Not only it's super interesting but tbh it should be integrated in the game codex, there's too much crunchy research to be limited to some external fun facts
I really appreciate this video and the detailed explanation you gave for all these regions. I'm not a native German speaker, but I really loved diving into German toponymy while roleplaying in previous Manor Lords releases. I am sure I will still change the names of the regions in future plays, but now that I know what you were going for, I'm excited to include your creative names in my future towns. Looking forward to developing Jakobskirche an der Dornlei!
Very, very good video :) ML just got even better. For me, "An der Dornlei" based on its features, could mean "At the Dornlei", where "Dornlei" might metaphorically describe the rocky cliffs or rugged landscape.
After seeing so much effort put into the region names I now feel bad because I always rename them to names that I like. But maybe as a consolation I can say that I use names that are dear to me so at the end of the day the new settlements become dear to me too.
Speaking of suffixes... There are sparse examples of ruined buildings on each map, naming regions after historical activity would be a cool reference to regional lore and lost or forgotten history.
I think it's silly to NOT name regions with village names, let alone farm names, as after a few years there is a village anyway, and the region being named after that village makes sense. Also use some historic names, in Wales something was called "Place where the witch was burned" or something. Or Heldenrest, because once heroes died there. or my grandparents lived on a road called Hunnenweg, history said this was the fartest the Huns ever got to invading westward. Such names speak to the imagination and such names are important to have too. Later you might even add some gravehills and or a ruin (villagers can spare, or mine stones from).
Dachte eigentlich das ML zufällige Ortschaftsnamen bekommt, wurde dann doch wohl geändert. Hab damals in 2021 hunderte Ideen geteilt bzw. wie man solche Ortschaften nennen könnte😅
Not only it's super interesting but tbh it should be integrated in the game codex, there's too much crunchy research to be limited to some external fun facts
I'm going to rename it Immenreuth so hard, you don't even know. It helps that a dear friend of mine is called Imme.
I really appreciate this video and the detailed explanation you gave for all these regions. I'm not a native German speaker, but I really loved diving into German toponymy while roleplaying in previous Manor Lords releases. I am sure I will still change the names of the regions in future plays, but now that I know what you were going for, I'm excited to include your creative names in my future towns. Looking forward to developing Jakobskirche an der Dornlei!
I enjoy maps. I enjoy Manor Lords. You have my attention. 😅
This is incredibly fascinating! Thank you.
Very, very good video :) ML just got even better. For me, "An der Dornlei" based on its features, could mean "At the Dornlei", where "Dornlei" might metaphorically describe the rocky cliffs or rugged landscape.
Well done ! As always interesting .
An der Dornlei -> similar geographical feature as the lorelei, maybe it also has an abundance of thorny bushes, thus dorn?
is "City McCitiName" better?
An der (by) dorn probably translates to thorn, so we get... By the Thorn Meadow? Due to thorny vegetation.
After seeing so much effort put into the region names I now feel bad because I always rename them to names that I like. But maybe as a consolation I can say that I use names that are dear to me so at the end of the day the new settlements become dear to me too.
I named the region of the mountains "Pillua Vuori" and the lands "Laakson Pillua", "Uponnut Pillua", Kivi Pillua" and "Kakka Pillua"
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Very nice to see, that you not only include the german speaking players in your work to help advancing the game further :)
You could use a combination of real and fictional names, as, as in history place names are often reused, repeated or incidentally the similar.
Speaking of suffixes... There are sparse examples of ruined buildings on each map, naming regions after historical activity would be a cool reference to regional lore and lost or forgotten history.
I think it's silly to NOT name regions with village names, let alone farm names, as after a few years there is a village anyway, and the region being named after that village makes sense. Also use some historic names, in Wales something was called "Place where the witch was burned" or something. Or Heldenrest, because once heroes died there. or my grandparents lived on a road called Hunnenweg, history said this was the fartest the Huns ever got to invading westward. Such names speak to the imagination and such names are important to have too.
Later you might even add some gravehills and or a ruin (villagers can spare, or mine stones from).
When GamePass update will be relesead???
Dachte eigentlich das ML zufällige Ortschaftsnamen bekommt, wurde dann doch wohl geändert. Hab damals in 2021 hunderte Ideen geteilt bzw. wie man solche Ortschaften nennen könnte😅
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