-Khet means warrior. It's neutral, but generally more positive than negative. It implies honor, strength, and a slight lack of self control.
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"What happened to Raun-che*?"
"Vanished." Says the Champion. "He ran off into the woods and we can't find the little bugger."
"I hope he's alright..." says Amma, bless her heart.
"I hope he's dead." Says Ulla. All the blessing in the world couldn't save
that heart.
"He's most likely joined another tribe. There are some small ones to the west that'll take in fugitives from ours. If he has, we might mount another war. Depends on what happens with that fallen star."
"And Alca-un?"
"Getting ready for your naming ceremony. Why?" Says the Champion.
"She did kill three separate goblins." You say.
"I hadn't noticed." Says Ulla, a little twinkle in her eye. The two behind her nod. "You must have hit your head worse than we thought. They triped and fell. on their spears. Several times. There may have been rocks involved."
"I'm pretty sure there were no rocks in-" You start.
"Shut up. Next question."
You sigh. "What are we going to do after we look at the Fallen star?" Ulla shakes her head.
"We don't have the slightest clue. Most likely nothing interesting'll happen and we'll have a new artifact from the Stars to piss off the other tribes. Worst case scenario you die."
"That sounds pretty bad to me!" you say.
"I don't want the poor boy to die either!" says Amma concernedly.
The Champion just looks sadly at you like you're already dead. Ulla looks proud, for some reason. Everyone's acting like you've been pronounced deceased already. "What the hell is wrong with you people?!"
Ulla smacks you in the back of the head. "Don't talk to your elders that way, boy! Were you raised in a cave?"
"...
mostly- OW." You're developing a sore spot. "Fine. You said I'm getting named?"
"Yes!" says Amma happily, apparently forgetting she thought you were dead. "You're old enough that you can pick a name now. You'll get your title too. You can be a -Sha like Ulla-sha!" She shakes Ulla's shoulders playfully. Ulla doesn't look as happy.
"Wonderful."
It's time to pick a name!
*-cha is a contextual suffix usually used for the disgusting but somewhat respected job of Gong Cleaners in old Goblin Tribes (now a full word used to mean toilet). Gong cleaners are respected as a profession as someone who does what's necessary, no matter how gross. However, in the right contexts, calling someone this is comparable to calling them disgusting, ruthless, or both. Traitors and vermin garner this appellation, whereas actual Cleaners bear the title with some amount of dignity. It's recommended humans simply avoid the term entirely, to avoid accidental offense
Goblin Names are always one syllable, appended with -Un for boys and -A for girls. While often named by their Patrons or friends, most goblins don't recive a formal name until their naming ceremony, set up by the tribe when they've earned it. In such cases as no nickname has been used, the apprentice goblin has free reign to pick whatever odd or nonsensical name he wants, so long as it's one syllable.
Sometimes, this results in a new, heroic name. Usually, this results in a goblin named "Boobie Boy" for the rest of their life. As goblin society does not allow the changing of names, allowing adolescents the opportunity to name themselves was probably not the best cultural decision possible.
Modern Goblins are quite glad caffiene is too long of a word for a name. The chemical is a narcotic to Goblins, and it's use is pandemic. It's developed a subculture not unlike the weed culture of the early 2000's in human history, only instead of calming a goblin down it accelerates them until they have a heart attack or stroke. Coca-cola offers their condolences to the goblin people, and would like to state that in the interest of free cultural exchange they will be setting up vending machines in goblin neighborhood near you.
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