I like the name “Duskwall” better. “Doskvol” is cool and should definitely be mentioned (creative etymology has a long and proud tradition in fantasy) but it just does not sound as evocative as “Duskwall” to me.
I like the name “Duskwall” better.
I like the name “Duskwall” better.
Yeah, I think we all got attached to Duskwall. Regardless I like the “official name” justification.
Yes.
Anyone who says Doskval is a Skovlan Saboteur! All right thinking Patriots know this!
Those are the kind of fumbles that can blow a cover, for sure!
I agree with the above claims. Duskwall is far more evocative of a mist-shrouded city…
Agreed. Doskvol sounds weird for my ears, like the original/ancient name of the city, while Duskwall is the “true” name.
Yep, that’s the idea. Everyone pretty much calls it Duskwall now, so keep on doing that in your games and it’s all good.
The Immortal Emperor is over 1000 years old and is a stickler about what’s on his maps. 🙂
I thought he just referred to it as “Scurlock’s Cage.”
1000 years old. I want to hear his opinions about this new “music hall” music these youngsters keep babbling about. Damn kids.
I personally prefer Doskvol. Duskwall sounds like a name chosen to sound imposing, while Doskvol just sounds plain weird, a big plus in my book! It also distances the City a little from Dunwall, which is a central reference to some of my players.
As a non english speaker, Doskvol sounds less like a random english world to my players. I’ll use it 🙂
More to Heng benjamin’s point, as someone who’s a linguistics nerd, Doskvol is easier to pronounce properly across languages than Duskwall, because the ‘uh’ in Dusk doesn’t exist in some languages.
I never had problems on my tables. But it’s not like we say Duskwall a lot 😛
Oh, btw, I kind of did a blanket find-and-replace on the name when I made the new update. But in the next one, the city name will vary more between the old name, the common name, and other nicknames.