Monday, April 30, 2018

Ed Ranks 30 "Evil Names" Via a Random Evil Name Generator

Gloomlure The Ghoul. Or something like that.
Seventh Sanctum has an "Evil Name Generator" based on the Diablo II name generator, that assembles random words to create unique monster names.  It can randomly generate 20 evil names at a time. Here they are, ranked:

20. Belchhaunt - So this is a haunting burp or something? That's not very scary. It sounds like you don't need a crusading warrior to rid the world of this evil. You need some antacid.

19. Slashleaf - I am not threatened by your ability to slash leaves. Who cares? Sure, a machete that can slash vegitation can be a dangerous weapon when used against a person. But you're not using it against a person. You're using it against leaves. Try "Slashflesh" next time.

18. Twistspell The Grasping - "Spell" might be the only part about this which sounds even remotely scary. "Twist"-ing isn't scary. Twisting is how Chubby Checkers made White people slowly comfortable with Black music. It's totally non-threatening. And "grasping?" Whatever. I won't lose any sleep over someone grasping.

17. Moneylove The Mystic - Not. Scary. At. All. This sounds like the name of a Disc Jockey at a radio station in a beach town.

16. Chillmurk The Vomitous - Chillmurk? That's not that scary. And the fact that you vomit isn't that bad by itself. Perhaps Chillmurk The Vomitous is just a frat boy that drank too much and is now barfing it all out.

15. Stinkbeam The Unborn - How scary can you be if you haven't even been born yet? Is this some sort of evil monster about to be hatched from some egg soon? Well guess what! You're not hatched yet, so I'm just going to crush your egg, you unborn stinker.

14. Cinderbeam The Mage - Cinders are associated with fire. But the "beam" part sort of offsets that. Cinderbeam? That's just poor housing construction material.

13. Fastmouth The Stinking - This could be a Diablo II monster, or it could be the nickname of a toothless hooker with pungent body odor. The latter is probably more scary than the former.

12. Dashshock - Sounds like a villain in a 1990s cartoon where everyone wears their hats backwards and everything is "X-Treme."

11. Soulcinder The Berserk - Again with the cinders. Although your soul being burned to a cinder? YIKES!

10. Hauntfire The Construct - WHOA, Hauntfire? Holy smokes! I would hate to run into a monster named "Hauntfire." But "Hauntfire the Construct?" You should have stopped when you were ahead, HF.

9. Groundstorm The Necrotic - So what's a groundstorm? Is that like an earthquake? And is being necrotic supposed to scare me? The fact that you have dead bodily tissue means that you're likely injured which is less scary. Still, a pretty cryptic name.

8. Carnalburn The Striker - The words "carnal" and "burn" together can only mean one thing: Sexually Transmitted Disease. And "The Striker?" This is obviously the soccer player who spreads the STD. I'm not saying it's Cristiano Ronaldo. But it's totally Cristiano Ronaldo.

7. Stinkanger The Drowned - Yikes. Stinkanger the Drowned? Sounds like an apt description of Jason Vorhees. Come on, you know he's got to be stinky.

6. Shockwire - Especially scary if you're an electrician. Like #17 above, this could also be a radio DJ.

5. Waterpuke The All-devouring - Vomiting and puking themes to be a theme on this random name generator, but the "all-devouring" part of this name is what's really creepy and scary.

4. Rotsoak The Resurrected - Yet another good description of Jason Vorhees.

3. Pukelurk The Unstoppable - Best avoid messing with any evil monsters that are unstoppable.

2. Gloomlure The Ghoul - Yep, that's an evil name. 

1. Horrorshiver - Wow, scary. Best turn and run when you come upon "Horrorshiver."

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