Here are some elfish names I came up with off the top of my head: Aellerix, Randuilas, Naerana, Seloae
Here are some orcish ones: Graznak, Grimzal, Arkivaz, Naraktul
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You could do it like the towns in Wales, UK, where they have the welsh name and the english name on the signs, EG Abergavenny / Y Fenni. So you pick an actual name for the town (EG Valley of Dirt) and then make an Elvish name for it (which sounds pretty) and an orcish name for it (which don't). You could have petty rivalry see each of the signs getting vandalised by the other party.
If it was a long time ago, it could become a loose transliteration of the original name using the other's language or it could be a mispronunciation of the original word despite still having the original spelling.
(Boerne in Texas is pronounced Burnie because it's from German Boerne which kinda sounds like Burn-uh - had a significant presence of German settlers in that region. Yocona in Mississippi is pronounced Yocknuh as a mispronunciation of the original YO-KO-na.)
Was it just a crossroads where a town just formed? It could be something like Midway, Crossroads, or the name of a nearby town with "crossing" added (like Hackscrossing) or the name of two towns nearby. It could be two names if the cultures have segregated themselves.
(There is a road in TX that has two names depending on which side of the main street where one is. It goes between Cedar Bayou and a place that no longer exists that was called Lynchberg. On one side of main street, it's Lynchberg Cedar Bayou and the other side it's Cedar Bayou Lynchberg. Most people just stick with one or the other regardless and everyone knows what they mean. In a segregated town, it might be a similar situation with an Orkan word and Elven word with it reversed depending on which side one is in the cultural divide.)
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Maybe the town has a Common name (since both races are descended from humans) referencing, derogatorily or otherwise, the half-blood nature of the town. Something like Patchwork or Mutt's Hole. Maybe the name was originally an insult, but the townsfolk have "reclaimed" it as a name of pride.
Was it named after a person who owned the original property? Was it renamed? Was it named for an event? Was it named for a land feature?
Fiddler's Folly.
Stonetusk.
Eilistraee's Cross.
Dvorzdin's Shadow (in the shadow of a Dwarven mountain peak).
High Branch (wrongly assumed to be from a mythical Elven tree that was destroyed but actually just from the fact that the main road had split at the top of a hill - a fact long forgotten despite still being a prominent feature in town).
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Maybe the town has a Common name (since both races are descended from humans) referencing, derogatorily or otherwise, the half-blood nature of the town. Something like Patchwork or Mutt's Hole. Maybe the name was originally an insult, but the townsfolk have "reclaimed" it as a name of pride.
I agree here's some other names to consider Crumble Wall, and Shoddy Roof's.
does any one of a good town name for a place thats made up of mostly have orcs and half elves
Here are some elfish names I came up with off the top of my head: Aellerix, Randuilas, Naerana, Seloae
Here are some orcish ones: Graznak, Grimzal, Arkivaz, Naraktul
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You could do it like the towns in Wales, UK, where they have the welsh name and the english name on the signs, EG Abergavenny / Y Fenni. So you pick an actual name for the town (EG Valley of Dirt) and then make an Elvish name for it (which sounds pretty) and an orcish name for it (which don't). You could have petty rivalry see each of the signs getting vandalised by the other party.
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Which of them settled the place first?
If it was a long time ago, it could become a loose transliteration of the original name using the other's language or it could be a mispronunciation of the original word despite still having the original spelling.
(Boerne in Texas is pronounced Burnie because it's from German Boerne which kinda sounds like Burn-uh - had a significant presence of German settlers in that region. Yocona in Mississippi is pronounced Yocknuh as a mispronunciation of the original YO-KO-na.)
Was it just a crossroads where a town just formed? It could be something like Midway, Crossroads, or the name of a nearby town with "crossing" added (like Hackscrossing) or the name of two towns nearby. It could be two names if the cultures have segregated themselves.
(There is a road in TX that has two names depending on which side of the main street where one is. It goes between Cedar Bayou and a place that no longer exists that was called Lynchberg. On one side of main street, it's Lynchberg Cedar Bayou and the other side it's Cedar Bayou Lynchberg. Most people just stick with one or the other regardless and everyone knows what they mean. In a segregated town, it might be a similar situation with an Orkan word and Elven word with it reversed depending on which side one is in the cultural divide.)
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Maybe the town has a Common name (since both races are descended from humans) referencing, derogatorily or otherwise, the half-blood nature of the town. Something like Patchwork or Mutt's Hole. Maybe the name was originally an insult, but the townsfolk have "reclaimed" it as a name of pride.
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Essentially, what's the history of the town?
Was it named after a person who owned the original property? Was it renamed? Was it named for an event? Was it named for a land feature?
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
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yes thats perfect thank you
I agree here's some other names to consider Crumble Wall, and Shoddy Roof's.
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