Names

The names of he various races on Oberon are many and varied in style but each, usually, has an internal logic which they follow.

Dwarves

Dwarves have forenames, surnames and clan names.

Their *forenames* are very similar to that of Humans in that they usually have a meaning in the Dravanic (the Dwarven language). Examples are:

• Dremma ('Wise')
• Drunn ('Sturdy')
• Hoghoun ('Tall')
• Rosli ('Pretty')
• Thoro ('Glum)

Dwarven *surnames* are nearly always 'compound' words in the form of an adjective then a noun. In Dravanic such words are little more than grunts and so most Dwarven families have taken on their Merebian translations of their names for use amongst Humans. These names commonly translate into words with an association with rock, metal, mining, smithing, engineering or brewing. This is most likely deliberate as Dwarves do like to project an image of strength. No known Dwarf has "Pinkflower" as a surname! Examples of Dwarven surnames are:

• Axenshaft
• Blackrock
• Bronzefork
• Direforge
• Emberstone
• Flintmaul
• Hammerstein
• Irontank