Something’s been bothering me for a while. Why would the Arathi give that giant crystal a proper name like it’s a person? Seems really weird. Why wouldn’t they call it like ‘the suncrystal’ or something?
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Why do humans give any Diety names? For example, many religions have given the sun “God” names. Why didn’t they just call it the giant floaty ball of light?
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But do the Arathi worship the sun? And sun-worship develops over time. It doesn’t pop up immediately when you take some mole men and force them onto the surface.
They don’t, they worship the sacred flame.
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they should call it litebrite.
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The Arathi came from the surface, so probably not. But I would be surprised if the native inhabitants of the cave didnt at one point.
I used to give names to really cool sticks I found. Sometimes rocks, but not often.
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“Petersen”? Really? Why?
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Because I’m a person? A giant glowing rock isn’t a person. Apples to rocket ships.
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I call the ceiling light in our kitchen “Lucy”. You know, “Lucy and the sky with diamonds”?
Doesn’t everyone name their lights?
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Because giving things a ‘proper’ name means people arent confused when talking about it. Also, it is not always bright and shiny so calling it ‘the suncrystal’ is inaccurate.
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Humans do this too IRL, quickest example is Big Ben. Why not call it giant clock tower?
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Again though people do this IRL, I’m sure if you ask your friends at least a few of them have named their car.
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Not even just structures, but basically every square inch of the Earth has a name associated with it. I’m not sure why the OP is weirded out by the crystal being named when we’ve been naming places/objects for pretty much all of recorded history lol
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Big Ben is the bell inside the clock tower.
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Im crystal rick!
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Not uncommon at all across many cultures historically. They’re also religious zealots, logic isn’t exactly their main guiding purpose.
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I named my car.
Personalized plate and everything because I’m that guy. 
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Maybe that’s the point. Perhaps there were many different names for it throughout their civilization and that’s the one that stuck. Would you like there to be a specific quest line in game where the naming convention was explained, or do we just run with this one?
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