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“evening”

23 fragments across 16 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 6 different families, from tabletop outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Necromancer, has 3.

Necromancer


Tabletop

Vespe initial · Hesper initial · Sera initial

  • Vespenight

    Vespe evening + night sunless time

    evening sunless time

  • Vespemound

    Vespe evening + mound raised earth

    evening raised earth

  • Vespehush

    Vespe evening + hush sudden quiet

    evening sudden quiet

  • Hesperrima

    Hesper evening + rima rime

    evening rime

  • Hespermarra

    Hesper evening + marra marrow

    evening marrow

  • Hespermorna

    Hesper evening + morna grieving

    evening grieving

  • Seranubra

    Sera evening + nubra overcast

    evening overcast

  • Seradessa

    Sera evening + dessa descent

    evening descent

  • Serastella

    Sera evening + stella star

    evening star

Bard


Tabletop

Sera initial · Seria initial

  • Seradain

    Sera evening + dain refrain

    evening refrain

  • Seravoi

    Sera evening + voi voice

    evening voice

  • Seracain

    Sera evening + cain chant

    evening chant

  • Seriareve

    Seria evening + reve dream

    evening dream

  • Seriarelle

    Seria evening + relle brook

    evening brook

  • Seriasonne

    Seria evening + sonne sound

    evening sound

Phoenix


Creatures

Hespero initial · Hesperi initial

  • Hesperokydes

    Hespero evening + kydes renown

    evening renown

  • Hesperophyes

    Hespero evening + phyes growth

    evening growth

  • Hesperotropos

    Hespero evening + tropos turning

    evening turning

  • Hesperilaia

    Hesperi evening + laia people

    evening people

  • Hesperiphone

    Hesperi evening + phone voice

    evening voice

  • Hesperiphyeia

    Hesperi evening + phyeia growth

    evening growth

Ship


Objects

Western initial · Evening initial

  • Western Falcon

    Western evening + falcon falcon

    evening falcon

  • Western Harmony

    Western evening + harmony joining

    evening joining

  • Western Raven

    Western evening + raven raven

    evening raven

  • Evening Defender

    Evening evening + defender defender

    evening defender

  • Evening Harmony

    Evening evening + harmony joining

    evening joining

  • Evening Leviathan

    Evening evening + leviathan coiled one

    evening coiled one

Tiefling


Fantasy races

Evren initial · Vesprel initial

  • Evrenadin

    Evren evening + adin owed

    evening owed

  • Evrenorel

    Evren evening + orel omen

    evening omen

  • Evrenavel

    Evren evening + avel exiled

    evening exiled

  • Vespreluena

    Vesprel evening + uena hunger

    evening hunger

  • Vesprelia

    Vesprel evening + ia beloved

    evening beloved

  • Vespreline

    Vesprel evening + ine chosen

    evening chosen

Wizard


People

Ev initial · Evra initial

  • Evtor

    Ev evening + tor tower

    evening tower

  • Evir

    Ev evening + ir seeker

    evening seeker

  • Evros

    Ev evening + ros dew

    evening dew

  • Evradara

    Evra evening + dara gift

    evening gift

  • Evravane

    Evra evening + vane ward

    evening ward

  • Evrazara

    Evra evening + zara crown

    evening crown

Band


Music

Western initial

  • Western Pilgrims

    Western evening + pilgrims foreigners

    evening foreigners

  • Western Sons

    Western evening + sons sons

    evening sons

  • Western Engines

    Western evening + engines clever devices

    evening clever devices

D&D


Tabletop

Hesp initial

  • Hespmara

    Hesp evening + mara sea

    evening sea

  • Hespspira

    Hesp evening + spira hope

    evening hope

  • Hespelle

    Hesp evening + elle bright

    evening bright

Dragon


Creatures

Vespyra initial

  • Vespyranix

    Vespyra evening + nix frost

    evening frost

  • Vespyraseth

    Vespyra evening + seth eye

    evening eye

  • Vespyrazyr

    Vespyra evening + zyr glint

    evening glint

Elf


Fantasy races

Even initial

  • Evenwhisper

    Even evening + whisper whisper

    evening whisper

  • Evencrest

    Even evening + crest crest

    evening crest

  • Evenshadow

    Even evening + shadow shadow

    evening shadow

God


Creatures

Vesper initial

  • Vespergala

    Vesper evening + gala host

    evening of the host

  • Vesperura

    Vesper evening + ura source

    evening of the source

  • Vesperrena

    Vesper evening + rena rebirth

    evening of the rebirth

Horse


People

Vesper initial

  • Vesper Sail

    Vesper evening + sail spread canvas

    evening spread canvas

  • Vesper Rain

    Vesper evening + rain falling water

    evening falling water

  • Vesper Grace

    Vesper evening + grace favour

    evening favour

Paladin


Tabletop

Sera initial

  • Seranara

    Sera evening + nara flame

    evening flame

  • Seravita

    Sera evening + vita life

    evening life

  • Serafina

    Sera evening + fina flawless

    evening flawless

Vampire


Creatures

Vesper initial

  • Vesperescu

    Vesper evening + escu descendant

    evening descendant

  • Vesperich

    Vesper evening + ich child

    evening child

  • Vespermir

    Vesper evening + mir world

    evening world

Villain


People

Vesper initial

  • Vespergloam

    Vesper evening + gloam twilight

    evening twilight

  • Vesperthrone

    Vesper evening + throne high seat

    evening high seat

  • Vespernettle

    Vesper evening + nettle stinging weed

    evening stinging weed

Witch


People

Vesp initial

  • Vespdwyn

    Vesp evening + dwyn twilight

    evening twilight

  • Vespeda

    Vesp evening + eda oath

    evening oath

  • Vespwyn

    Vesp evening + wyn joy

    evening joy

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “evening”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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