Two-Column Name Generators: Dark Crystal Edition

Testing design space with more prefix-suffix name generators. Last time I wrote about why I like using these where possible and made one with Italian names as an example. This time let's apply this process to a more fantastical setting.

The Dark Crystal is a good fit for this material because while its naming conventions look a lot like your typical fantasy syllable mashup, the house style is still very distinctive. "Silmaril Bellisaire," for example could walk onstage anywhere in a Vernacular Western Fantasy setting like the Forgotten Realms, but the same can't be said for Thra.

Gelfling Name Generator

Like with my Italian name generator I've disassembled a lot of official Gelfling names and filled in the gaps with sounds that seem to fit their aesthetic, which I would describe as "childlike fantasy played 100% seriously". Because Gelfling names don't appear to be strongly gendered in the fiction, the table is unisex.

d30 Roll	Prefix	Suffix
1	Alm	-a
2	Bel	-an
3	Deed	-ar
4	Din	-bil
5	Dir	-bo
6	Drun	-dell
7	Jen	-dir
8	Ki	-don
9	Kin	-fi
10	Kith	-fin
11	Lee	-jat
12	Leil	-ji
13	Lof	-la
14	Mir	-lan
15	Nef	-le
16	On	-lee
17	Oo	-lia
18	Or	-lit
19	Reed	-lo
20	Ri	-na
21	Rin	-o
22	Ring	-od
23	Rog	-os
24	Sath	-ra
25	Seeth	-ran
26	Sela	-sho
27	Sil	-sid
28	Spra	-sop
29	Tar	-th
30	Vil	-va

Examples: Loflan, Leeos, Jenra, Bellia, Kinbo, Seethlan, Tarsop, Dinla, Deedle, Ringlit, Sprafin

Podling Name Generator

Podlings are silly and earthy where the Gelfling are airy and mystical. They’re mostly comedic characters who sing and shout a lot, and because their speech is usually not subtitled Podling language has to be fun to listen to. The Dark Crystal folks solved this by making it full of long, bouncy-sounding words composed of many short syllables. Podlings don't seem to have strong gender distinctions either, so their table is also unisex.

To generate a Podling name, roll d00 1d4+1 times:

d00 Roll	Syllable	d00 Roll	Syllable
1-2	A	51-52	Kop
3-4	Ab	53-54	Kun
5-6	Ba	55-56	La
7-8	Bab	57-58	Lap
9-10	Bi	59-60	Laza
11-12	Bop	61-62	Ma
13-14	Bu	63-64	Mee
15-16	Bub	65-66	Mu
17-18	Bup	67-68	Noot
19-20	Chu	69-70	Ol
21-22	Chop	71-72	Op
23-24	Deet	73-74	Pi
25-26	Di	75-76	Po
27-28	Did	77-78	Poi
29-30	Do	79-80	Pop
31-32	Doop	81-82	Rey
33-34	Du	83-84	Ri
35-36	Dub	85-86	Sca
37-38	Fa	87-88	So
39-40	Ga	89-90	Ta
41-42	Hup	91-92	To
43-44	Ia	93-94	Vop
45-46	Im	95-96	Voy
47-48	Ju	97-98	Yub
49-50	Ko	99-00	Zo

Examples: Doopscabub, Voymu, Popopgu, Dotochu, Asobabdi, Yubzo, Mudoditaga, Bopkun, Vopdeetbi 

Note: the one named Podling character in the Dark Crystal show has a single-syllable name, "Hup". Let's assume that Podlings with long names sometimes use shorter traveling ones when they have to spend a lot of time among the Gelfling, who can't often be bothered to learn how to pronounce their full names properly. "Mudoditaga" might go by "Mudo" or "Dodi," for example.