Character Name Generator - Beasts of Chaos
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This one has been a long time coming! Despite being a faction that I’ve loved since my earliest years in the hobby, and despite them being an army that I actually collect and play with, the poor Beasts of Chaos are the last of the major Age of Sigmar factions to get a character name generator (though they do have a Greatfray Name Generator). Weird innit?
Maybe I was worried that I wouldn’t do them justice. To be honest, I still am - I’ve restarted work on this generator twice in the last year, and I’ve done more last minute tinkering with it pre-launch than for any other generator I can remember.
Part of the issue is that there are actually very few named Beasts of Chaos characters, even if you go back and include all of the beastmen characters from the World That Was. This means that I had very little to go on in terms of beastly name structure conventions, and a lot less raw material to work with than I usually have. I’ve addressed this partly by limiting the number of name variables, and partly by filling in the blanks using my own judgement and imagination.
This is always a tricky balancing act - if I limit the options too much then everything starts to look samey and dull. But if I create a huge amount of material from nothing, then there’s the risk of diluting the distinctive feel of the faction with sounds and name structures that aren’t supported by the lore, or simply feel too awkward or not quite right. Still, I think that what we have here is a decent compromise, even if I am already planning to revisit it again one day!
If you use the generator and enjoy it, I’d love it if you’d leave a comment below - let me know what names you’ve come up with! And as always, feel free to share it as you see fit.
