Quote Originally Posted by tjmd75 View Post
I can't help but think the NPC names Aphlanc (bridge west of Trollshaws) and Aslak (Earth-Kin camp in Ram Duath) are a little joke about the "Aflac" goose from the insurance commercials? Both NPCs are right by large groups of clawbeaks that make a very similar noise...
I wish I could say that was so, because it would be funny, but it isn't. Aphlanc is Sindarin and Aslak is Finnish (or is supposed to be anyway). We do follow a very strict guide for naming (with some rare exceptions, such as the Inklings characters), with specific guidelines for every race and culture, pulling from real-world languages, as Tolkien did. But I guess you could say that's a nugget in itself.