Real Names - Extended

Real Names Extended

An extension of Real Names Rebuild by snizzzz. That mod assigns names to generic NPCs (Whiterun Guard, Bandit, Forsworn, etc.) based on their race and gender, however the list of names is hard-coded into each script, so if you don't like the list or want to add more, you're mostly out of luck. So, making use of PapyrusUtil's json functionality, I rewrote part of the mod to load the list of names from .json files at runtime. This makes it convenient to include many more names (hundreds per race and gender), and it allows anyone to provide another set of names without having to do any coding. This also allowed me to implement some additional features, like last names/titles/clan names/etc., and different names for Reachmen vs. other Bretons.

Lore Accuracy

All the names included by default are from the UESP's list of names from previous games. I did not generally include names from Arena and Daggerfall because the lore was massively rewritten between Daggerfall and Morrowind (strictly speaking, between Daggerfall and TESA: Redguard) so a lot of the names from those games no longer fit with the cultures that the races are based on. Since almost every name used in a previous game is included, some of the names will sound familiar. But that's okay, sometimes different people have the same name.

I tried to reflect each culture's approach to names wherever I could. For example, Argonians almost never have last names, so this mod doesn't provided any last names for Argonians. Altmer have very long names, and they almost always go by their first name alone, so very few Altmer last names and titles were included. Orc last names are prefixed with gra- or gro- for women and men respectively, but that only applies to clan names, not honorifics or nicknames. Bretons and Reachmen are culturally distinct groups, so you shouldn't really see many with one Breton name and one Reachmen name. I implemented this by having generic Breton NPCs have a (configurable) chance to be assigned a Reachmen name, and Forsworn are always assigned Reachmen names, never Breton names.

Update 1. 1: Elderly characters (ElderRace or ElderRaceVampire) are now treated as nords for the purpose of name assignment. Hagravens are now assigned a female Reachman name, and are controlled by the Forsworn setting in the MCM. Dunmer have a (configurable) chance to be assigned Ashlander names, 15% by default.

Update 1. 2: Dragons and Dragon Priests are now assigned names defined in their respective names files, and are each controlled by their own setting in the MCM. Over 200 dragon names are included, which were produced by randomly generating them from syllables and picking the one