Names in Ruin Mist

[Shire Hobbit]

Couple of things:

I'm hoping to create a definitive reference for the peoples and places in ruin mist. Sort of an "unauthorized atlas/nomenclature".

I was reading about the influences for the names used. Says from slavic, Japanese/Korean, Native American like the languages used in the book.

The slavic origins in names are easy enough to spot but the spelling is troublesome like with Br'yan. I believe the "ya" is the slavic Ya character but in the people/places it says proper elvish spelling is Br'-än.

Any help with the names would be cool. I know "Krasnyj" translates to the river's color, the red of the muds in the river.

Shire Hobbit

[epic]

In my lit classes we studied different authors and it got me thinking about Robert Stanek's approach. I can see now many of the language influence particularly from German/Russian Japanese/Korean. I love that he chose Seth for the elven protector hero. I love that he chose Vilmos for the village boy who would prove himself. I love that he chose Adrina for the lovely princess.

[Sparhawk]

The Elven is Slavic. As a Bulgarian, I understand it without translation

[dragonlord]

Is it true there are transliteration rules for Slavic?

[Sparhawk]

Depends. Slavic languages are similar, but different.

[Shire Hobbit]

dragonlord are you talking about the Slavic characters?

[epic]

What do you mean by slavic characters? Are you talking about Bryan and Seth?

[Sparhawk]

I guess Misha. It is a Slavic name.