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UMBRAL CHOIR VOTE 4: LEADER NAME

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We're back with the next vote for the Umbral Choir. If you've been living on an asteroid for the past few weeks, head over to our dev blog to find out more about the creation process of this upcoming espionage-oriented faction!


Last week, you selected Penumbra as the name of the expansion, in a landslide victory!




This week, we're asking you what the leader of the faction should be named. That's the creature just above this line. Read on below to learn a little more about it:


After shattering into countless echoes, the Umbral Choir encountered its first experience of dissonance as the different harmonies of its composition gained a limited form of independence. Instead of a singular consciousness, the wraith-like creature found its perceptions refracted through a plethora of viewpoints and voices, creating a cognitive experience not unlike a hymn sung by a choir. Among this choir, one voice was the most clear, the most lucid, and this echo came to be the de facto leader of the entity, although it should always be remembered that the Umbral Choir is a single, shattered mind.


This vote will run throughout the holidays and until January, so you have plenty of time to think about it. Let us know what your favorite is!

6 765 800

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Orchestrator Solmire Prima
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Orchestrator Solmire Prima

6 728 700

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The First Refrain

The First Refrain

5 875 800

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The Voice of Many

The Voice of Many

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6 years ago
Dec 16, 2018, 8:33:17 PM

I voted The First Refrain. Despite Orchestrator is fitting given how the hero's are named, I like the idea that the leader of the faction is unique and does not follow the same kind of naming as the others even if it's the same entity. It also add to its mystery, perhaps it does have a name, perhaps Orchestrator Solmira Prima is it, but given its position it's become known as The First Refrain by the rest and the splintered entity itself cause that's what it is.

It's a close one though, a hard decision. I do also like Voice of Many but I felt it wasn't as unique, perhaps if it's spin differently to something more music/choir related than simply "voice".


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6 years ago
Dec 17, 2018, 1:55:22 AM

The vote are all very close, maybe an other turn to vote is required, no ?  or new names ?

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6 years ago
Dec 17, 2018, 3:17:58 PM

I dunno I like every single title or name for this faction that most of you don't. Ihink that "The voice of many" is reasonable, simple, gets the idea and sounds good in opposite to "Orchestrator solmire prima", which in my opiniosn sounds weird and don't fit with theentire faction.

(also "the first refrain" sounds cool to but this whole "Orchestrator" stuff does not convince me)

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6 years ago
Dec 17, 2018, 6:31:05 PM
Leafy503 wrote:

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First Refrain = A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry; the "chorus" of a song.


its like a chinese guy picking "door" as his nickname. Please guys, pick one of the other two.

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6 years ago
Dec 17, 2018, 7:03:37 PM

Can we just take a break from discussing the name of the faction leader and just appreciate the awesome artwork? It's mysterious, dark, unknowable, perfect for the kind of thing they're aiming for here.

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6 years ago
Dec 17, 2018, 7:19:37 PM
ShrikeZ wrote:

Or The First Refrain Orchestrator Solmire Prima, the Voice of Many ?

I absolutely adore this! If it's not ingame as the official, full length title then, by the Endless, I will mod it in!


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6 years ago
Dec 18, 2018, 7:50:51 AM

AAAHHH! There all too good! Voice ofmany is really cool, Orchestrator is cool with spying and soudns well with the musical note name of hero, but I think I will go for the first refrain. Good one Amplitude!

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6 years ago
Dec 18, 2018, 9:31:22 AM
Father wrote:


its like a chinese guy picking "door" as his nickname. Please guys, pick one of the other two.

Door happens to be the name of a character in my favorite Neil Gaiman story, Neverwhere!


More to the point: yes, this name means something and is descriptive. Not all names are proper, and not all names need to be, especially for one that is the embodiment of a collective. ;)

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6 years ago
Dec 18, 2018, 6:25:42 PM
Frogsquadron wrote:
Father wrote:


its like a chinese guy picking "door" as his nickname. Please guys, pick one of the other two.

Door happens to be the name of a character in my favorite Neil Gaiman story, Neverwhere!


More to the point: yes, this name means something and is descriptive. Not all names are proper, and not all names need to be, especially for one that is the embodiment of a collective. ;)

That's exactly why I think The First Refrain is much better than Solmire Prima. It's the personification of a collective consciousness of shadows. It's not an individual. It shouldn't have a proper name.

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6 years ago
Dec 19, 2018, 6:16:53 AM

"The First Refrain: Solmire"

You can make "lieutenants"  "Second Refrain: WinAmp"  (solmire is taken from the music player right?)

This would distinguish the faction leader and the inevitable council it would build.

Any chance the faction quest has a leader shift or something like that?  Like with how certain sections of the choir are more used than others depending on the song.

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6 years ago
Dec 19, 2018, 9:12:39 AM
ArtanisCreed wrote:

"The First Refrain: Solmire"

You can make "lieutenants"  "Second Refrain: WinAmp"  (solmire is taken from the music player right?)

It is not.


The faction will not shift leader, as the leader here is the embodiment of what the Choir is thinking (singing?). If the Choir changes their mind, so will the leader!

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6 years ago
Dec 19, 2018, 10:04:54 PM
Sotnik wrote:

Just "Orchestrator" would be ideal.

Or The Orchestrator.


Either would be much better than "Solmire Prima". Having a proper name just doesn't make any sense with the lore. I imagine heroes have proper names for a reason similar to the Harmony heroes in ES1. Them being rare and unique individuals that broke away from the collective consciousness. But the leader here is still an aspect of the collective consciousness, and shouldn't have a proper name.

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6 years ago
Dec 22, 2018, 4:38:15 AM

I mean personally I like voice of the many because its so simple.

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