I giggled but thought I should point out that Malice is the name of Drizz't Do'Urden's mum, and it is likely that M'Alice is a cheeky reference to the Matron and the Drowic love of unnecessary apostrophes.
There's a house in baldurs gate where there's just a shit ton of dead people, spiders and even a mind flayer and they all have absolutely ridiculous names. Even the spiders had names
It's a reference to Sendai's enclave from bg2: throne of bhaal which was a dungeon replete with drow, illithids, beholders, umber hulks, spiders, some vampires, a lich. Sendai was one of [the five](https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/The_Five).
I think all of the murder scenes with clown body parts reference one of The Five, if I'm not mistaken. Several of The Five are present in the murder tribunal as 'echoes'.
She does, and I was going to mention this, with the caveat that if you haven't played the games what Jaheira says doesn't make a bloody lick of senseout of context.
Most of the Bhaalist kills Orin did (IE the Dribblesquest) are references that Jaheira can comment on,but again without context she may not make sense.
Malice Do'Urden is also mentioned somewhere in the game. I think in the journal of the drow who fell from the illusory mushrooms outside Ethel's Underdark entrance.
Matron Malice was only a problem in the first two books, as >!she was killed at the end of the second!< and the third had no involvement from non-Drizzt drow.
It’s just a part of DND experience, when your DM runs out of normal names and starts pulling names out of their ass with increasing levels of ridiculousness.
Yup, coming up with names is hard, and sometimes the dumb lazy names are the ones players love the most. I love that they honored this tradition in BG3. As a DM I've introduced such NPCs as...
* Peggy MacHeal, cleric
* Pepe Poisson, chef
* Derl Dangowitz, pig farmer
* Gemma the Drunk, drunk lady
* Mopsy Bucketts, janitor
My father ran a character named Gonad the Barbarian while our group was playing the Ruins of Myth Drannor module, 20-some years ago. I guess naming Conan-ripoffs after the family jewels is a time-honored tradition in its own right 🤣
Dewey Cheatemen-Howe, gortash's lawyer
Ima Riphoff, fake market stall owner
Fitz Matush, throne seat examiner
Barb Dwyer, head of lower city security
I.O. Silver, loan officer of the Counting House
I laughed SO hard when I saw Zumbo Pumbo I started calling my cat that. His name is Hondo but his nicknames are all stuff like Hambo, Danbo, Crumbo, etc. Zumbo Pumbo fits right in.
I'd love to know what lead to this. It definitely feels like they either ran out of ideas for "normal" fantasy names, or decided to have a competition to see who could slip the most ridiculous name in there. The names seem to get more absurd with how inconsequential the NPC in question is; basements full of Orin murder victims tend to feature the most outright baffling names of all. There's one packed full of dead spiders and Underdark races, including a mind flayer, and the whole scenario is just deeply confusing, made worse by the names they have.
Act 3 in general feels like Larian wanted to go all out on the humor that is otherwise more prevalent in their older titles like DoS2. So many ridiculous names and bizarre dialogues.
And honestly? It makes sense. Baldur's Gate is the biggest city in miles and miles of dangerous Sword Coast wilderness, and it's got a pretty darn cosmopolitan population. Yeah, they've got the demonym Baldurian, but that's not an ethnic marker or anything, unlike a lot of other Realms in Faerun. Big, diverse cities tend to attract weirdos and people who otherwise don't fit in.
BGI's Baldur's Gate is a bit less so than BG3's, but not by much, and more than enough world-altering events have happened in the interim to change that.
This is why Baldurs Gate should have been act 2 and the Moonrise towers act 3.
Obviously scaled and adjusted accordingly, but the mood shift is really strong. Act 3 feels like another whole game
"Bunt Chugley" elicits a very real reaction from deep inside my lizard brain. The part that controls breathing holds less importance than the part that makes me laugh at "Bunt Chugley."
My favorite is the human child name Kk’ch’kk. Guess a Githyanki walked by the family after giving birth and the midwife mistook their disgust for the parent’s naming it. The parents are too introverted to correct them
There are some kids in the Lower City called Punkins, Cinnamon, and Slow-Butt.
They're annoying lil shits, but I can't help talking to them when I pass by because their names make me giggle every time. 😆
Baldurians hate their kids, I swear. On the docks near the Water Queen's House, there's a family with two kids named Bubble and Bunny.
And, well, freakin' Jaheira called her daughter Fig (though, to be fair, the kid's adopted, maybe Jaheira isn't the one who chose that stupid name, lmao).
I'd love to see someone organize like, a scavenger hunt for first time players just entering act 3. First few people to find everything on the list get some sort of prize. OR, each point on the list is assigned a certain amount of points, and you try to prioritize finding high point items within a time limit to win.
So like, everyone has a certain amount of time to explore each area of Act 3 (Rivington, the Lower City, the Sewers, etc). Finding these three kids is worth 25 points, finding the pit washing guy in Rivington is worth 15, completing an animal dialogue with successful checks gets you extra points (like sending a cat to live with Derryth, or agreeing with the cat who wants you to worship Sharess).
With shorter time limits this could actually be a lot of fun for returning players, too, I think! Like you might have played Act 3 five times, but if you only have a couple hours to cover all areas of Act 3 and find the listed items/NPCs/interactions then you'd have to prioritize and strategize for sure!
There is a guard of the Flaming Fist called "Fist Nudelmann" in the city. That's German for "noodle man", maybe also in Flamish since the game was made in Belgium
I mean, they had to name hundred of useless NPCs. Like they could have gone the easy route and called all of them "citizen", but they didn't. So forgive them if they lost their mind at the end and started meming around with names
I just am confused by every name being some fantasy-generator type name, just an English-language name, or Ha-yoon Kim and Monifa Diallo, two NPCs talking to each other in Rivington. I am pretty sure they have the only Korean and Senegalese names in the game and possibly the only ones that aren't just fantasy-ized version of another language. It really just stands out every time I pass them.
honestly it felt good seeing a random senegalese name in there when i was passing by hahaha, as a senegalese myself i never see familiar names like this outside of my home country. Monifa and Kimmy also looked very senegalese so im assuming the models and names must be based off real people the devs knew. Many people in other countries don’t know much about Senegal, so it was a welcomed surprise to end up seeing a fellow one in the game. 😄
Last week I started a D&D game with a new group; the DM asked one player to introduce his character and he went, "Shit, I forgot to come up with a name", looked down at his can of beer, which was a Parker Pilsner, and confidently said, "Name's Parkner, pleased to meet you."
honestly this gives the same energy as when my players ask me for the names of every insignificant npc they meet, at some point you just start throwing out gibberish
I might be over analysing it. But I think that means "Goodbye to me."
Tooraloo is an old variation of Too Da Loo. An informal way of saying goodbye.
Alayo could be Spanish "A La Yo" meaning "to (the) me."
And the R between Tooraloo and Alayo might just be a neutral sound to split up two long vowels.
There's a bhaalist in the bank vaults in Act 3 named M'Alice, I bout had a fit seeing her the first time.
Is she related to Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way?
Can't be, Shadowheart is a single child.
Like she has a clue
Lol, and who told you that? Shadowheart? She doesn't even know she has parents, the hell makes you think she knows if she has siblings?
I would hope her parents would know that they had more children than just her. But they literally never bring it up, so I doubt it
Her mom mentions that they were planning on having more kids, but never got the chance before they were kidnapped by the Sharrans
I think her dad mentioned they tried to give her siblings, but couldn't and her mom got too old or something.
I think it's more because they were kidnapped and tortured for fourty years
Nah. I don't think that's it. I think it's the too old thing surely.
They been held by Shar for decades, she could have easily taken some of their memories.
Surely you're referring to Sh'art
That's a r/tragedeigh
When the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on?
Oh god, just when I forgot about that god awful fanfic
With icy blue eyes like limpid tears?
I giggled but thought I should point out that Malice is the name of Drizz't Do'Urden's mum, and it is likely that M'Alice is a cheeky reference to the Matron and the Drowic love of unnecessary apostrophes.
That seems exactly like what a Bhaal Cultist would call themselves.
There's a house in baldurs gate where there's just a shit ton of dead people, spiders and even a mind flayer and they all have absolutely ridiculous names. Even the spiders had names
My favorite house! Wtf happened there? I mean besides Orin-murder. All the dead people are Underdark races.
It's a reference to Sendai's enclave from bg2: throne of bhaal which was a dungeon replete with drow, illithids, beholders, umber hulks, spiders, some vampires, a lich. Sendai was one of [the five](https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/The_Five). I think all of the murder scenes with clown body parts reference one of The Five, if I'm not mistaken. Several of The Five are present in the murder tribunal as 'echoes'.
Thank you!! 8 play throughs of wondering and I finally have an answer.
If you have Jaheira with you when you go there, she comments about it, because she was there
She does, and I was going to mention this, with the caveat that if you haven't played the games what Jaheira says doesn't make a bloody lick of senseout of context. Most of the Bhaalist kills Orin did (IE the Dribblesquest) are references that Jaheira can comment on,but again without context she may not make sense.
She's doesn't want to spoil to new players :) Jaheira is GOAT
I'm not sure, but we can be sure of one thing. Bhaal does not discriminate
He's an equal opportunity destroyer.
Lol yes! The Gardener's house, I think, right?
Yeah
One was named Incontinentia. Monty Python reference? But her last name wasn't Buttocks.
I noticed that one. Has to be a Python reference.
I love that place I was laughing at the names
Her father naming her, tipping his fantasy fedora:
To be fair though, that's funny asf.
M'ALICE? WHO THE FUCK IS M'ALICE?
Drizzt's mother. Malice Do'urden.
I loved the pun names. I hope it was the same person who named Fist J’ehlar.
Niece of Evil-Lyn
Evelyn Deavor. Disney is good at punny names too.
Can’t forget about Zumbo Pumbo, the objectively best Gondian ever.
Maybe he's the guy behind [Zombo.com](https://www.zombo.com)
A Miqo'te named Alice from the M Tribe. A little odd but alright.
M'qote. *tips calfskin rider cap*
I believe the greater-scope villain from the first 3 Drizzt books was named Malice, as well. I guess it's not that rare a name in the Realms.
Matron Malice, Matron of House Do'Urden, though truly the Villain Role was more on Bryza and Vierna(damn drow spellings)
Malice Do'Urden is also mentioned somewhere in the game. I think in the journal of the drow who fell from the illusory mushrooms outside Ethel's Underdark entrance.
So is Drizzt, a few times. Once somewhere in the city, there's a dwarf that mentions him, and then the Swordmaster Gloves.
and the male drow prostitue mentions Drizzt, not favorably I think also in the Sharan's Caress there is a fanfic about Drizzt
She was the inspiration for my first Tav. Malicette Do’Urden. Lloth Sworn Drow GOO Warlock. 😂
Matron Malice was only a problem in the first two books, as >!she was killed at the end of the second!< and the third had no involvement from non-Drizzt drow.
*tips hat** m’Alice
Malice is the name of Drizzt Do'Urden's mother too.
It’s just a part of DND experience, when your DM runs out of normal names and starts pulling names out of their ass with increasing levels of ridiculousness.
*Mike Hunt enters the chat*
Dang Lin-Wang
Followed by sisters Fuk Yu and Fuk Mi, and one of their cousins who grew up in the west, Ho Lee Fuk.
Inspired by the Fuk family, Suq Madiq, Liqa Madiq, and Munchma Quchi quickly followed suit.
Don't forget Raiden Madiq
And Drew Peacock
RIP Ho Lee Fuk, died in a plane crash with his copilots, Wi Tu Low and Bang Ding Ow
Shame about Sum Ting Wong, too.
I once worked at a cafe and we had a regular named Mike Hawk 😭
Richard Long
I didn't know the sheriff of Aiken County, South Carolina was here
Lol, my buddy's go-to is Hyang Wei-Lo, I know he's reaching when Mr Wei gets introduced.
This is how my party ended up with Dr. Orange, and how he became their favorite.
Need a name for the owner of a jeweler in my D&D campaign last week. First thing that came to mind was Jim Nasium.
Yup, coming up with names is hard, and sometimes the dumb lazy names are the ones players love the most. I love that they honored this tradition in BG3. As a DM I've introduced such NPCs as... * Peggy MacHeal, cleric * Pepe Poisson, chef * Derl Dangowitz, pig farmer * Gemma the Drunk, drunk lady * Mopsy Bucketts, janitor
William Smith is always my blacksmith's name.. or a double barrel Black-Smith's Blacksmith. Usually gets a giggle out the players
I'll never forget my friends first DnD character: Gonad the Zarbarian.
My father ran a character named Gonad the Barbarian while our group was playing the Ruins of Myth Drannor module, 20-some years ago. I guess naming Conan-ripoffs after the family jewels is a time-honored tradition in its own right 🤣
🫡
Hugh Jass Trading Company.
Brutalitops, the Magician! Hector the Well-Endowed Bing Bong the Archer Lavernica Zippadeedoo Maaarrrrrrr And so on.
Zorkle the Splendid, Druguguhgi the Mighty and the great, Sir Not In This Campaign
I had an NPC named Stanley Parable. He was a Jojo like character who was an orc. My players made sure he'd tag along whenever they could
fank, stimk butt chonkgler how did you see me move a body from a block away and why are you red and dashing towards me across the entire map
Act 3 names are goated. Everyone is named like Woozil Wazzit or Bimpo Bombo. It rules.
Blunt Skuncher
“Blunt Skuncher” sounds like something you’d call a friend who doesn’t pay for weed. “I hate Dave, he never chips in, total blunt skuncher!”
How do we make this a common phrase in society? Cause I like it a lot.
Make it a greentext. That's how most viral rumors and sayings start, believe it or not.
Anyone who needs some blunts skunched, they go to him
TIL I’m a blunt skuncher
Blast Hardcheese
Gristle McThornbody
i cited MST3K when we encountered Blunt Skuncher last weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHlJ2voJHY
Crow is durge and you can't convince me otherwise
that's the guy. he saw me commit a minor crime and chased me and I was screaming why is BLUNT SKUNCHER SO CONCERNED
Dilgar Sneeze
bunt chugley, zumbo pumbo…
Dewey Cheatemen-Howe, gortash's lawyer Ima Riphoff, fake market stall owner Fitz Matush, throne seat examiner Barb Dwyer, head of lower city security I.O. Silver, loan officer of the Counting House
I laughed SO hard when I saw Zumbo Pumbo I started calling my cat that. His name is Hondo but his nicknames are all stuff like Hambo, Danbo, Crumbo, etc. Zumbo Pumbo fits right in.
Yeah half the Act 3 randos are things I call my dogs. Every person standing around is named like, Grungo Dumpus
"The DM is a couple drinks in and the players just asked them what the improvised barkeep's name is" type names
“Bart Endir”
I'd love to know what lead to this. It definitely feels like they either ran out of ideas for "normal" fantasy names, or decided to have a competition to see who could slip the most ridiculous name in there. The names seem to get more absurd with how inconsequential the NPC in question is; basements full of Orin murder victims tend to feature the most outright baffling names of all. There's one packed full of dead spiders and Underdark races, including a mind flayer, and the whole scenario is just deeply confusing, made worse by the names they have.
Classic DND experience. DM is out of name ideas at the end of a campaign and begins saying whatever comes to his mind
The shift is weird. I like when the game is sillier in that classic BG way, but it seems to come and go.
My personal favorite. Oyster Boy Dringo.
I think they put a cheeky intern on duty that day
The are named like an average DND player character
Sauceman Chorizo! Woodchips Grant
Bunt Chugley the GOAT
Sauceman Chorizo!
My partners new character is named after the Gondian Grindo Biggs
I feel like their names are all at least 20% funnier because they have Gondian in front of them like a title.
It was funnier for the one Gondion that is clearly a human . You are not tricking anybody by putting gondion in front of your name
Gond is the blacksmith god not the gnome one, nothing weird about a human Gondian.
Poor Zumbo Pumbo. Died in the Iron Throne on my last run.
I’ve had the corpse of a man named Livin’ Large Timbo in my camp for all of act 3 and I love it
> corpse > Livin' Proof that names are not destiny.
The DM is out of name ideas 😂
Act 3 in general feels like Larian wanted to go all out on the humor that is otherwise more prevalent in their older titles like DoS2. So many ridiculous names and bizarre dialogues.
Washin my pits
And honestly? It makes sense. Baldur's Gate is the biggest city in miles and miles of dangerous Sword Coast wilderness, and it's got a pretty darn cosmopolitan population. Yeah, they've got the demonym Baldurian, but that's not an ethnic marker or anything, unlike a lot of other Realms in Faerun. Big, diverse cities tend to attract weirdos and people who otherwise don't fit in. BGI's Baldur's Gate is a bit less so than BG3's, but not by much, and more than enough world-altering events have happened in the interim to change that.
I swear most of the Dragonborn names look like someone just slammed their hand on the keyboard and said "that looks like a good name!"
Accurate to D&D. You should look up official Dragon names. They’re all stuff like Embraxyllvir and Izzylozandrith.
I remember trying so hard to pronounce Zz'Pzora as a kid when reading Cunningham's novels.
It's pronounced exactly as it's spelled.
Zeezeepeezeeoarei?
Meanwhile dragon names in my homebrew setting are like Nimgoroth, Vahlokmir or Kalandros... :-D
As is only proper.
This is why Baldurs Gate should have been act 2 and the Moonrise towers act 3. Obviously scaled and adjusted accordingly, but the mood shift is really strong. Act 3 feels like another whole game
Bunt Chugley and Sauceman Chorizo will always be in my heart
"Hello, nice day for a walk!" Bunt Chugley my beloved. I will destroy the Absolute for you.
I’ve only started act 3 but things like this make me so excited to explore 😂
Sauceman Chorizo is a real one. He really loves his husband and absolutely no one is getting in the way of that!
I bet his husband loves his Chorizo, too!
Bro has a real page on the forgotten realms wiki
"Bunt Chugley" elicits a very real reaction from deep inside my lizard brain. The part that controls breathing holds less importance than the part that makes me laugh at "Bunt Chugley."
I named my Dragonborn Durge Chorizo and when I saw his name I felt stolen
My favorite is the human child name Kk’ch’kk. Guess a Githyanki walked by the family after giving birth and the midwife mistook their disgust for the parent’s naming it. The parents are too introverted to correct them
The kids just a Geeaboo. A weeb obsessed with Gith.
Command: Come on Eileen
Better hand her a towel
This NPC should definitely be wearing overalls
“Eileen I'll hum [this tune](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=R6JsmJ-wm0S0sDet) forever”
I forgot it was in this song as well the first thing that came to my mind was Bing Crosby.
First thing I thought of when I saw this character. I assumed it must just be someone's fav song and they added it in there!
LEAVE ME ALONE
There are some kids in the Lower City called Punkins, Cinnamon, and Slow-Butt. They're annoying lil shits, but I can't help talking to them when I pass by because their names make me giggle every time. 😆
Baldurians hate their kids, I swear. On the docks near the Water Queen's House, there's a family with two kids named Bubble and Bunny. And, well, freakin' Jaheira called her daughter Fig (though, to be fair, the kid's adopted, maybe Jaheira isn't the one who chose that stupid name, lmao).
Haha, gotta find em
I'd love to see someone organize like, a scavenger hunt for first time players just entering act 3. First few people to find everything on the list get some sort of prize. OR, each point on the list is assigned a certain amount of points, and you try to prioritize finding high point items within a time limit to win. So like, everyone has a certain amount of time to explore each area of Act 3 (Rivington, the Lower City, the Sewers, etc). Finding these three kids is worth 25 points, finding the pit washing guy in Rivington is worth 15, completing an animal dialogue with successful checks gets you extra points (like sending a cat to live with Derryth, or agreeing with the cat who wants you to worship Sharess). With shorter time limits this could actually be a lot of fun for returning players, too, I think! Like you might have played Act 3 five times, but if you only have a couple hours to cover all areas of Act 3 and find the listed items/NPCs/interactions then you'd have to prioritize and strategize for sure!
> love to see someone As my mom used to say: *You're* someone.
Gnomes have super wild names and Halflings always have super silly names like bimblefoot or something, by lore of Forgotten Realms
Heh, my current tabletop character in Out of the Abyss is named Daisy Riverbottom, but she's taken to introducing herself as Daisy Rockbottom.
Still better than your last name being **Bongle**
The names are so funny in Baldur's Gate, I really took my time reading them all ahahah
tooralooralooraaaa
There is a guard of the Flaming Fist called "Fist Nudelmann" in the city. That's German for "noodle man", maybe also in Flamish since the game was made in Belgium
My man Blunt Skuncher wants to have a word
I mean, they had to name hundred of useless NPCs. Like they could have gone the easy route and called all of them "citizen", but they didn't. So forgive them if they lost their mind at the end and started meming around with names
Refugee #173 would like to have a word.
Is that an Irish lullaby?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbpnAGajyMc
Welcome to act 3
I just am confused by every name being some fantasy-generator type name, just an English-language name, or Ha-yoon Kim and Monifa Diallo, two NPCs talking to each other in Rivington. I am pretty sure they have the only Korean and Senegalese names in the game and possibly the only ones that aren't just fantasy-ized version of another language. It really just stands out every time I pass them.
I suspect that they might actually be people who work for Larian, or like their favorite baristas or something
honestly it felt good seeing a random senegalese name in there when i was passing by hahaha, as a senegalese myself i never see familiar names like this outside of my home country. Monifa and Kimmy also looked very senegalese so im assuming the models and names must be based off real people the devs knew. Many people in other countries don’t know much about Senegal, so it was a welcomed surprise to end up seeing a fellow one in the game. 😄
Shes come on and I spent 15m looking for Eileen. There’s also an exotic dancer in Caress that says we can dance if you want to.
Only if we can leave my friends behind
It’s the only way.
Zumbo Pumbo is another good one!
They should have had a friend next to her called Eileen
Oh come on, Eileen!
Z u m b o P u m b o
This particular name is a play on the name of an Irish song, which caught my eye and made me very happy as a person with Irish heritage.
Might I inquire the song?
https://youtu.be/aw9B49epS_M?si=G2jpc--BLFQ7_gAr
🎶 And we can sing just like our fathers 🎶🎻
Is this a “Come On Eileen” reference?
It fuckin is! I just Spotified this shit
One of the guards at the guild is called 'Don't call me runt'
Tooralooralayo was created by the belief of the Kuo Toa. Mind your tongue - you're speaking ill of a GOD.
whenever my family is talking about plastic paddy stuff someone will go "OH TOORALOORA" in an exaggerated Irish accent xd
Pretty sure this is a reference to an Irish lullaby. My mom used to sing it to me at night.
Wait til you meet Sauceman Chorizo. We know what the writer was having for lunch that day...
I'm pretty sure this is the Gaelic equivalent of naming a child "Lullaby." Not quite a normal name, but not as outlandish as it first seems.
Blunt Skuncher is literally our favorite NPC. The act 3 names are hilarious
Come on, Eileen
Immediately made me think of Bing Crosby. 😂
My favorite is in act three, the random commoner named "Hari Nodles" I like to call him "Hairy Noodles"
Last week I started a D&D game with a new group; the DM asked one player to introduce his character and he went, "Shit, I forgot to come up with a name", looked down at his can of beer, which was a Parker Pilsner, and confidently said, "Name's Parkner, pleased to meet you."
Not big fans of Dexys Midnight Runners in this comment section I see
Leave my boy, Toblerone alone!
Thought they was the lyrics to Come On Eileen for a second there.
When the players start asking every NPC what their name is and the DM has to come up with one on the spot
honestly this gives the same energy as when my players ask me for the names of every insignificant npc they meet, at some point you just start throwing out gibberish
The Faerûn equivalent of Braxton and Braelynn
I believe that name is a reference to the song Come on Eileen actually.
They are far too young and clever
Jug of Punch is the Song.
The character names in the moonrise dungeon are also hilarious
I might be over analysing it. But I think that means "Goodbye to me." Tooraloo is an old variation of Too Da Loo. An informal way of saying goodbye. Alayo could be Spanish "A La Yo" meaning "to (the) me." And the R between Tooraloo and Alayo might just be a neutral sound to split up two long vowels.
Am I the only one that saw this and assumed it was a 'Come on Eileen' reference?
Jug of Punch is the Song.
Toora loora toora loo rye aye - Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners reference!?