Requesting chapter name help

[Lord Lee]

Hail fellow B&C members I am unsure how to insert pics the this post so I have created an album called dragon which should be on my member page.

 

The marine you see there has a blue camo pattern and is from the 3rd company by his color. I have used the salamanders icon for my chapter symbol.

 

The chapter follows the codex, loves duels, are "good" in general with allies, are skilled infiltrators, fleet based and on good terms with most other imperial organizations.

 

What I am having difficulty with is a chapter name, the chapter was to be called the Legion of Light but as you can see by the pics that will not work so any ideas would be appreciated.

 

Lord Lee.

[Uaronain]

Lord Lee, have you seen the DIY chapter tools? There is a very large resource for helping with names. Have you thought about what home world they have or what system? Lots of chapters have their home turf in their names.

 

 

If you like lizards and dragons etc try using latin names.

 

 

draco, (-onis, m.) or serpens (-ntis, f.). The latter is literally "creeper" and refers generally to snakes, but is also an old Latin name for the constellation now known as Draco.

 

 

I see you like the color blue as well, perhaps try using the color in your scheme as well? There are a LOT of variations for the color blue.

 

 

If you could pick a word to describe your chapter what would it be? A lot of chapters have simple names that convey explicitly what they are like.

[Messor]

The Cold Blooded [/shameless plug]

 

Have tried the Chapter name generator? It doesn't get much more hit or miss, but when it hits, its a direct hit on the scatter die.

 

As was suggested, variations of the color blue make good adjectives in a name (like the BA Vermilion Angels successors), I actually thought they looked like marines that might be proficient in submarine invasions, so maybe that could be a theme (~Aqua Dragons).

 

Of what you've told us about the Chapter, the only thing that really stands out characteristically is the love of dueling...which right away lends itself to Dueling Dragons, a Chapter who's warriors will challenge anyone to single combat. If you have more info about the Chapter, we can make some better informed suggestions.

[Wulfebane]

Cobalt Serpents, Ophidian Creepers, Sapphire Snakes, Dragonhides... I'd offer more, but I'm at work.

[Nicili]

I am a fan of the "Adjective Nouns" chapter names, so I'm gonna list some stuff off the top of my head:

 

Because they are infiltrators: You could use Shadow, Dark, Night

Duels: Dueling, Honor

Blue: Blue, Azure, Cerulean, Zaffre, Indigo

 

Dragons: Drakes, Hydras (Which I kind of like, since they use infiltration, makes me think of multiple heads, sneakiness etc.), Wyrms, Wyverns, Basilisks

 

You can play around with any combination, or find something you like more.

[Lord Lee]

Thank you for all the help, I really like "Basilisk" I did not think of them at all. Can kill with a look :D

I will try to put together some notes and will post the new name here then start a new topic with my notes and ideas for everyone to have look at.

 

Thank you for helping with this small endeavor but as they say "whats in a name"

 

Lord Lee.

[feuer_faust]

Hmm, names are always tough, because you not only want it to look cool on paper but sound good when you tell another person, "I play the -whatevers-" Be sure to say these names out loud while you try and figure it out.

 

Umber Drakes

The Blue Death

The Marines Nocturnis

[War Angel]

I didn't think I had anything to offer, but as I clicked away from this page I thought up one possibility

 

Marines Draconis

[Lord Lee]

Hi guys,

Got one I like, what do you all think of "Basilisk Dominion" For a chapter name?

 

I was thinking of placing their homeworld somewhere with lots of instability so that the majority of the chapter would be policing the area around it fighting off Orks and Chaos raids as that is what my friend has.

 

Lord Lee.

[Ace Debonair]

Hi guys,

Got one I like, what do you all think of "Basilisk Dominion" For a chapter name?

 

Personally I'm a bit iffy on that as a name. It sounds more like a place than a Chapter.

However, as you said, it's one you like, so I say run with it. :)

 

 

While I'm here, though, here's some names that sprung up at me whilst looing at your marines, in case any of them give you some ideas. :D

 

Cobalt Dragons

Night Dragons

Sea Dragons

Purifiers*

Cobalt Swords

Night Wyverns

 

 

 

* The crusade lives on! :)

[Messor]

I quite like the Basilisk bit, so much so that [...] :D

 

I agree, with Ace, though, 'Dominion' brings to mind a place rather than a group. The idea for the homeworld sounds like a good start, though!

[Wulfebane]

Yeah, Basilisks came to my mind too, but Messor is why I didn't mention it. I also agree with Dominion sounding like a locale.

 

I like so far, I think I like Wyrms most as the noun choice. Already sounds sneaky and underhanded, and gives a cold, nordic/medieval feel.

[Messor]

Wyvern is also a cool one, as Ace and Nicili mentioned.

[fivepointedstar]

I like the use of the Salamander's dragon-like symbol. ( as you see on my sig)

Also what gene pool do they come from?. Ie if their Sanguinius they tend to do assault ( rend, flesh, tear) , or blood related names.

[Olis]

Personally, I'd advise against "Basilisk Dominion" on the grounds that both words are nouns. Preferably, as has been stated, the combination would be verb and noun, in that order, (such as the Black Dragons, Crimson Fists, etc, etc) or merely a single noun (such as Marauders, Venerators, Warhawks, etc, etc). There are of course going to be exceptions but usually the more credible fan made chapters hold to these parameters, I believe. :)

[Messor]

Personally, I'd advise against "Basilisk Dominion" on the grounds that both words are nouns. Preferably, as has been stated, the combination would be verb and noun, in that order, (such as the Black Dragons, Crimson Fists, etc, etc) or merely a single noun (such as Marauders, Venerators, Warhawks, etc, etc). There are of course going to be exceptions but usually the more credible fan made chapters hold to these parameters, I believe. :)

 

By verb you mean adjective, right? :P

[War Angel]

You can reverse the additive - noun, it works for some situations not all.

 

Marines repentant are a cannon chapter that are noun verb

 

 

It is an option, though I can't think of any other chapters that do that aside from my own

[Olis]

Personally, I'd advise against "Basilisk Dominion" on the grounds that both words are nouns. Preferably, as has been stated, the combination would be verb and noun, in that order, (such as the Black Dragons, Crimson Fists, etc, etc) or merely a single noun (such as Marauders, Venerators, Warhawks, etc, etc). There are of course going to be exceptions but usually the more credible fan made chapters hold to these parameters, I believe. :P

 

By verb you mean adjective, right? :lol:

 

Um... maybe. Alright. Yes, I do. Whoops. :)

[Lord Lee]

Awww nuts Messor, you did a good job though :yes:

 

Dominion only came up because i'm also playing Skyrim :( damn elves

 

Ok i've got to work today but i'll keep thinking and post back soon.

 

Lord Lee.

 

On gene seed I always liked Dorn, can't beat an Imperial Fist or a Black Templar

[feuer_faust]

Basilisk could be the home planet's name, and you could go from there.

[Jacobius]

You could use vendetta to tie in the dueling, do they have a "favoured" enemy? Challengers?

 

azure, beryl, cerulean, cobalt, indigo, royal, sapphire, teal, turquoise, ultramarine - are all synonyms for blue, maybe don't use the last one? Seems familiar somehow... *shrug*

 

-J-

[DarkLiege]

Basilisk could be the home planet's name, and you could go from there.

 

I agree with feuer_faust making the planets name as Basilisk. The chapter fortress could be named "Dominion" or Dracos Maw or something.

 

Btw, the word 'Dominion' makes me think of Starcraft 2. Uh, *Shrugs*

[Lord Lee]

Ok so here are 2 more names with a small blurb to give a idea of where I might take them

 

Wyrm Knights

The Wyrm Knights are a chapter of unknown founding, newly raised to battle the growing threat of chaos incursion the Wyrms are highly devout and venerate the Emperor as a Dragon God. Given the unorthodox nature of their devotion the Wyrms strive to prove they serve the Emperors will, so strong is the need that the leaders of the chapter will fight in single combat against the strongest of their enemies.

Or

Hydra Nocturnis

The Chapter home is in a far orbit of its sun leaving the world in a perpetual twilight, where it people hunt the great land dragons through the black desert sands for food and scales. The Hydra have built the planets only moon into a great fortress with firepower to rival a small fleet and named it Nocturnis better to protect against incursion.

 

I like the sound of the second name better myself, sounds more sinister, I just imagine a guardsmen looking up and saying it as the sky fills with drop pods.

 

So if they are not taken, which do you think is better?

or should I go for another name all together?

 

Lord Lee.

[Olis]

Might I suggest a possible alternative to the 'Wyrm Knights'? How about the 'Knights Draconis'? I don't like the second option at all, tbh, but merging parts of the fluff from both options might produce a good start to the chapter's background, I think. :)

[War Angel]

Newly raised means newly founded, yet they don't know their own founding... That doesn't make sense