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 What's the story behind the "ahasts" of Corymr?
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Neo2151
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Posted - 06 Apr 2018 :  13:31:00  Show Profile Send Neo2151 a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Alea Dahast
Amedahast
Thanderahast
Jorunhast
Vangerdahast
Ganrahast
...

Is there a story behind the naming tradition for the High Wizards of Corymr?

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 06 Apr 2018 :  15:59:12  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'm not sure that it's been confirmed, but I had assumed they were all descended from Alea Dahast, and the name just changed over time.

It's also possible that "hast" is a honorific that becomes part of them.

Or that, like some real-world monarchs or the Pope, they assume a new name upon ascension to office (or even selection for it) and have the "hast" on there as a kind of connection to their predecessors.

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BlackAce
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Posted - 06 Apr 2018 :  17:08:39  Show Profile Send BlackAce a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I assumed it was like Caesar; A nickname that became a title or, in this case, a surname that became a cognomen.
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Markustay
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Wasn't the first one an elf? My thoughts here is that that's the human spelling - its really "Alea D'Ahast". with 'Ahast' meaning 'magical might' in some ancient elven dialect. Thus, the name means (in Elven) - "Alea, of great magical might".

And the rest just kept the moniker, adding it into their names.

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sleyvas
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Posted - 09 Apr 2018 :  12:10:36  Show Profile Send sleyvas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I just figured Ed was having fun.

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TomCosta
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Posted - 09 Apr 2018 :  22:53:52  Show Profile Send TomCosta a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'd swear Ed gave an answer to this question at one time, but I can't recall for sure and where I would have placed it if I did.
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BlackAce
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Posted - 10 Apr 2018 :  01:44:09  Show Profile Send BlackAce a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Now that I think about it, Alea (Latin for a Die) and D[u] Hast, (German for "You have") could be interpreted as "You got Dice."

Edited by - BlackAce on 10 Apr 2018 01:48:05
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Wooly Rupert
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quote:
Originally posted by TomCosta

I'd swear Ed gave an answer to this question at one time, but I can't recall for sure and where I would have placed it if I did.



I thought so, too, but I've not been able to find it.

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Thauramarth
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Posted - 10 Apr 2018 :  07:10:34  Show Profile Send Thauramarth a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by BlackAce

Now that I think about it, Alea (Latin for a Die) and D[u] Hast, (German for "You have") could be interpreted as "You got Dice."


Of course, it could also mean « You Hate » (spelled differently, but pronounced identically), which then becomes « You hate dice. » Probably a player’s subconscious message
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