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#1 May 17, 2009 8:45 PM

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Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)


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#2 May 19, 2009 2:24 AM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

Yeah, there are a few similar words that denote something being bad, and it's safe to say that served as the base for "Malefor".


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#3 May 19, 2009 2:15 PM

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That's true. Btw, Evanessence ROCKS


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#4 May 19, 2009 2:29 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

Could be malificium, but it's probably from malicious or malice. Or both.

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#5 May 19, 2009 2:37 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

It could be.  there are several possibilities


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#6 May 19, 2009 3:18 PM

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#7 May 19, 2009 3:24 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

Well, the prefix "Mal" means "bad" so that might have something to do with it.


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#8 May 19, 2009 3:30 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

In French it does and Latin too?


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#9 May 19, 2009 4:37 PM

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Stand back! I know Latin!

Malus does mean bad or evil. Also, I can't believe I know Latin.

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#10 May 19, 2009 6:18 PM

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#11 May 19, 2009 10:50 PM

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#12 May 19, 2009 11:06 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

That's entirely true. there are many ways to interpret these things.


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#13 May 20, 2009 12:06 PM

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#14 May 21, 2009 12:24 AM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

well, if we look for the root word, i have to guess malefor comes from malevolent (i'm guessing evil, or wrong doer. or something)


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#15 May 21, 2009 3:33 AM

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Omg..I heard the song before..But never got to think about itO:
Lol, nice thinking...It could be a mach:P

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#16 May 21, 2009 12:10 PM

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#17 May 31, 2009 2:26 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

To be honest, it reminds me of the mythological demon and a duke of Hell, Valefar. Plus, break his name down into parts. Mal is in the romance languages, meaning "bad" or "evil (male in Italian, for evil, mal in Spanish and French for evil)." "E" is Italian for "and," and "for" stems off of the Italian word "forte" and the French word "fort," meaning strong. It could also stem from the Italian word for "strength;" forza (strength in French is force). So, to break his name down word by word, it would be "Evil and strong," in Italian, or "Evil strength." It would also be the same in French.

I take French and Spanish in high school, and I've also been looking into Italian on the side.

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#18 Jun 01, 2009 8:45 PM

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Wow you know a lot! More than me anyway!  big_smile Some good points there...


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#19 Jun 06, 2009 2:54 AM

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Possibly!  And I LOVE that Evanescence song!

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#20 Jun 06, 2009 8:05 PM

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#21 Jun 06, 2009 8:35 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

It may sound a little out of the water here, but here goes...

Some half-talented writer thought it sounded cool. It has no real meaning.

On a side note, the first summonable aeon to join your party in Final Fantasy X is called Valefor as default. He's not very good, Shiva or Bahamut are seriously superior.

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#22 Jun 10, 2009 6:25 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

Ha ha! I used to think that Aceedwin, but it sounds too cool to just be made up. Plus it's been linked with many references on this topic.

Valefor... that probably means something else. Either that or it has the same meaning but they just wanted it to rhyme.

Good ideas though.  wink


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#23 Jun 10, 2009 6:47 PM

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Did you guys notice that the mountain from Eternal Night was naed after Malefor?  I didn't realize that until after I played through Eternal Night again after DotD.

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#24 Jun 10, 2009 7:06 PM

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#25 Jun 10, 2009 7:22 PM

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Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

Malefor isn't cool. It's much less cool than, say, Sauron.

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