WeAreNewcastle1053 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) Common names do not count. So if someone posts a picture of some... shop named "Takumi"... that doesn't count. Here's mine. Valla is an actual place, apparently. Edited May 27, 2019 by WeAreNewcastle1053 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) I'm not sure if this counts, but in Ft. Bragg near where I used to live in NC, there's a fitness center called...Frederick. I'm not joking. lol It really is Frederick Fitness Center. XD This doesn't seem like it could be common to me. I've never met anyone named Frederick either. There's also a town named Frederick in Maryland. I got to take a ride through it. Nice little town, would give our lovable bear meat-hating butler knight justice, I'd say! Edited January 13, 2019 by Anacybele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 30 minutes ago, Anacybele said: there's a fitness center called...Frederick. I'm not joking. lol It really is Frederick Fitness Center. Oh my god that is perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancingDanny Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) There's quite a few countries that share names with real life areas. Just to name a few: Bern, Ostia, Pherae, Altea, Crimea (as mentioned before)... Edited January 13, 2019 by DancingDanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ping Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Dragoncat said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea Unless this is a political comment (in which case I wonder who the "Begnion" is supposed to be in that analogy), I doubt that this was unintentional. Fire Emblem tends to name its countries after random European locations: Gallia is Latin for Gaul, Lycia is in Anatolia (well, not quite Europe, but still), Ilia/Ileia/Elis is in Western Greece, Bern is Switzerland's de facto capital, Ostia was a ancient Roman city, Pherae was an ancient Greece city... Actually, the Lycian League does seem to have theme, given that Laüs/Laus/Laos was another ancient city in Southern Italy, too. But choosing the capital's name of the Swiss of all people for the warlike country of the same games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Dragoncat said: Oh my god that is perfect. Totally! Being on a military base makes it even better too lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 hours ago, ping said: Unless this is a political comment (in which case I wonder who the "Begnion" is supposed to be in that analogy), I doubt that this was unintentional. Fire Emblem tends to name its countries after random European locations: Gallia is Latin for Gaul, Lycia is in Anatolia (well, not quite Europe, but still), Ilia/Ileia/Elis is in Western Greece, Bern is Switzerland's de facto capital, Ostia was a ancient Roman city, Pherae was an ancient Greece city... Actually, the Lycian League does seem to have theme, given that Laüs/Laus/Laos was another ancient city in Southern Italy, too. But choosing the capital's name of the Swiss of all people for the warlike country of the same games It was more like "there's a place called Crimea" like OP's Valla. Ostia is also a swear word in Spanish. I think it means "oh shit". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espurrhoodie Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Does having a friend that reminds you of an FE character count? Because one of my friends looks and acts like Owain. I'm not even joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etrurian emperor Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I'd say most of these connections are pretty intentional. In Elibe for example they were clearly going for a Mediterranean theme when it came to naming countries. Most Lycian territories are named after Greek or Roman locations, Etruria was a geographical location in ancient Italy and Ilia seems a pretty clearly stem from ''Ilios'' which is an alternative name for Troy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassie Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I had a teacher in high school named Mr. Eikenberry. I just called him Ike. He didn't seem to mind at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure the Scale Tipper Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 That one post on tumblr where it was said in some history that an army of 80 came back with 81 because one of them joined up? I might need a link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 1/13/2019 at 1:02 PM, Espurrhoodie said: Does having a friend that reminds you of an FE character count? Because one of my friends looks and acts like Owain. I'm not even joking. There was a guy named Boyd in my school and one time he walked into the classroom and tripped and fell into the bookshelf and all the books were on the floor. There was also a guy named Heath, and some Matthews. But the Boyd was closest to his FE counterpart just because of that bookshelf incident. On 1/14/2019 at 1:40 PM, The Dread Pirate Roberts said: I had a teacher in high school named Mr. Eikenberry. I just called him Ike. He didn't seem to mind at all. There was a teacher whose first name was Darin and my friend joked that she was going to call him Marquess Laus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espurrhoodie Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Dragoncat said: There was a guy named Boyd in my school and one time he walked into the classroom and tripped and fell into the bookshelf and all the books were on the floor. There was also a guy named Heath, and some Matthews. But the Boyd was closest to his FE counterpart just because of that bookshelf incident. There was a teacher whose first name was Darin and my friend joked that she was going to call him Marquess Laus. He actually does share his name with an FE character, but said character is the complete opposite of him. His name is Marcus, and he apparently took Theater classes for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure the Scale Tipper Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I do also know a person named Deirdre irl. Unlike that Deirdre, she still lives at a ripe old age. I kind of want to name my daughter Deirdre. It’s a great name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Azure the Scale Tipper said: I do also know a person named Deirdre irl. Unlike that Deirdre, she still lives at a ripe old age. I kind of want to name my daughter Deirdre. It’s a great name. Whhaaattt that's so cool I thought Deirdre was a made up name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekoKnight Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 44 minutes ago, Dragoncat said: Whhaaattt that's so cool I thought Deirdre was a made up name. Not a made up name, actually. If you read the legend associated with her, you can probably see a few parallels with FE4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoncat Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, NekoKnight said: Not a made up name, actually. If you read the legend associated with her, you can probably see a few parallels with FE4. Huh, yeah, she was raised in a forest and her romance ended in sorrow. The dude who wanted to marry her when she got old enough...after meeting her as a baby. What a creep. That also happens in Twilight I heard, yet another reason why Twilight is terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etrurian emperor Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Three Houses also has the country of Leicester which is named after a British Earldom. Its where Claude probably hails from which is why I hope they'll change the name in the dub. Leicester certainly sounds exotic to the Japanese but to the west it comes off as unquestionably British. That doesn't really go well with Claude's southern appearance. Given Claude's more exotic looks his kingdom should reflect that. South European locations like Granada or Firenze would match Claude much better then the northern and Celtic sounding Leicester. Edited January 17, 2019 by Etrurian emperor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espurrhoodie Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 7 hours ago, NekoKnight said: Not a made up name, actually. If you read the legend associated with her, you can probably see a few parallels with FE4. She also parallels to Sigurd in Norse mythology more than FE!Sigurd actually does IMO. It's mostly the detail with Deirdre and mythology!Sigurd being forced to forget the person they love (FE!Sigurd for Deirdre, Brynhild for mythology!Sigurd) in order to marry someone else (Arvis for Deirdre, Gudrun for mythology!Sigurd). Random thing I noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreNewcastle1053 Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 I found a lot of towns on Animal Crossing: New Leaf named "Hoshido". One of them seemed have no link to Fire Emblem Fates AT ALL. Either the player named it to seem cool and jump on the Hoshido bandwagon or that was one hell of an unintentional connection. Then again, I'm really not sure whether Hoshido is actually a common name so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekoKnight Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 7 hours ago, WeAreNewcastle1053 said: I found a lot of towns on Animal Crossing: New Leaf named "Hoshido". One of them seemed have no link to Fire Emblem Fates AT ALL. Either the player named it to seem cool and jump on the Hoshido bandwagon or that was one hell of an unintentional connection. Then again, I'm really not sure whether Hoshido is actually a common name so... Hoshido is a made up name for Fates, likely drawing inspiration from "Bushido" ie 'the way of the warrior'. I'd hazard a guess that those AC towns were named by fellow FE fans for no other reason than they liked the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punished Dayni Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 1/13/2019 at 3:40 PM, Dragoncat said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea Yeah, Crimea being invaded from the east was awkward when I was playing early PoR. Shame Crimea didn't have the cat laguz to decide to help out. Valentia's a little to the left of a larger island. It's even got a large tower that it's well known for in the larger island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreNewcastle1053 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 I was going to put that some car racer had Gunter's Japanese name (Gunther), but that name is hella common. Perhaps I should propose a list of names not to be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starburst Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Unintentional? I bet that, despite any historical inaccuracy, many regions were given certain names absolutely on purpose. Relevant to Conquest In the early Middle Ages, Austrasia (the lands at the east) and Neustria (the western lands) were two of the separate kingdoms within Francia, The Kingdom of the Franks. The former would later become the Kingdom of Germany, and the latter would conform the Kingdom of France. In the sixth century AD, Sigebert I became the first king of Austrasia, while his step-brother, Chilperic I, became the first king of Neustria. King Sigebert married Princess Brunhilda, daughter to the King of Hispania. And soon afterwards, King Chilperic decided to marry Brunhilda's sister. Shortly after their marriage, the Queen of Neustria was killed under the command of the favourite mistress of King Chilperic. This event would earn him the enmity of King Sigebert and Queen Brunhilda, and start a decades-long conflict in the realm. Years later, when King Sigebert had conquered most of Neustria and had finally defeated Chilperic, he was assassinated by men working for Chilperic's mistress. These events would inspire "The Song of the Nibelungs" centuries later. Copied from my own replies to https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/86209-what-culture-is-nohr-based-on/ Quote I just remembered something else. I have (only) played Conquest in German and Spanish, and in the B-support conversation between Odin and Camilla, when he names her armour, he mentions that the name is expressed "in the old language of our land" (in der alten Sprache unseres Landes.) The name of the armour, "Swaläups Mena" (lit. great, magnificent Moon), is Gothic. The Goths occupied great part of Europe at different periods during the first centuries A.D. Most likely by chance, but it was a nice touch that the Gothic name of the armour was kept in the Spanish version of the game. After all, the Goths ruled Iberia for over two centuries in the Early Middle Ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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