Abrasax wrote:

Sorry. I don't like it. Anything that sounds like it was named by the United Empire doesn't properly reflect the idea of naming an ancient alien race. I am a bit disappointed by the recent change from great names like Sophon, Sheredyn, Horatio, etc. to names like Riftborn or Unfallen. It just seems generic in general and lacking sincerity.

I kind of agree in this respect.

umbra - Latin for shadow, is a respectable choice. But I believe it to be a bit weak on it's own in this form: umbral

umbra is used in a few english words, one of them being Umbrella, (keeps you in the shadow of the rain.)

I think the name could be upgraded to something more like Umbrian, maybe?

Umbria in real life is a province of Italy who's coat of arms is actually a heraldry of three candles, 

which would be cool to have if the faction symbol wasn't already chosen (-.-)

Maybe a candle aesthtic can be worked into the artwork?

I really dig the choir part as I think it synergizes very well with Amplitude's Superb sound design.

So I think I'll go with The Umbrian Choir, Nation of the Umbri. 

Candle Keepers of the Darkness.

Gives them a real Dark Angelic vibe, eh?

I guess i'll post my iteration as submission and see what people think of it. I'll give credit to Domokun as well.

edit: posted some small lore as to who the umbrian choir would be.

I do like it. However, how are we going to refer to a specific individual from this species ?

I mean, the Humans are the United Empire's species for example. What would the Umbral Choir's species name be ?

Soulinet wrote:

I do like it. However, how are we going to refer to a specific individual from this species ?

I mean, the Humans are the United Empire's species for example. What would the Umbral Choir's species name be ?

Good question, depending on how they decide to go forward we may end up having another contest or they could just go with Umbrians or some other derivative like one of the previous posters had suggested (if this wins). I haven't seen this subject brought up a whole lot with respect to faction naming and whether it is inclusive or exclusive to the contest. Presumably, as part of this iterative design philosophy, it would be brought up later since they wanted very broad strokes as we don't know a while lot about the faction.

Since we haven't really moved to "round 2" so to speak more feedback from the devs would be helpful to clarify next steps.