Am posting this here because Fantasy is my genre...and well, I don't know where else to start!
So I am working on Book 4 in a series. I started a pattern with the previous 3 in that each title has been "White____" The first was Pawn, second was Prophet, third was Penitent, the fourth is Prodigal.
It's already looking like next years Nano is going to be book 5, because what I've got plotted for this one now is WAY too long.
Book 5 will likely center on my MC's fulfilling a prophecy by performing a ritualistic cleansing of a defiled temple...the end result of which will be the beginning of the 'healing' of the kingdom's recent internal violence and strife.
But I can't think of a P word (word starting with the letter P) that fits that theme. Writing it is a long way off, so I've got plenty of time to worry about it, but thought that tossing it out there now would get the question out of my head (and thus let me sleep) and give me something to focus on when Nano is over.
Suggestions are welcome if you have any! Thanks!
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Nov 21, 2009 - 23 09
White Prophecy might be a daft idea, but it was the first I could come up with.
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Nov 21, 2009 - 23 41
I'd say Prophecy, but since you already used Prophet it would probably be too repetitive.
Erm... White Peace? Because... the kingdom gets healed from violence and strife? That might be too stupid sounding, but it starts with a P xD
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Nov 22, 2009 - 00 21
"White Purpose?"
----------"We shouldn't do this it is not worth it..."
"Don't worry, it is so worth it...."
"How..."
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Nov 22, 2009 - 05 36
White Purification fits your theme exactly, but full disclosure demands I mention that a few seconds after I thought of it, I realized it might recall the KKK for some.
White Promise?
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Nov 22, 2009 - 07 14
White Purification fits your theme exactly, but full disclosure demands I mention that a few seconds after I thought of it, I realized it might recall the KKK for some.
Ouch, yeah, you can't have that. Now I'm worried that White Purge is similar. What do you reckon?
White Physic is the other one I thought of, physic as in healing...?
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Nov 22, 2009 - 08 27
I like where your head is at, but Physician is better.
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Nov 22, 2009 - 10 52
White Priest
----------White Physic
White Prodigal Redux
"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Nov 22, 2009 - 15 52
White Pious
...Paean (I know that one doesn't really fit but...)
...Priory
...Perilous
...Preyed
Hmm. You could also go to dictionary.com and look through all the P words.
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Nov 22, 2009 - 16 16
Doesn't seem like anyone has suggested "White Prayer" yet. I think that "White Purification" would fit the story well,like someone else said.
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Nov 22, 2009 - 17 21
I second White Priest.
----------Maybe White Pardoner? or...protecter?
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Nov 22, 2009 - 21 57
Penultimate, meaning second to last, so i guess it doesn't quite fit...
----------predesignate, to specify in advance, although I'm not quite sure that that fits either...
physic, meaning healing, but some people mix that up with other words...
That's all I have ^^'
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Nov 22, 2009 - 22 47
Portent
Prevailing
Pontiff
Potential
Progress
Patriarchy
Perseverance
Perversion
Plurality
Principle
Pestilence
Plague
Pirate/Privateer
Palace
Perfidy
Postlude
Paradox
Prowess
Paradise
Politician
Patrician
Poverty
Provenance
Panic
Pandemonium
Any of those work?
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White Performance, for him finally performing the act the prophecy predicted.
-Perfection
-Pacifism for the peace he will create
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Nov 23, 2009 - 11 11
Its not unheard of to take a certain point in a series and NOT follow the previous naming pattern
Dragonflight > Dragonquest > The White Dragon
"E"ragon > "E"ldest > (expected title "E"mpire) Brisingr
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Nov 23, 2009 - 11 24
I like:
White Physick - that 'k' makes it more medieval healerish, if that's what you're going for
White Pontiff - head of an order
White Patriarch - implies head of a new family
It sounds like the first four described your MC, so these seem to fit your pattern.
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Nov 23, 2009 - 11 57
Hmm I like White Pardon. It's not quite as direct as some of the others in pinpointing the plot of the book, but that's sort of how I title my stuff, so there it is. ;)
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Nov 23, 2009 - 12 45
I liked the suggestion of White Priest. I can only think of White Poison, White Porcelain, White Prayer, White Paradise, and White Prince.
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