Warden = VVARDENfell

Morvane · July 2017

now u know how much lore is associated with this class

Absolut_Turkey · July 2017

Mind. Blown.

Cinbri · July 2017

Absolut_Turkey wrote: »

Mind. Blown.

Cadbury · July 2017

Vvardenfell = Warden fell

O_o

Morvane · July 2017

what do u expect from mushrooms?

redshirt_49 · July 2017

Ehehehe that's clever, ZOS. Very clever.

idk · July 2017

Omg. That means no Necromancer class since we do not have a Zome appropriately named.

Cadbury · July 2017

Morvane wrote: »

what do u expect from mushrooms?

I expect them to power me up.

Morvane · July 2017

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

Omg. That means no Necromancer class since we do not have a Zome appropriately named.

Necrom, city at east coast of Morrowind

https://www.imperial-library.info/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-gallery-display/gallery_files/obcodex_morrowind.jpg

Acrolas · July 2017

There are two problems.

Warden is of Anglo-French origin, while Vvardenfell has used a Germanic pronunciation from its beginning.
Secondly, there is no established printing press in Tamriel so it's moot whether W existed in either print case.

So, in even suggesting that Warden derived from Vvardenfell, ZOS made an illogical language jump. Vvardenfell has been written as such across Tamriel in Germanic, while books like Founding Of The Spirit Wardens do not use a double v and aren't overtly Germanic in their word use. So Warden could not have derived from Vvardenfell or that language region.

It's further complicated by ZOS indirectly suggesting that there is some sort of printing press in Tamriel based on the way publication works and is presented in the game. However, that same hypothetical press, likely located in a region using Anglo-French pronunciation, would have updated Vvardenfell to Wardenfell in print and in doing so changed the pronunciation of the island.

Did ZOS put this much thought into it before shoehorning the warden into the chapter? Probably not.

Morvane · July 2017

Acrolas wrote: »

There are two problems.

Warden is of Anglo-French origin, while Vvardenfell has used a Germanic pronunciation from its beginning.
Secondly, there is no established printing press in Tamriel so it's moot whether W existed in either print case.

So, in even suggesting that Warden derived from Vvardenfell, ZOS made an illogical language jump. Vvardenfell has been written as such across Tamriel in Germanic, while books like Founding Of The Spirit Wardens do not use a double v and aren't overtly Germanic in their word use. So Warden could not have derived from Vvardenfell or that language region.

It's further complicated by ZOS indirectly suggesting that there is some sort of printing press in Tamriel based on the way publication works and is presented in the game. However, that same hypothetical press, likely located in a region using Anglo-French pronunciation, would have updated Vvardenfell to Wardenfell in print and in doing so changed the pronunciation of the island.

Did ZOS put this much thought into it before shoehorning the warden into the chapter? Probably not.

why Germanic or else? this method name is "lang blanc" or "lang d'oiseaux", mean "bird language". its very old and half-joke, so everybody can use it on it own

Belegnole · July 2017

Um, I don't think any of the people in the world that ESO encompasses speak German, French, or any other earth language. So the whole VV vs W thing is a non argument.

Personally I like the OP's thought.

Remag_Div · July 2017

Little late to this party, friend.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/317824/warden-name#latest

Morvane · July 2017

Remag_Div wrote: »

Little late to this party, friend.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/317824/warden-name#latest

OH
just press awesome on my post and I will press awesome on yours

dodgehopper_ESO · July 2017

I came up with Wardenfell way back and I'm sure others did as well. Its a pretty obvious thing to notice between VV and W.

Thogard · July 2017

Here's another shocker...
Vivec city.

It's ruled by a guy named Vivec.

VIVEC = VIVEC

Boom. Dropping some ALMSIVI knowledge on you guys.

Illuminati confirmed.

You're welcome.

MyKillv2.0 · July 2017

I caught it right away but didn't think anything about it since I thought dataminers have claimed that Warden has been apart of the game since creation.

...though even if I didn't notice, I wouldn't mention anything. I played Everquest when I was a kid and they had a town called "Qeynos". It was the home of the Human race and one of my favorite towns to grind and craft. After playing the game for nearly three years, a guild member pointed out Qeynos is actually "SonyEQ" spelled backwards. So yeah.... I am not exactly the most observant person.