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valkan	Dec 23 2005, 09:06 PM Post #1
Vivec Group: Knights Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 Member No.: 5	I'll get the ball rolling: 'Kruez' is French for Cross. The Fanelia sword has roots in Latin. "Fanal" is the Latin word meaning 'light house' or 'light stick'. 'ia' is the suffix for establishing it as a verb. "Fanel~ia" beam literally means 'light-giving' beam. Something along those lines..... ~~~ "Wheels within wheels..."

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Dr Strum

Dec 28 2005, 12:01 AM

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Salvaged from the decaying ruins of the old LCN forum.
Some of this may have been posted, but I just copied and pasted what looked important:

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Einherjar
The Einherjar are the heroes who have died with great bravery on the battle fields. These heroes are prepared in Valhalla for the oncoming battle of Ragnarok. In the morning they are woken by the crowing of the cock Gullinkambi ("golden comb"). During the day they train and fight, until they cut each other to pieces. At night they feast at Odin's side and their wounds are miraculously healed.

On the day of Ragnarok, the bravest of the Einherjar will march with Odin to battle the frost giants, the enemies of the gods.

Skadi
A giantess, called the 'snow-shoe goddess', and the embodiment of winter. She is the wife of the god Njord. When her father Thiazi was slain by the gods, Skadi wanted to take revenge. The gods thought it wiser to reconciliate and offered her a marriage with one of them. She was free to marry any god, but while she made her choice she was only allowed to see the feet of the potential candidates. She noticed a very elegant pair and, convinced that their owner was the fair god Balder, she choose them. Unfortunately for her, those feet belonged to the older god Njord.

The marriage between Njord and Skadi was not a happy one. She wanted to live where her father had lived, in Thrymheim in the mountains, and Njord wanted to live in Noatun, his palace by the sea. So they agreed to spend the first nine days in the mountains and the following nine days by the sea. This arrangement did not work out very well, and they separated. Eventually, Skadi left Njord for the god Ull.

Lorelei
According to German legend, there was once a beautiful young maiden, named Lorelei, who threw herself headlong into the river in despair over a faithless lover. Upon her death she was transformed into a siren and could from that time on be heard singing on a rock along the Rhine River, near St. Goar. Her hypnotic music lured sailors to their death. The legend is based on an echoing rock with that name near Sankt Goarshausen, Germany.

Well Einherjar makes sense, Ein = heroic and all that.. Skadi too, since in the myth she was the 'embodiment of winter'. Lorelei doesn't make too much sense though. Shall be back with more if possible.

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Asgard
Asgard, in Norse mythology, is one of the nine worlds and the homeland of the Aesir, the race of warrior gods. Located on the highest level of the Norse universe, it is surrounded by a high wall of closely fitted stone blocks.

Also found on this level are the worlds of Alfheim and Vanaheim as well as Valhalla, an immense hall where warriors slain in battle await the final conflict.

In the middle of Asgard lies the plain of Idavoll (or Ida) where the Aesir meet to decide important issues. There the gods assemble in the hall of Gladsheim and the goddesses in the hall of Vingolf. The gods also meet daily at the Well of Urd, beneath the Asgard root of the ash tree Yggdrasil.

Utgard
In Norse mythology, the abode of the giants, situated in Jotunheim. Loki had his castle here.

Yggdrasil
In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil ("The Terrible One's Horse"), also called the World Tree, is the giant ash tree that links and shelters all the worlds. Beneath the three roots the realms of Asgard, Jotunheim, and Niflheim are located. Three wells lie at its base: the Well of Wisdom (MÃmisbrunnr), guarded by Mimir; the Well of Fate (Urdarbrunnr), guarded by the Norns; and the Hvergelmir (Roaring Kettle), the source of many rivers.

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Gae Bulg
"Notched spear". In Old Irish legend, the wonderful spear of Cuchulainn. The notches were created to do the most damage when it was extracted from the body. The spear was made from the bone of a large sea-monster that died in a fight on shore with another of its kind. Cuchulainn received the spear as a gift from Aiofe, the woman-warrior of Alba, and mother of his only son, Connla. With this spear he killed Connla, unbeknownst of the fact that it was his own son. With Gae Bulg he also killed his best friend Ferdiad in the War for the Brown Bull. In the last fight Cuchulainn fought, he hurled the spear at the satirist who demanded it of him; but Cuchulainn died soon after without it.

Flamberg
Derived from the flamberge, a sword borne by Charlemagne and Renaud de Montauban. It was forged by the smith Galas, and was one of nine blades shattered by Olivier's sword, Hauteclere. Don't know this story? Search on wiki. biggrin.gif

Longinus
The Lance of Longinus is claimed to be the spear that pierced the side of Jesus when he was on the cross (John 19:31-37). Later Christian tradition named the soldier that pierced Christ's side as Gaius Cassius, and he is later called Longinus.

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Diana's Bow
Diana was the perpetual virgin goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and forests. She was also a moon goddess, and an emblem of chastity. Oak groves were especially sacred to her. She was praised for her strength, athletic grace, beauty and her hunting skills.
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That explains it...

Rosier
Rosier was a fallen angel, specifically a Dominion of the Second Sphere. He is the patron demon of tainted love and seduction. It is this angel which leads men and women into unrequited love which can only result in torment of spirit, heart and soul and additionally into carnal sin.
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LOL unexplainable

Estoc
An estoc is a type of sword common in the 16th century. It was long, straight and stiff, with a diamond cross-section. An estoc had no cutting edge, just a point. It was used to pierce enemies when armour improved such that slicing weapons were no longer effective. It could go through crevices in plate armour and disjoint chainmail and was thus a very effective weapon then.

Kikuichimonji
"Kiku" means chrysanthemum. "ichimonji" can refer to the Japanese kanji for "one", but I think that in this case, it refers to the "Ichimonji", a group of swordsmiths who aided the Emperor Gotoba in developing swords. Apparently, Emperor Gotoba was an avid swordsmith. With the help of the Ichimonji, he commissioned many swords (and supposedly made a few). However, the Emperor was not permitted to sign his name on the sword, so he used a chrysanthemum with 16 or 24 petals. Hence, the name "kikuichimonji".
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Got this from a not-so-reliable source.. So I'm not so sure but should be true.

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Excelion
Searched it up on Google, turn out there was an anime called Boken Oh Beet Excelion, actually a sequel to the anime Boken Oh Beet. I only managed to dig out a storyline on the latter, so basically it's about a world under the rule of a devil, and there's this boy called Beet who joins this Zenon Squad to fight the monsters around. Basically he screws up, the rest of the team die, but manage to transfer their life energies into their weapons, and giving them to Beet.

Fanelia
Fans of Escaflowne would have found this name familiar. biggrin.gif It's a small kingdom in Gaea ruled by the Fanel family. It was demolished by Zaibach at the start of the series, but was rebuilt by the end of it. It apparently heavily resembles Meiji-era Japan.

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valkan Riviera Mythology Origins Dec 23 2005, 09:06 PM

Kohaku I'll say the obvious things.. 1) The whole id... Dec 24 2005, 01:59 AM

Kohaku Though, it's kind of weird how many games (esp... Dec 24 2005, 06:07 AM

Vixen1977 Erm Val, I thought "crois" or "croi... Dec 24 2005, 11:23 AM

Swifty-chan I thought Fanelia is from Escaflowne! >... Dec 24 2005, 01:21 PM

forsakensmile Haha yes but since people know Latin and it makes ... Dec 24 2005, 02:34 PM

regruBgniK *Sad that LC died* ;_; Oh wellz, what exactly do... Dec 24 2005, 04:11 PM

Leyviur It means "Roses are red, violets are blue, I... Dec 24 2005, 06:42 PM

regruBgniK >.> You have a thing with rakes, no? ~regr... Dec 24 2005, 06:59 PM

Kohaku Are you related to Sideshow Bob? He -loves- rakes. Dec 24 2005, 08:51 PM

Vixen1977 Noir is French for black. Trie means screen. So tr... Dec 24 2005, 10:05 PM

regruBgniK Yet...it's blue. T3H 1337 10G1|<!... Dec 25 2005, 12:51 AM

Dr Sturm It could be metaphorical. Dec 25 2005, 01:27 AM

regruBgniK N0000!!!! /\/\0r3 13373r... Dec 25 2005, 01:52 AM

Swiyth oh man. the leet is scrambling my brains. Dec 25 2005, 03:13 AM

Raijinili From what I'm seeing, "Trie" is th... Dec 25 2005, 07:22 AM

Swifty-chan Does the name 'Diviner' actually has a mea... Dec 25 2005, 02:24 PM

forsakensmile Well divine as a verb means to tell the future by ... Dec 25 2005, 02:30 PM

Swifty-chan And Lorelei and Einherjar and Skadi? Dec 25 2005, 02:35 PM

forsakensmile Posted on the old forums, gone now. Einherjar is ... Dec 25 2005, 02:37 PM

Swifty-chan I thought Skadi IS some ice... er... queen? @_@... Dec 25 2005, 02:40 PM

valkan Lorelei was a woman who was betrayed by her man. ... Dec 25 2005, 04:23 PM

Dr Sturm Divine is also a an advective that means holy. B... Dec 26 2005, 03:16 AM

Jan Akiyama I don't understand how it associates it to fir... Dec 26 2005, 03:31 AM

Criptych Armageddon is something like a final judgement of ... Jun 25 2007, 10:42 PM

Raijinili For Divine Wind, or Kamikaze, the islands of Japan... Dec 26 2005, 08:11 AM

Swiyth okay. Skadi, as i remember FS saying, is an icegia... Dec 26 2005, 09:17 AM

Dr Sturm Salvaged from the decaying ruins of the old LCN fo... Dec 28 2005, 12:01 AM

Swiyth thanks, Sturm. saved us a bunch more of typing. w... Dec 28 2005, 05:44 AM

regruBgniK Oh damnit! I was just about to put that. ;_; ... Dec 29 2005, 01:25 AM

Swiyth hmm.......i thought Kamikaze was a sacrifice move ... Dec 29 2005, 05:55 AM

Raijinili Silly honor, eh? The kamikaze pilots were named a... Dec 29 2005, 08:44 PM

Jan Akiyama Not so divine in WW2 haha. On a better note, Kikui... Dec 29 2005, 10:52 PM

Raijinili The name in the Japanese game was "Shin Zante... Dec 29 2005, 11:19 PM

regruBgniK Yes, that too. But it MEANS Divine Wind, and they... Dec 30 2005, 12:48 AM

Swiyth well, not really. if they manage to drop into wate... Dec 30 2005, 03:07 AM

Dr Sturm I don't think you know what a kamikaze pilot i... Dec 30 2005, 03:18 AM

Swiyth who, me? i only know a bit about them from books.... Dec 30 2005, 03:22 AM

Dr Sturm That's not what I mean. You would not survive ... Dec 30 2005, 04:03 AM

Swiyth hmm......you're right. the title says Riviera ... Dec 30 2005, 04:24 AM

blues 3 ...and when did this happen? Dec 30 2005, 05:12 AM

Swiyth just a joke, just a joke........ but anyways, how... Dec 30 2005, 05:18 AM

Dr Sturm Did you even read the rest of the thread? Dec 30 2005, 05:28 AM

Swiyth well, for one, thats Excellion. not Etchel. is th... Dec 30 2005, 05:30 AM

Raijinili Kamikaze was the Japanese name for the attack, so ... Dec 30 2005, 02:23 PM

Swiyth yeah. so i heard from Chardes. hmm....but still, ... Dec 30 2005, 02:45 PM

Dr Sturm If it was in the game (I don't really remembe... Dec 30 2005, 06:20 PM

Raijinili Well duh, which is why I didn't mention the pi... Dec 31 2005, 03:43 PM

Dr Sturm Maybe you didn't. Others did. Dec 31 2005, 09:00 PM

Dr Sturm Just discovered this randomly on Babelfish. Lacrim... Jan 2 2006, 02:51 AM

Yourself Diviner is someone who can tell the future. Ignis... Jan 5 2006, 03:15 AM

Dr Sturm Diviner was already mentioned. I think Ignis was t... Jan 5 2006, 03:18 AM

Yourself Eh... Aghart; hmm...I often think of Aghart as a ... Jan 6 2006, 02:39 AM

untouch The red Diviner Lorelei is a fire-based spear used... Jan 6 2006, 07:55 AM

Yourself Nevermind about Ignis, its actually spelled Ignus.... Jan 10 2006, 04:43 AM

Ryu_Dragon_King If you look at the Wikipedia website righthere It ... Jan 31 2006, 08:47 PM

Dr Sturm The Riviera Wiki is not the most accurate article.... Jan 31 2006, 09:22 PM

Feral Phoenix Zantetsuken is the weapon (and attack) used in Fin... Jan 31 2006, 11:13 PM

Raijinili Why are we saying, "This name comes from some... Feb 2 2006, 12:34 AM

Leyviur The Zantetsuken is merely a sword tha can cut meta... Feb 2 2006, 04:26 AM

Raijinili Shin-Zantetsu? Feb 3 2006, 01:33 AM

Leyviur That doesn't even make sense. Feb 3 2006, 05:43 AM

Raijinili OH NO? http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5742/sh... Feb 3 2006, 06:40 AM

Feral Phoenix I didn't say "it came from another game... Feb 4 2006, 05:50 PM

Nanashi Hector is the name of a great magician of the gree... Feb 9 2006, 10:21 PM

Dr Sturm You should read through the rest of the thread bef... Feb 9 2006, 10:25 PM

Nanashi who me? I did... the only thing that was repaeated... Feb 9 2006, 10:50 PM

Raijinili I said that Seth was Set and Rah was Ra. Feb 11 2006, 01:12 AM

Ebe Ursula was a Nun who later became a saint. Hector... Nov 1 2006, 08:13 AM

Dr Sturm On Tetyth: In Japanese, it is rendered in Katakan... Mar 1 2014, 06:30 PM

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