Lore talk:Dictionary S

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[edit] Shehai

I'm not particularly familiar with the details of Redguard lore, so if anyone more informed wishes to make an Ansei page, here is the text I removed from the Shehai entry, cleaned up a bit for readability, spelling, and grammar. I take no responsibility for veracity of facts, and some of it seems a little sketchy even to me.

"The sword singers were persecuted by the emperors of Yokuda, starting with Mansel Sesnit of 1E 609. This culminated in the battle of Hattu, where the sword singers, led by Frandar Hunding, were victorious. The sword singers (who later adopted the name "Redguards", from their word Ra'gada, meaning "warrior wave"), left Yokuda, traveling across the ocean, and named their new home Hammerfell in honor of their final battle."

• Original text: "From the emperors of Redguard starting with Mansel Sesnit in 1E 609 through Randel Torn and Hirra in , the sword singers were gradually persecuted which culminated at the battle of Hattu where over 300,00 total were killed, with the sword singers, lead by Hunding, were victorious. The singers fled the land and people who had rejected them, and vowed to learn new ways as they traveled across the great ocean to their new land. To adopt a new name, but to honor the past. In honor of their final battle, they named their new land Hammerfell and adopted the name Redguards."

First of all, the name "Hammerfell" is just a partial translation from the original name of "Volenfell", which is Dwemer for "City of the Hammer". (See also: Volendrung - which is a warhammer, and in Morrowind, Vvardenfell, Bal Fell and possibly Dagon Fel, which make use of the "-fell" suffix.) So, whatever else may be going on there, the Redguards did not name Hammerfell. Unless what this is saying is just that they renamed it from Volenfell to Hammerfell, which I suppose is possible. But the original name is clearly Dwemer in origin. --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 23:50, 25 March 2008 (EDT)