Rosy's NameGen

So you've probably heard or realized on your own at some point that the names in Arena and Daggerfall borrowed a lot of inspiration from existing contemporary and classic fantasy. This was of course before the world of Tamriel had been properly developed and before BGS had a full idea of its character and history. A lot has changed over the years and I felt that going back to Daggerfall could be made a little less jarring for modern fans if its naming conventions reflected these changes a little better.

So no more "Gondor", "Mordor", "Sauron", "Saruman", "Legolas", "Aragorn" or "Gandalf"

No more "Elyzyvyra", "Kelkemmera" "Cymbaginia" or "Zenosephona Thromwatch" /:

No more "Hercules Germanicus" or "Alexandros Meggulus" the Argonian xP

No more "Vanikik R'zamenar", "Ugina Shadyshade" or "Erebimar S'thbruk", sorry  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Instead many of the combinations should sound a lot more familiar - "Ulfrik", "Astrid", "Elenwen", "Fargoth", "Balen", etc. Although for the Breton names I tried to shoot more for the original intended Anglo-Welsh inspired convention than the Frenchified names we saw in Morrowind and later titles. I just simplified them to look a little less spaghetti or silly-sounding. So "Andwyck" isntead of "Andywyck", for example. I think this gives them a sound sort of like a middle ground between the Celtic-style indigenous names (like those of the Forsworn) and the more whimsical phonotactics of Altmeri

There are two versions for Argonian names, one for Jel and one for Tamrielic, just pick whatever version suits your tastes.

Wood Elves do not feature surnames as they were removed in later titles.

High Elves have surnames based on the region their lineage comes from. Just like how "Direnni" means "of the Diren (River)", my surnames are simply the Tamrielic correspondent - so "Ondolemar of Auridon" (where "of Auridon" is technically the surname) since High Elves are all about original lineages and whatnot.

Khajiit names I may or may not change - even though they're different from most TES games they actually are kind of similar to Khajiit names in ESO, and lots of people seem to like how Khajiit were handled there so maybe I will leave them. Let me know what you think

To install just drop NameGen.txt in directory StreamingAssets\Text, should work out the box!

Android users with file permission issues check out CX File Manager on the app store it's awesome

- Note that SDF Font Rendering must be enabled in settings to display special characters, they will not appear correctly otherwise

(if you don't like DFU's default consider using a font mod such as Interkarma's "Alkhemikal" font or something similar to retain the retro feel)

Players using Imperial race mods will probably get Argonian names generated for their player and need