Beatnik cryptek Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 If you want a cool necron name that has some Egyptian and necron overtones read this except from an article about the original battlestar galactica series. In the 1995-1997 comic series take on Battlestar Galactica, the Count Iblis was the catalyst for the fall of the original organic Cylon race. Count Iblis deceived the last organic Imperious Leader, named Sobekkta (Sobek being the crocodile–god of ancient Egypt), into a deal with the promise of power akin to his own. But instead, the Imperious Leader found himself transformed into a half-cybernetic being. Enraged, the Imperious Leader swore revenge upon him, firing at Count Iblis while he vanished away, laughing cruelly. As a result, the succeeding Imperious Leaders' voices all sound exactly like Count Iblis. I came across it and was kind of impressed how such a little known bit from a different universe still had some faint necron parallels. Use sobekkta as a name for a necron if you wish. Interestingly enough the Egyptian god sobek was associated with military prowess. That alone is a damn good reason to reason enough to name an overlord after him.... Also sobek was associated with protective magic, and able to turn aside evil influences or harmful spells. Giving your warlord the trait that let's him try to deny the witch would be very fitting. Yeah, my overlord is definitely going to be named sobekkta. . . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356198-stuck-for-a-necron-character-name-im-here-to-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTaW Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 That's an awesome name, and BSG is an excellent reference for Necrons I'd say (though I'm not sure who inspired who if at all). As for names you've suggested a killer one but taken it for yourself, do you have any other thoughts on cool historical names? I know I've seen other people take the same course with their characters with very interesting results. Personally I make my names up by picking a letter of the alphabet and making sounds until I'm happy, occasionally taking names from sci-fi and twisting them. :lol: It's a very scientific technique as you can imagine but I do need to watch out for similarities at times. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356198-stuck-for-a-necron-character-name-im-here-to-help/#findComment-5321003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 A more useful extension of this concept might be to create charts a la Kill Team. Roll for a first element and a second element, combining the two elements to form a single name. If you get a result that you don’t like or which duplicates an official name, you can adjust one or both elements or portions of them to create a unique name, or you can re-roll one or both elements. For example, if I roll 4,6,1,2 I get “Zara” for the first element and “keth” for the second element, resulting in Zaraketh. D66 First Element 11-Ori 12-Anra 13-Me 14-Sekem 15-No 16-Zahn 21-Hyr 22-Ry 23-Agda 24-Sze 25-Ogdo 26-Nek 31-Vor 32-Tra 33-Sau 34-A 35-Charno 36-Gahn 41-Nihi 42-Or 43-Sza 44-Kay 45-Aka 46-Zara 51-Hy 52-Nas 53-Far 54-So 55-Oru 56-Aro 61-Imo 62-Qvrako 63-Neph 64-Tho 65-Sar 66-Dra D66 Second Element 11-tepk 12-keth 13-zyn 14-ron 15-tar 16-lok 21-vekh 22-thyst 23-kyr 24-drekh 25-rak 26-thek 31-phrit 32-zar 33-tekh 34-konn 35-sokh 36-rekh 41-tosh 42-bekh 43-oskh 44-tak 45-kan 46-lakh 51-ra 52-tor 53-zak 54-vokh 55-nakh 56-kt 61-tun 62-ras 63-gath 64-monn 65-thusa 66-sek Note that I created these charts by taking names from the 7th edition Codex: Necrons and breaking them down into two elements. I only had to make up two first elements and three second elements to have sufficient elements for two d66 tables. You can easily expand upon these tables by creating elements that follow similar patterns. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356198-stuck-for-a-necron-character-name-im-here-to-help/#findComment-5321052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Great minds think alike- Kenton Kilgore also took inspiration from classic Battlestar Galactica when he created Yblis' Centurions, his own Necron army. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356198-stuck-for-a-necron-character-name-im-here-to-help/#findComment-5321136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatnik cryptek Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 That's an awesome name, and BSG is an excellent reference for Necrons I'd say (though I'm not sure who inspired who if at all). As for names you've suggested a killer one but taken it for yourself, do you have any other thoughts on cool historical names? I know I've seen other people take the same course with their characters with very interesting results. Personally I make my names up by picking a letter of the alphabet and making sounds until I'm happy, occasionally taking names from sci-fi and twisting them. It's a very scientific technique as you can imagine but I do need to watch out for similarities at times. Guy i'm not going to sue you for copping a name I recommended but didn't create and I doubt the comic company would sue either. It is kinda interesting how it has similarities to the whole necron story but the first battlestar series was written long before the necrons were written. You know "iblis" might make a good c'tan name too. Btw i'm just trying to keep people from ending up with horrible necron names like "Tue'Tahn Ek'Ron" or "Amon Ekhron"... . My phaeron is named after one of egypt's female pharaohs, Ha'Chept Sehnok Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356198-stuck-for-a-necron-character-name-im-here-to-help/#findComment-5321287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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