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“ruin”

14 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. They split 6 to 8 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Dragon 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.

Dragon


Creatures

Balthys initial · veth final · rakoth final · Ruin initial

  • Balthysvor

    Balthys ruin + vor greed

    ruin greed

  • Balthysvaul

    Balthys ruin + vaul hoard

    ruin hoard

  • Balthyslax

    Balthys ruin + lax coil

    ruin coil

  • Zoltharveth

    Zolthar depth + veth ruin

    depth ruin

  • Velthaxveth

    Velthax silence + veth ruin

    silence ruin

  • Ygraxveth

    Ygrax world + veth ruin

    world ruin

  • Ravyxrakoth

    Ravyx plunder + rakoth ruin

    plunder ruin

  • Umbraxrakoth

    Umbrax shade + rakoth ruin

    shade ruin

  • Zephraxrakoth

    Zephrax wind + rakoth ruin

    wind ruin

  • Ruinbreath

    Ruin ruin + breath breath

    ruin breath

  • Ruineye

    Ruin ruin + eye eye

    ruin eye

  • Ruincoil

    Ruin ruin + coil coil

    ruin coil

Demon


Creatures

Rakz initial · Rekz initial

  • Rakzik

    Rakz ruin + ik maggot

    ruin of the maggot

  • Rakzok

    Rakz ruin + ok shell

    ruin of the shell

  • Rakzuk

    Rakz ruin + uk fetter

    ruin of the fetter

  • Rekzurva

    Rekz ruin + urva grave

    ruin of the grave

  • Rekzara

    Rekz ruin + ara ore

    ruin of the ore

  • Rekzeka

    Rekz ruin + eka mark

    ruin of the mark

Orc


Fantasy races

dush final · Ruzg initial

  • Vugdush

    Vug hollow + dush ruin

    hollow ruin

  • Gnashdush

    Gnash gnash + dush ruin

    gnash ruin

  • Grishdush

    Grish blood + dush ruin

    blood ruin

  • Ruzgsnag

    Ruzg ruin + snag snare

    ruin snare

  • Ruzgruk

    Ruzg ruin + ruk grip

    ruin grip

  • Ruzgur

    Ruzg ruin + ur old

    ruin old

D&D


Tabletop

bane final

  • Blackbane

    Black black + bane ruin

    black ruin

  • Hollowbane

    Hollow hollow + bane ruin

    hollow ruin

  • Sunbane

    Sun sun + bane ruin

    sun ruin

God


Creatures

Ruin initial

  • Ruinshaper

    Ruin ruin + shaper shaper

    ruin shaper

  • Ruinrender

    Ruin ruin + render render

    ruin render

  • Ruinunmaker

    Ruin ruin + unmaker unmaker

    ruin unmaker

Necromancer


Tabletop

bane final

  • Stillebane

    Stille stillness + bane ruin

    stillness ruin

  • Memnobane

    Memno remembrance + bane ruin

    remembrance ruin

  • Caldebane

    Calde chill + bane ruin

    chill ruin

Nickname


People

bane final

  • Goldbane

    Gold gleaming yellow + bane ruin

    gleaming yellow ruin

  • Ironbane

    Iron hard metal + bane ruin

    hard metal ruin

  • Palebane

    Pale colourless + bane ruin

    colourless ruin

Rogue


Tabletop

bane final

  • Jibbane

    Jib jib + bane ruin

    jib ruin

  • Shimbane

    Shim wedge + bane ruin

    wedge ruin

  • Chitbane

    Chit token + bane ruin

    token ruin

Villain


People

bane final

  • Marrbane

    Marr spoiling + bane ruin

    spoiling ruin

  • Umbrbane

    Umbr shade + bane ruin

    shade ruin

  • Gauntbane

    Gaunt lean hungry + bane ruin

    lean hungry ruin

Senses that travel together

See also

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