates, if he'd played like, two more days.

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

Aelios, he so terribad at singing.

The feistiest dwarf?

Antidas.

The gentlest giant?

Talarna.

The crazed barbarian?

Rangor!

The noble thief?

Don't know no thieves  

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

Aldair. She so fancy  

The common peasant?

Tibitha, for sure. 

The scariest Divine?

Aurora. Ain't no one scarier than a grand lady you wanna impress.

The most eligible Undead bachelor?

Asztrik purdy. 

Boosteya

I'm answering OOCly, before anyone starts. And I've not played in like a month, so names aren't leaping into my memory. Here's my list of Super Tropers:

The honorable knight: 

@Gaillardia

The wise old wizard? 

@Flair

The healer/cleric? 

@Quoren

The unwilling hero?

@Cooper, before he went back to Mhaldor.

The cunning villain?

@Amunet.

The rogue wanderer?

@Nessy

The merchant?

@Tiamat.

The bookish scholar?

@Mindry, for a brief while. If books were not her all, she was better at convincing me they were than anyone else in Achaea, ever.

The guy who blows up your party for no reason?

@Bonko

The mage driven mad by power?

...Hmm, I dunno. Maybe @Aegoth? Fuzzy memories say he's a pale shadow of one who came before, but I can't recall that guy's name.

The bard who can make you laugh and cry in a single song?

@Micaelis. He will never again recite 'Travian Shea,' but he did it very theatrically when he did it. I had a log, but not anymore.

The feistiest dwarf?

Faur!

The gentlest giant?

Greys.

The crazed barbarian?

...The best example of this in my mind, wasn't Achaean. He was in MKO.

The noble thief?

@Xuaco.

The Lord or Lady of noble birth?

@Xuaco. :P

The common peasant?

@Talapia

The scariest Divine?

@Sarapis. I've seen Him end MKO. Clearly, He is secretly Babel. He still owes me a chess game.

The most eligible Undead bachelor?

...Didn't some of the old Maldaathi used to RP that they were undead? And some oldschool Apostates? Caps because I mean guilds.

The old, forgotten knight?

I forgot his name, but he designed Mhaldor's sewers.

Boosteya

Because I can't edit my last post:

The old, forgotten knight?

@Khoraji!