Worldbuilding - Name That Town!

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Okay, so the Role-playing Thread was getting a little cluttered and I didn't want to overwhelm anyone with my verbosity so . . .

What's the name of our town? I've been calling it Testam but I think that's a stupid name. Are there any other suggestions?

How about Goscite? (Old English for ghost-city) What think ye all?

I like "Goscite" for the town name... I 'hear' it as 'Gossit'...it almost sounds like a mineral, and very Olde English...
Dan, I like your map, how about putting a range of high, misty mountains on the east (so I guess the castle would be on a foothill as the terrain ascends) and a couple miles of rolling green hills on the west, the river winding through them to the sea- a proper harbor there, of course...who says we can't have it all?

Denis wrote:I'm thinkin...Arby's--erm, Mountain, sounds cool, then there can be scaling the mountain scenes, and a battle where they charge into the valley.

Ok, you TOTALLY ripped that off of Lord of the Rings or Ranger's Apprentice.

Dan wrote:

Angie wrote:Other than that, it is just blabbering and musing over the possible economics of the town and stuff.

Blabbidy bleebidy blop. Okay, it was a cool mental picture in my head.

And when she said that, I was thinking: oh my gosh I'm SO glad I wasn't there because my brain does not comprehend politics/economics. It will sizzle and fry ( with a cherry on top) if you try to even explain what they are to me. *gasp* I do believe I will be taking a class like that next year... oh well. just one more year.

@Denis: I love Red vs. Blue! Only seen it three times.

Awww... mountain's win??
we could do half and half...
So, the town's name is indeed Gossit-ay?
just confused, I keep seeing different results

Summary:
The town is in the mountains and the name of it is Gosite and you pronounce it however you want. We still have the ghostly-artifact-harvesting as their main industry but there is some fishing that goes on and the town is mostly self-sufficient and secluded. Amirite? Also, there is no mining, since we decided all the silver is really deep in Cair Castle's basement.

RT: Is Cair the name of the mage, then?

Yes, I had actually thought of that as I wrote the summary... Cair Something... like pick an Olde English name
or it could be just Cair

I just did a digital equivalent of closing my eyes and poking my finger into an open book and came up with Granville. We could say that's his first name and just use Cair most/all of the time.

Sarah wrote:@Denis: I love Red vs. Blue! Only seen it three times.

What's Red vs. Blue?

I think we should have an Arby's in Goscite, just for randomness' sake.

Angie wrote:

Sarah wrote:@Denis: I love Red vs. Blue! Only seen it three times.

What's Red vs. Blue?

A really lame, stupid TV show made inside the Halo game. (Like, literally, all the characters are Spartan).

I like the Arby's idea, we'll have it in a special inter-genre portal right next to the stacks of cans.

too much sarcasm

What's too much sarcasm? I've never heard of it!

Now that we're talking about naming. I'd like to take this thread off-topic (don't worry, it's got big tires and looks good muddy) and ask a question: What do we want to name this site? I feel funny calling it "The Enders' Forum." I want something catchier, maybe something from the RPG? What do you all think?

ARBY'S!!!

Haha, ummm okay, seriously now, from the RPG..... the only thing I can think of is Halinpanas' Tavern, but that sounds kinda lame. Did that place have a name?

Mmm... you know, Angie, I kind of like the Tavern idea... I think _____ Tavern (or something to that extent) would make a pretty good name, despite the fact that is might give the impression that this is a sight involving alcoholic beverages.

Ender's Tavern!!!!
Welcome to the Ender's Tavern, where all your needs are attended to. We have nice rooms, first-class (also means excellent) dining service and friendly staff!! Ender's tavern is the perfect place for a weekend getaway. Stay 1,2,3,4, 5 days or even a week here!!! you'll find no better offer than the one here at Ender's Tavern!!!
Hey!! I want to go!!!! (w/ anticipation)

How about . . . The Historium! What you don't like that? But think of the etymology. Heheh.

I seem to remember one of the characters calling the tavern Panas' Place. How about that? Ender's Tavern sounds good too, or just "The Tavern." Or how about "Cair Castle"? "The Warren"? Is there a name for the place where they found all the Argentum? Like "Argentorium"?

Panas' place sounds cool... hmmm. where does one look to get a snazzy name for a tavern?? There should be an online site for that
Or it could be named after a Greek deity... I just thought, shorten Panas, make it Pan I never thought picking out a name for a Tavern could be so much fun

Yeah, I can't say I have much experience in tavern-naming. Ha ha.

Side note: Apparently Caliope is the muse of epic poetry.

So... what are we gonna do with all those banners we made for the Enders? Or were we doing that just for kicks?

We were kinda doing it just for kicks but we couldn't really get together on anything so I'm gonna let it simmer in our minds for a while and maybe come back to it later.