Thread: Brainstorming Name of an Ultimate Weapon

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Cool!

Romance languages often have the martillo/martel kind of word for hammer, if that helps.
I assume you tried on El Kabong and reluctantly rejected it.

If you're going for a Norse theme, you might want a Norse name. If Greek, the Greek root you have is good, but it might be seen as a bit melodramatic. Perhaps a thunder or lightning name might be more appropriate.

I also like Lin's idea of somthing from martel/martillo, although that's a commonly used name in fantasy and fantasy games.

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Omnilarch sounds like a powerful big tree though. Omniarch works better. Find Sigg for your German stuff.

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I'll give you "Hogwarts" and "Firebolt" as far as the target audience would care, but I never was a fan of "Elder Wand".



You could always use "omnarch", although that doesn't sound much better. If you think no one will get the Greek reference, though, why bother with it?

That said, if this is adult or upper YA fantasy, I think you'll find a significant portion of the target audience will know about "omni-" and "-arch".

There's also the fact that "-larch" might push an English speaker to pronounce it /artsh/ instead of /ark/.

I kind of like Thunderf**k! (Aviso, though: it was a brand name for Affie hashish back in the early seventies)

Why not just call it "The Hammer".

It sounds more impressive then the Omnilarch and you won't need to explain too much to the reader as they will easily be able to identify what it is.

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Originally Posted by caelum

haha, I think I'd lose the younger wing of the market with that name, lin. Definitely has a ring to it though. Aviso's interesting.

Most of the time in the dialogue it is simply called the hammer, Phil, though the characters also call it the All Hammer, which is another possible final name. It's just that that's kind of similar to All Spark. 90% of the time I actually call it the Hammer of Braxis, which is the name of my Thunder God. The word Omnilarch has occurred less than five times so far, which is why I'm sort of okay with it because it can just be the background, official name that we don't hear that often. Though it's definitely got its neck in the noose right now.

There you go, you've already got the name for it, "The Hammer of Braxis".

You don't need to make things more complex then they need to be.

Fingering the controls of the Hammer O'Braxis, Hanthor regarded Walsise coldly. "Not only do you have no say in how my people choose to use The Hammer," he said scornfully, "But you are starting to look more and more like A Nail."

Thor's hammer is a Mjöllnir. So how about something like "Molomnirarch" or "Molnirarch."

Or you could name it "Brandy" after my dog, who is capable of major destruction.

The "hammah slammah", "Thor's Hurt Stick", "Powermallet", "The Judge's Gavel".

Ultimarch? Gigantiarch? The Doomhammer (warcraft lol!)