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“first light”

16 fragments across 15 traditions carry this sense. 13 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 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, Centaur, has 2.

Centaur


Creatures

Augo initial · auge final

  • Augozoster

    Augo first light + zoster belt

    first light belt

  • Augoarktos

    Augo first light + arktos great bear

    first light great bear

  • Augotaxis

    Augo first light + taxis ordered array

    first light ordered array

  • Horoauge

    Horo season + auge first light

    season first light

  • Mesoauge

    Meso middle + auge first light

    middle first light

  • Ombroauge

    Ombro rainy + auge first light

    rainy first light

Angel


Creatures

Dawn initial

  • Dawnward

    Dawn first light + ward guardianship

    first light guardianship

  • Dawnsealer

    Dawn first light + sealer mark-setter

    first light mark-setter

  • Dawnchoir

    Dawn first light + choir singing host

    first light singing host

Assassin


Tabletop

Dawn initial

  • Dawngrant

    Dawn first light + grant a grant given

    first light, a grant given

  • Dawnlist

    Dawn first light + list a name struck

    first light, a name struck

  • Dawntoll

    Dawn first light + toll a toll taken

    first light, a toll taken

Bard


Tabletop

Dawn initial

  • Dawnharp

    Dawn first light + harp stringed frame

    first light stringed frame

  • Dawnvoice

    Dawn first light + voice living sound

    first light living sound

  • Dawnsong

    Dawn first light + song sung lay

    first light sung lay

Cat


People

Dawn initial

  • Dawnina

    Dawn first light + ina tiny

    first light tiny

  • Dawnella

    Dawn first light + ella lovely

    first light lovely

  • Dawners

    Dawn first light + ers beloved

    first light beloved

Cleric


Tabletop

Dawn initial

  • Dawnwaker

    Dawn first light + waker rouser

    rouser of the first light

  • Dawnmarker

    Dawn first light + marker recorder

    recorder of the first light

  • Dawnholder

    Dawn first light + holder steward

    steward of the first light

D&D


Tabletop

dawn final

  • Wrendawn

    Wren small brown bird + dawn first light

    small brown bird first light

  • Hespdawn

    Hesp evening + dawn first light

    evening first light

  • Xandawn

    Xan golden + dawn first light

    golden first light

Dog


People

Dawn initial

  • Dawnray

    Dawn first light + ray shining beam

    first light shining beam

  • Dawnfeather

    Dawn first light + feather flight plume

    first light flight plume

  • Dawnjay

    Dawn first light + jay chattering bird

    first light chattering bird

God


Creatures

Dawn initial

  • Dawnunmaker

    Dawn first light + unmaker undoer

    first light undoer

  • Dawnbearer

    Dawn first light + bearer carrier

    first light carrier

  • Dawnrender

    Dawn first light + render tearer

    first light tearer

Horse


People

dawn final

  • Umber Dawn

    Umber brown earth + dawn first light

    brown earth first light

  • Copper Dawn

    Copper cyprus metal + dawn first light

    cyprus metal first light

  • Autumn Dawn

    Autumn harvest season + dawn first light

    harvest season first light

Monk


Tabletop

Dawn initial

  • Dawnfall

    Dawn first light + fall a descent

    first light a descent

  • Dawnbow

    Dawn first light + bow bent greeting

    first light bent greeting

  • Dawnmercy

    Dawn first light + mercy stayed hand

    first light stayed hand

Ranger


Tabletop

Dawn initial

  • Dawnglen

    Dawn first light + glen wooded valley

    wooded valley in the first light

  • Dawnbank

    Dawn first light + bank water's edge

    water's edge in the first light

  • Dawnfalls

    Dawn first light + falls water drop

    water drop in the first light

Dawn initial

  • Dawnbark

    Dawn first light + bark outer rind

    first light outer rind

  • Dawnstripe

    Dawn first light + stripe colour band

    first light colour band

  • Dawnkit

    Dawn first light + kit cub

    first light cub

Werewolf


Creatures

Dawn initial

  • Dawnwind

    Dawn first light + wind blowing air

    first light blowing air

  • Dawnwood

    Dawn first light + wood woodland

    first light woodland

  • Dawnhild

    Dawn first light + hild battle

    first light battle

Wood Elf


Fantasy races

Fore initial

  • Forewynd

    Fore first light + wynd winding path

    first light winding path

  • Foredingle

    Fore first light + dingle deep dell

    first light deep dell

  • Foreridge

    Fore first light + ridge long crest

    first light long crest

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “first light”. 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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