I know this name is all Orcish and stuff, but in my native language, Russian, this name means "fool". It's hard to take Thrall's parenthood seriously when his son is a fool.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/дурак
I know this name is all Orcish and stuff, but in my native language, Russian, this name means "fool". It's hard to take Thrall's parenthood seriously when his son is a fool.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/дурак
This is new, exciting, and has never been brought up before.
After I named my original character "Desparatus" without checking to see if it meant anything, I always do a quick google to see if a fantasy name means anything.
Blizz should take note.
Blizzard should have named Durak "Twelve Months" in Estonian
Go'el is Hebrew for redeemer, and has been used to describe jesus...At least Durak sounds like an orc name, Go'el does not.
I've never liked the way Go'el sounds.
"It has been used to describe Jesus" well maybe, but everything has. According to wiki it more accurately refers to someone in ancient Hebrew society who was "the nearest relative of another is charged with the duty of restoring the rights of another and avenging his wrongs". Pretty obvious metaphor for Thrall's role as a redeemer of the Orcs and restorer of their rights/society.
What's wrong with that? I quite like his "slave name". Like, a literal slave name.
I think he wears it as a mark of pride actually. And a reminder.
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Unless they all got new names I think most of the main Orc lore characters predate the drinking of demon blood.
Isn't there a jug of hatorade you should be drinking somewhere?
What, I have to be drinking hatorade because they turned Thrall into a coward? I didn't jump on the not liking Thrall bandwagon until that absolutely pathetic display in Siege. I think I'd have been okay with him tucking tail and running if he didn't try to sneak back in and steal the killing blow.
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Maybe it's intentional? (Darth) Vader is similar to Vater which means 'father' in German.