boxofkangaroos
this is the day of the expanding man
Also, sidenote: why is the character limit still 11? As we saw in Gen 7 with Crabominable, GameFreak is fine with 12-letter names.
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CAP 23 CAP 23 - Part 9 - Name Submissions
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Colchoma
Essentially pronounced “coal-coma”.
The coma reference is obvious, but the first syllable comes from ’Colchis’ or ‘Colchian’. The Colchian dragon was a famous beast in Greek mythology that guarded the Golden Fleece. I thought it fit really well thematically with this small, vaguely ram-like(?) creature essentially creating a fearsome draconian guardian to defend it.
I’m aware that it’s a tad obscure and I found the two hard ‘c’ sounds tricky to fit into a fluent-sounding name, so I’m likely to overhaul this when I think of something better haha.
EDIT: I also wanted to say I’m really looking forward to seeing a huge variety of name submissions, because between trapping, Comatose and the unique character of this design, there are lots of potential sources of inspiration.
Colchoma
Essentially pronounced “coal-coma”.
The coma reference is obvious, but the first syllable comes from ’Colchis’ or ‘Colchian’. The Colchian dragon was a famous beast in Greek mythology that guarded the Golden Fleece. I thought it fit really well thematically with this small, vaguely ram-like(?) creature essentially creating a fearsome draconian guardian to defend it.
I’m aware that it’s a tad obscure and I found the two hard ‘c’ sounds tricky to fit into a fluent-sounding name, so I’m likely to overhaul this when I think of something better haha.
EDIT: I also wanted to say I’m really looking forward to seeing a huge variety of name submissions, because between trapping, Comatose and the unique character of this design, there are lots of potential sources of inspiration.
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Lethargon(y)
Lethargic + Dragon, pretty simple and easily understood, with the tenuous addition of Agony to allude to its phantasmal nature. Sounds pretty snappy, but doesn't convey the full scope of the Pokemon due to the chosen design focusing more on the ghastly part of the triad over the reptilian one. Lethargon is a pretty intimidating name on the whole, so I'm not sure if it needs the addition of -y to spell out its ghastly elements.
Gotta chew on it, I guess.
Lethargon(y)
Lethargic + Dragon, pretty simple and easily understood, with the tenuous addition of Agony to allude to its phantasmal nature. Sounds pretty snappy, but doesn't convey the full scope of the Pokemon due to the chosen design focusing more on the ghastly part of the triad over the reptilian one. Lethargon is a pretty intimidating name on the whole, so I'm not sure if it needs the addition of -y to spell out its ghastly elements.
Gotta chew on it, I guess.
Visharem
Armenian for dragon plus rem sleep.
Alternatively
Circadrake
Circadian clock plus Drake.
Armenian for dragon plus rem sleep.
Alternatively
Circadrake
Circadian clock plus Drake.
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Nitecap
It's a CAP and it wears a nightcap, enough said.
Nitecap
It's a CAP and it wears a nightcap, enough said.
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Phobegon (possibly Phobeton/Phobelon)
Portmanteau of 'Phobetor', the ancient Greek personification of nightmares, and 'Dragon'. CAP 23 doesn't look like it's having a nightmare itself, but it certainly looks like it could bring nightmares to its opponents.
Also I really like Lethargon and Lethargeist. They just have a strong sound to them.
Phobegon (possibly Phobeton/Phobelon)
Portmanteau of 'Phobetor', the ancient Greek personification of nightmares, and 'Dragon'. CAP 23 doesn't look like it's having a nightmare itself, but it certainly looks like it could bring nightmares to its opponents.
Also I really like Lethargon and Lethargeist. They just have a strong sound to them.
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Persoulnap
Persona + soul + nap Projected personality instead of true self, soul is appropriate for a ghost and nap is for sleeping.
Pronounced: <Per-soul-nap>
IPA: </pəˈsəʊlnap/>
Remtillian
REM + reptilian Eye activity while dreaming and this dragon, like most, seems to be a reptilian creature.
Pronounced: <Rem-tih-lee-in>
IPA: </rɛmˈtɪlɪən/
Persoulnap
Persona + soul + nap Projected personality instead of true self, soul is appropriate for a ghost and nap is for sleeping.
Pronounced: <Per-soul-nap>
IPA: </pəˈsəʊlnap/>
Remtillian
REM + reptilian Eye activity while dreaming and this dragon, like most, seems to be a reptilian creature.
Pronounced: <Rem-tih-lee-in>
IPA: </rɛmˈtɪlɪən/
Draghost
a lot of thought went into this name, when i was looking at this pokemon i noticed that it has many qualities of both a dragon and ghost (for example if you look at it's typing it is both a dragon AND a ghost type) so i thought I'd merge it together with the name of Draghost.
a lot of thought went into this name, when i was looking at this pokemon i noticed that it has many qualities of both a dragon and ghost (for example if you look at it's typing it is both a dragon AND a ghost type) so i thought I'd merge it together with the name of Draghost.
Time to give feedback for those with multiple options and requests for feedback.
Drakid sounds more suitable to a prevo IMO (Kind of like how Drampa should have a prevo.). The kidnapping idea is cool though, so I would go with Kidnapern here.
I prefer Drajinn. The "small" seems too tacked on to me, despite the real mon's size.
I prefer Draedolon. It fits better and the "umbra" its dark (or moon or shadow related mon) better than ghost.
Both these are great. I have a slight preference for Napparition though.
I think Langwom is best here, though Hauntuque is very creative.
While I prefer it, Napparition is taken by Deck Knight already.
I think Hypwyvern is more fitting, even thought poltermagant is a better pun.
The English pokemon names tend to use English puns, which makes me less likely to support this. Sorry.
For similar reasons to the above, I prefer Circadrake.
Linnorpor looks like the best pun here.
Similarly, I'd go with Slumborm here.
Deck Knight's post was edited with Napparition after I had already made my post so uh
Deck Knight If you wouldn't remind removing Napparition it'd be appreciated. Sorry.
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Jammywammy
Jammies + Whammies. A cutesy, almost baby talk name. Also sounds a bit like Jabberwocky
Pronounced: "JA-mi-WA-mi"
IPA: dʒæmiwæmi
Jammywammy
Jammies + Whammies. A cutesy, almost baby talk name. Also sounds a bit like Jabberwocky
Pronounced: "JA-mi-WA-mi"
IPA: dʒæmiwæmi
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Drastralis
"Dragon" + "Astralis"
Pronounced: "dra-STRA-liss"
IPA: dræ'strælɪs
The first part of the name is simply derived from dragon as a reference to the Pokemon's Dragon typing. The latter component references the Pokemon's design and ability with the concept of astral projection, a form of out-of-body experience. Astral is derived from the Latin word astralis.
Drastralis
"Dragon" + "Astralis"
Pronounced: "dra-STRA-liss"
IPA: dræ'strælɪs
The first part of the name is simply derived from dragon as a reference to the Pokemon's Dragon typing. The latter component references the Pokemon's design and ability with the concept of astral projection, a form of out-of-body experience. Astral is derived from the Latin word astralis.
I'd go with Phantosnorm
The other fees too simple for what it's trying to convey in my opinion.
Sorry. I didn't know.
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