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Morsul the Dark · 03-13-2006, 01:12 PM

well Morsul the dark was originally just a cool wizard i made up because i wanted to have a connection to LOTR so originally Morsul was the sixth Isatari( who like me procrastinates) and got the ME after the war of the ring hence his absence but then i rememerred evil charactors are more fun hence his ways of corrupting the ents and joining the dark isatari and all that(sauron being leader of the group) I also decided Morsul killed the blue wizards. but at any rate i love the named although it is redundant

Dark wind the Dark
(sauron was Sauron the Black)
there was a yellow wizard(forgot the name
and two Green wizards who ran off and were never heard from again iI think radagst took care of them i dont know

Tigerlily Gamgee · 03-13-2006, 04:17 PM

Mine came from a Hobbit Name Generator (really original, I know), and I just started using it online for forums. In fact, many of my real life friends now are people I met online because of LOTR... so I get called "Tig" in real life by quite a few people :-)

Dimturiel · 03-14-2006, 12:44 PM

My name came from the Name Generator and I liked it the moment I saw it. I was fascinated by the way it sounded. I have not found out what it means, that is, if it means anything. Anyway, I am very proud of this name. And now, even some of my friends call me Dimturiel sometimes.

A_Brandybuck · 03-14-2006, 01:38 PM

From the beginning I wanted a Hobbit's name. But I had problems with picking an 'real' name, which belongs to a character in Tolkien's world. It seems to me just not right, because I am not this character and I wanted to draw a borderline to all these Frodo675 and Pippin12 or something like that.
My choice was on 'Brandybuck', but I had any idea, which first name, so I took just 'a' which doesn't mean, that the first letter in the first name is 'A', but it stands for 'a' as an article. Consequently it has the meaning 'any Brandybuck' or 'some Brandybuck'.

Celuien · 03-14-2006, 03:35 PM

I wanted a screen name with some relationship to my real name and I'm an Elf fan. So off I went to look through Elvish names databases, but I was dissatisfied with the way the translations of Nichole sounded. Then I tried my last name, which means something water related (no, I'm not saying what because it's fairly uncommon in the Philly metro area phone books

) and went off on the tangents 'spring' 'stream' and 'fountain.' Fountain brought up Celuien among other options over at the Council of Elrond site. I liked the sound of that name the most so I picked it, although I'm starting to suspect the 'uie' combination may not be completely legitimate lingustically given the spelling confusion it causes...

CaptainofDespair · 03-15-2006, 08:04 AM

I stole mine. Though, that is quite obvious. But, I've always been a Witch-King fan(atic) and so a choice of titles ensues whenever I find a forum to join. Being the wicked and vile Dark Lord type that I am, I went with CoD as it seemed most fitting with the persona I cultivate for no apparent reason (

). Perhaps a better name could have been chosen so as to avoid the horrible fish likeness and the references to Godzilla. And so it has stuck for awhile now, and won't go away.

Telperaca · 03-16-2006, 04:24 AM

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I wanted a name such as I would be able to register anywhere online, and not need to seriously fear another using it.

As did I.

I wanted a name which was not one where you'd have to compete for at a forum, or one which is likely to be chosen - e.g: "Aragorn" and all his derivatives ("Aragorn_luver_2004"

) but I wanted something that was more unique and suited me.

So, when I was tracking my way through LotR forums, the first stage would be to chose an appropriate name for myself before signing up.

So... I - being a huge victim of Sod's Law - when trying to thing of a name, nothing comes up. My mind was like... just empty... So a few days went by, and nothing I liked poped up into my head. So, then, I decided to write down a few ideas in English and then later translate them into Elvish.

And one of those happened to be "Silver Wolf". Come to think about it, it was a pretty common English username, so the next stage was translating it to Elvish. Thanks to the handy translations at the back of The Silm. I came up with Celebdraug. I liked it, okay! But it sounded a bit rough when spoken, a little German-like in my opinion.

And later, when I'd joined up at a certain LotR board, where I met a few nutty (I say that proudly) Quenya obsessed members, they translated the name for me into Quenya (Oh! What a beautiful language) which turned out to be my current username.

I also use that as my username under the HP (oh!) forums too. And HEY! at least it's a purdy, shiney name...

::Squees like a magpie::

03-13-2006, 01:12 PM	#1
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	well Morsul the dark was originally just a cool wizard i made up because i wanted to have a connection to LOTR so originally Morsul was the sixth Isatari( who like me procrastinates) and got the ME after the war of the ring hence his absence but then i rememerred evil charactors are more fun hence his ways of corrupting the ents and joining the dark isatari and all that(sauron being leader of the group) I also decided Morsul killed the blue wizards. but at any rate i love the named although it is redundant Dark wind the Dark (sauron was Sauron the Black) there was a yellow wizard(forgot the name and two Green wizards who ran off and were never heard from again iI think radagst took care of them i dont know __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

03-13-2006, 04:17 PM	#2
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Mine came from a Hobbit Name Generator (really original, I know), and I just started using it online for forums. In fact, many of my real life friends now are people I met online because of LOTR... so I get called "Tig" in real life by quite a few people :-) __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

03-14-2006, 12:44 PM	#3
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	My name came from the Name Generator and I liked it the moment I saw it. I was fascinated by the way it sounded. I have not found out what it means, that is, if it means anything. Anyway, I am very proud of this name. And now, even some of my friends call me Dimturiel sometimes. __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

03-14-2006, 01:38 PM	#4
A_Brandybuck Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 95	From the beginning I wanted a Hobbit's name. But I had problems with picking an 'real' name, which belongs to a character in Tolkien's world. It seems to me just not right, because I am not this character and I wanted to draw a borderline to all these Frodo675 and Pippin12 or something like that. My choice was on 'Brandybuck', but I had any idea, which first name, so I took just 'a' which doesn't mean, that the first letter in the first name is 'A', but it stands for 'a' as an article. Consequently it has the meaning 'any Brandybuck' or 'some Brandybuck'. __________________ „I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

03-14-2006, 03:35 PM	#5
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	I wanted a screen name with some relationship to my real name and I'm an Elf fan. So off I went to look through Elvish names databases, but I was dissatisfied with the way the translations of Nichole sounded. Then I tried my last name, which means something water related (no, I'm not saying what because it's fairly uncommon in the Philly metro area phone books ) and went off on the tangents 'spring' 'stream' and 'fountain.' Fountain brought up Celuien among other options over at the Council of Elrond site. I liked the sound of that name the most so I picked it, although I'm starting to suspect the 'uie' combination may not be completely legitimate lingustically given the spelling confusion it causes... __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

03-15-2006, 08:04 AM	#6
CaptainofDespair Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 413	I stole mine. Though, that is quite obvious. But, I've always been a Witch-King fan(atic) and so a choice of titles ensues whenever I find a forum to join. Being the wicked and vile Dark Lord type that I am, I went with CoD as it seemed most fitting with the persona I cultivate for no apparent reason (). Perhaps a better name could have been chosen so as to avoid the horrible fish likeness and the references to Godzilla. And so it has stuck for awhile now, and won't go away.