Knight7770
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I've decided to make a thread about the origins of certain names in Warcraft 3. I will try to add at least one name each day (or week); but if you have your own insights, please submit them. Here we go:
- Uther: From Uther Pendragon, father of King Arthur.
- Lich: A fantastic undead being; also a town in Germany; also an archaic word for 'corpse' (possibly).
- [Anything containing] Anub: From Anab, a grape; a knot; or: from Anubis, an Egyptian god.
- Arthas: From King Arthur (possibly).
- Samuro: "An actual Japanese praenomen."
- Taunka: From the Sioux word for 'buffalo:' 'tanka.'
- Tauren: From the Minotaur or Taurus.
- Murloc: From mermaid and/or morlock.
- Treants: From Ents (if you look in the World Editor at the raw code of the model, it will be called Ent.)
- Troggs: From troglodytes.
- Mal'ganis: From mal, meaning bad, and Ganis, a knight.
- Balnazzard: From Balthasar.
- Archimonde: From arch and monde.
- Sylvanas: From a charactar of Arthurian legend of the same general name.