Spyro the Dragon Forums / Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:28:57 +0000

TheSpyroPrincess wrote:

Very nice theory!

Thank you! Do you have anything to suggest?

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (TheSpyroPrincess) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:24:05 +0000

Very nice theory!

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Spynder) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:27:25 +0000

Saphira wrote:

Spynder wrote:
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.
I didn't know that Malefor was the Dark Master's name until I saw previews for DotD.
I just thought it was a cool name for a mountain.

Same here! They didn't release Malefor's name untill DotD. But after beating DotD, I went back to play Eternal Night, and I realized in that game they mentioned the mountain, and I thought "THAT's where the mountain got it's name!"

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Aceedwin) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:00:19 +0000

No I say it was made up by some guy who wanted a name that sounded cool. Regardless of voice manipulation.

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:08:58 +0000

Aceedwin wrote:

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

Sauron sounds like a dinosaur! :-P Sure it's a cool character though.

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Aceedwin) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:22:49 +0000

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

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:06:36 +0000

Spynder wrote:

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.

I didn't know that Malefor was the Dark Master's name until I saw previews for DotD.

I just thought it was a cool name for a mountain.

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Spynder) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:47:29 +0000

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.

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:25:20 +0000

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.

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Aceedwin) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:35:33 +0000

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.

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:05:22 +0000

Spynder wrote:

Possibly! And I LOVE that Evanescence song!

Yeah me too! My favourite though is Bring Me To Life.

Has anyone else got any more suggestions?

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Spynder) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:54:16 +0000

Possibly! And I LOVE that Evanescence song!

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:45:33 +0000

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

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Blaze the Dragon) — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:26:41 +0000

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.

Re: Malefor's Name Origin (possibility)

dummy@example.com (Nightfall) — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:10:11 +0000

Cadc wrote:

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)

Yeah I once thought that but that was before I heard the song. Now I have two views!