Talk:Bruenor Battlehammer

Bruenor vs. Bruenor Battlehammer
Is there a reason this article is called Bruenor and not Bruenor Battlehammer? Obviously, the latter redirects to the former, but why isn't it the other way around? Even Elminster redirects to Elminster Aumar, and his surname isn't mentioned nearly as much as Bruenor's, at least in the novels. Cronje (talk &sdot; contribs) 16:05, April 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nobody has done it yet? Hurtzbad 04:05, April 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, this talk page should have moved as well? Hurtzbad 04:07, April 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, patience... Hurtzbad 04:08, April 9, 2011 (UTC)

There are 2 Bruenor Battlehammers

 * Technically, you're right, and the Bruenor Battlehammer article should be called Bruenor Battlehammer II. However, I can't think of a single sourcebook that uses the II, and he's always referred to as 'Bruenor Battlehammer' in the Salvatore novels. I would just create the Bruenor Battlehammer I article and use the otheruses4 template in the Bruenor Battlehammer article to link to it. I'd keep the latter article's current name. Cronje (talk &sdot; contribs) 20:56, February 4, 2012 (UTC)

Name in Dethek runes?
I'm not so sure that the Dethek version of Bruenor's name provided here is correct. "Bruenor Battlehammer" is the name that the character goes by in spoken conversation in the Common tongue. But he's a dwarf, so his true, secret surname should be Dwarvish. From consulting various sources on Realmsian Dwarvish, I believe his proper last name would be "Aragh" (battle, war) + "Dorth" (hammer). Thus, his Dwarvish true name would be "Bruenor Araghdorth". If anything were to be spelled in Dethek runes, it ought to be that, and not "Bruenor Battlehammer". "Battlehammer" should be spoken in Common, and written in the Common alphabet, Thorass.

The novel Sea of Swords tells us that Bruenor initialed all of his craftwork with his initials. I believe that anything he did on commission for outsiders would probably be signed "BB" in Common/Thorass, while anything he did for himself, fellow dwarves, or his most trusted saman/companions/The Companions, would probably be signed "BA" in Dwarvish/Dethek.

Hmph, Bruenor Battlehammer signing his work "BA": methinks it quite appropriate! 76.31.86.34 19:59, October 5, 2018 (UTC)BEAST


 * Thanks for the comment, Beast.


 * I agree with you about the language stuff for the most part. However, it is also ultimately speculation, which we want to avoid on this wiki. We want a citation to back everything up.


 * That being said, I do not think we should use alternate alphabets in the infobox in any case, so I am just going to remove it.


 * ~ Lhynard (talk) 01:08, October 6, 2018 (UTC)