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“mist”

18 fragments across 12 traditions carry this sense. 13 of them open a name against 5 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Wizard, has 3.

Wizard


People

Nim initial · Nima initial · yssa final

  • Nimian

    Nim mist + ian adept

    mist adept

  • Nimric

    Nim mist + ric rule

    mist rule

  • Nimos

    Nim mist + os mouth

    mist mouth

  • Nimaine

    Nima mist + ine little

    mist little

  • Nimais

    Nima mist + is knowledge

    mist knowledge

  • Nimalene

    Nima mist + lene lantern

    mist lantern

  • Lirayssa

    Lira voice + yssa mist

    voice mist

  • Nemayssa

    Nema law + yssa mist

    law mist

  • Wynayssa

    Wyna wind + yssa mist

    wind mist

Dragon


Creatures

Myrra initial · Ymbrix initial

  • Myrrashar

    Myrra mist + shar sand

    mist sand

  • Myrravor

    Myrra mist + vor greed

    mist greed

  • Myrranar

    Myrra mist + nar fire

    mist fire

  • Ymbrixundor

    Ymbrix mist + undor deep

    mist deep

  • Ymbrixvexis

    Ymbrix mist + vexis spite

    mist spite

  • Ymbrixarion

    Ymbrix mist + arion heir

    mist heir

Elf


Fantasy races

Mae initial · heth final

  • Maelith

    Mae mist + lith ash

    mist ash

  • Maedan

    Mae mist + dan friend

    mist friend

  • Maemaen

    Mae mist + maen skilled

    mist skilled

  • Aurheth

    Aur sunrise + heth mist

    sunrise mist

  • Valheth

    Val shield + heth mist

    shield mist

  • Calheth

    Cal light + heth mist

    light mist

Hawaiian


Real world

Noe initial · Kanoe initial

  • Noealoha

    Noe mist + aloha beloved

    beloved mist

  • Noeakamai

    Noe mist + akamai clever

    clever mist

  • Noemaoli

    Noe mist + maoli true

    true mist

  • Kanoeikaika

    Kanoe mist + ikaika strong

    the strong mist

  • Kanoemalie

    Kanoe mist + malie calm

    the calm mist

  • Kanoemaoli

    Kanoe mist + maoli true

    the true mist

Wood Elf


Fantasy races

Mird initial · Mirda initial

  • Mirdwhorl

    Mird mist + whorl twisted growth

    mist twisted growth

  • Mirdmell

    Mird mist + mell beech mast

    mist beech mast

  • Mirdgan

    Mird mist + gan walker

    mist walker

  • Mirdaonna

    Mirda mist + onna ripple

    mist ripple

  • Mirdasela

    Mirda mist + sela silence

    mist silence

  • Mirdaquilla

    Mirda mist + quilla down

    mist down

Banshee


Creatures

Ceo initial

  • Ceoreidh

    Ceo mist + reidh level ground

    mist level ground

  • Ceoreachta

    Ceo mist + reachta statute

    mist statute

  • Ceoglaise

    Ceo mist + glaise streamlet

    mist streamlet

Bard


Tabletop

Ceo initial

  • Ceobel

    Ceo mist + bel lovely

    mist lovely

  • Ceodain

    Ceo mist + dain refrain

    mist refrain

  • Ceovier

    Ceo mist + vier player

    mist player

Demon


Creatures

ist final

  • Nezkist

    Nezk nausea + ist mist

    nausea of the mist

  • Brakhist

    Brakh binding + ist mist

    binding of the mist

  • Ulthist

    Ulth famine + ist mist

    famine of the mist

God


Creatures

Myr initial

  • Myrvetha

    Myr mist + vetha peace

    mist of the peace

  • Myrxara

    Myr mist + xara severance

    mist of the severance

  • Myrlitha

    Myr mist + litha stone

    mist of the stone

Necromancer


Tabletop

Nebul initial

  • Nebulwither

    Nebul mist + wither withering

    mist withering

  • Nebulsleep

    Nebul mist + sleep deep slumber

    mist deep slumber

  • Nebulrest

    Nebul mist + rest final repose

    mist final repose

Unicorn


Creatures

brume final

  • Solabrume

    Sola alone + brume mist

    alone mist

  • Argentabrume

    Argenta silver + brume mist

    silver mist

  • Celerabrume

    Celera swift + brume mist

    swift mist

Vampire


Creatures

nebel final

  • Ananebel

    Ana grace + nebel mist

    grace-mist

  • Magdanebel

    Magda tower + nebel mist

    tower-mist

  • Zimanebel

    Zima winter + nebel mist

    winter-mist

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “mist”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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