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“pale”

19 fragments across 13 traditions carry this sense. 16 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 6 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Griffin carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Griffin


Creatures

Pal initial · Palla initial · Palis initial · Pale initial

  • Paltheod

    Pal pale + theod nation

    pale nation

  • Palmar

    Pal pale + mar famous

    pale famous

  • Palsind

    Pal pale + sind expedition

    pale expedition

  • Pallahelma

    Palla pale + helma helmet

    pale helmet

  • Pallaalda

    Palla pale + alda old

    pale old

  • Pallasind

    Palla pale + sind expedition

    pale expedition

  • Palisleif

    Palis pale + leif heir

    pale heir

  • Palisgrim

    Palis pale + grim mask

    pale mask

  • Palislind

    Palis pale + lind lime shield

    pale lime shield

  • Pale Guardant

    Pale pale + Guardant facing forward

    pale, facing forward

  • Pale Displayed

    Pale pale + Displayed displayed

    pale, displayed

  • Pale Rousant

    Pale pale + Rousant rising

    pale, rising

Elf


Fantasy races

Yl initial · Nima initial · Ylle initial

  • Ylnil

    Yl pale + nil star

    pale star

  • Ylseth

    Yl pale + seth quiet

    pale quiet

  • Ylros

    Yl pale + ros foam

    pale foam

  • Nimalien

    Nima pale + lien bloom

    pale bloom

  • Nimaris

    Nima pale + ris dawn

    pale dawn

  • Nimalassa

    Nima pale + lassa leaf

    pale leaf

  • Yllevel

    Ylle pale + vel gentle

    pale gentle

  • Ylleyla

    Ylle pale + yla flower

    pale flower

  • Yllemaris

    Ylle pale + maris sea

    pale sea

Necromancer


Tabletop

Bleak initial · Pallida initial

  • Bleakcandle

    Bleak pale + candle wax light

    pale wax light

  • Bleakbone

    Bleak pale + bone skeleton piece

    pale skeleton piece

  • Bleakvesper

    Bleak pale + vesper evensong

    pale evensong

  • Pallidaumbra

    Pallida pale + umbra shadow

    pale shadow

  • Pallidalissa

    Pallida pale + lissa calm

    pale calm

  • Pallidaossa

    Pallida pale + ossa skeleton

    pale skeleton

Alien


Creatures

Kaii initial

  • Kaiichaan

    Kaii pale + chaan reach

    pale reach

  • Kaiitela

    Kaii pale + tela span

    pale span

  • Kaiivaath

    Kaii pale + vaath warren

    pale warren

Drow


Fantasy races

Yllz initial

  • Yllzothra

    Yllz pale + othra grim

    pale grim

  • Yllzinzyla

    Yllz pale + inzyla needle

    pale needle

  • Yllzosshra

    Yllz pale + osshra watcher

    pale watcher

Horse


People

White initial

  • White Manor

    White pale + Manor lord's dwelling

    pale lord's dwelling

  • White Grange

    White pale + Grange grain barn

    pale grain barn

  • Whitegarth

    White pale + garth yard

    pale yard

Irish


Real world

bawn final

  • Keevbawn

    Keev gentle + bawn pale

    gentle pale

  • Banbawn

    Ban white + bawn pale

    white pale

  • Eochbawn

    Eoch horse + bawn pale

    horse pale

Mermaid


Creatures

Pale initial

  • Palegarden

    Pale pale + garden garden

    pale garden

  • Palebell

    Pale pale + bell bell

    pale bell

  • Palehall

    Pale pale + hall hall

    pale hall

Mountain


Objects

Pale initial

  • Palecarnedd

    Pale pale + carnedd cairn summit

    pale cairn summit

  • Palearete

    Pale pale + arete sharp ridge

    pale sharp ridge

  • Paledent

    Pale pale + dent tooth peak

    pale tooth peak

Pirate


People

the pale final

  • Silas the Pale

    Silas of the forest + the pale pale

    of the forest, called the pale

  • Gideon the Pale

    Gideon hewer + the pale pale

    hewer, called the pale

  • Simon the Pale

    Simon listener + the pale pale

    listener, called the pale

Scottish


Real world

bane final

  • Brackbane

    Brack speckled + bane pale

    speckled pale

  • Lochbane

    Loch lake + bane pale

    lake pale

  • Torcbane

    Torc boar + bane pale

    boar pale

Tiefling


Fantasy races

Alven initial

  • Alvenaris

    Alven pale + aris inheritance

    pale inheritance

  • Alvenaeth

    Alven pale + aeth unspoken

    pale unspoken

  • Alvenivre

    Alven pale + ivre cold

    pale cold

Wizard


People

Pale initial

  • Palereader

    Pale pale + reader reader

    pale reader

  • Palewright

    Pale pale + wright maker

    pale maker

  • Palewatch

    Pale pale + watch watch

    pale watch

Senses that travel together

See also

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