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Anomandaris Dragnipurake.
First of all, does anyone get the feeling that his first name could have a 't' on the end? It's basically Andarist with Anom in front. And we know he shortens his second 'name' all the time...
Second of all, Dragnipurake. Clearly, there is a link to Dragnipur there. Or IS there? This is the real question, as I noticed in TTH:
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"Anomander took his first step on to the stone stairs.
And was held there, as her voice filled them.
No. Be warned, Anomander, dear son, from Andii blood is born a new world. Understand me. You and your kin are no longer alone, no longer free to play your vicious games. There are now . . . others.
Anomander spoke. 'Mother, did you imagine I would be surprised? Horrified? It could never be enough, to be naught but a mother, to create with hands closed upon no one. To yield so much of yourself, only to find us your only reward - us slayers, us betrayers.'
There is new blood within you.
'Yes.'
My son, what have you done?
'Like you, Mother, I have chosen to embrace change. Yes, there are others now. I sense them. There will be wars between us, and so I shall unite the Andii. Resistance is ending. Andarist, Drethdenan, Vanut Degalla. Silchas is fleeing, and so too Hish Tulla and Manalle. Civil strife is now over, Mother.'
You have killed Tiam. My son, do you realize what you have begun? Silchas flees, yes, and where do you think he goes? And the newborn, the others, what scent will draw them now, what taste of chaotic power? Anomander, in murder you seek peace, and now the blood flows and there shall be no peace, not ever again.
I forsake you, Anomander blood of Tiam, Dragnipurake. I deny my first children all. You shall wander the realms, bereft of purpose. You deeds shall avail you nothing. Your lives shall spawn death unending. The Dark - my heart - is closed to you, closed to you all.
And, as Anomander stood unmoving, Endest Silann cried out behind him, falling to his knees in bruising collapse. A hand of power reached into him, tore something loose, then was gone - something, yes, that he would one day call by its name: Hope.
TtH, US TPB, p.111
And was held there, as her voice filled them.
No. Be warned, Anomander, dear son, from Andii blood is born a new world. Understand me. You and your kin are no longer alone, no longer free to play your vicious games. There are now . . . others.
Anomander spoke. 'Mother, did you imagine I would be surprised? Horrified? It could never be enough, to be naught but a mother, to create with hands closed upon no one. To yield so much of yourself, only to find us your only reward - us slayers, us betrayers.'
There is new blood within you.
'Yes.'
My son, what have you done?
'Like you, Mother, I have chosen to embrace change. Yes, there are others now. I sense them. There will be wars between us, and so I shall unite the Andii. Resistance is ending. Andarist, Drethdenan, Vanut Degalla. Silchas is fleeing, and so too Hish Tulla and Manalle. Civil strife is now over, Mother.'
You have killed Tiam. My son, do you realize what you have begun? Silchas flees, yes, and where do you think he goes? And the newborn, the others, what scent will draw them now, what taste of chaotic power? Anomander, in murder you seek peace, and now the blood flows and there shall be no peace, not ever again.
I forsake you, Anomander blood of Tiam, Dragnipurake. I deny my first children all. You shall wander the realms, bereft of purpose. You deeds shall avail you nothing. Your lives shall spawn death unending. The Dark - my heart - is closed to you, closed to you all.
And, as Anomander stood unmoving, Endest Silann cried out behind him, falling to his knees in bruising collapse. A hand of power reached into him, tore something loose, then was gone - something, yes, that he would one day call by its name: Hope.
TtH, US TPB, p.111
Now, this is BEFORE Draconus makes the sword. We know this, because the sword is not yet made 100% in the prologue of RotCG, and in that they are not in Darkness any more, and Osserc is known to Draconus, which he would not have been prior to the break with Mother Dark depicted above. Yet, MD calls Anomander Dragnipurake. (THE TIMELINE IS NOT IMPORTANT) Is this a discrepancy? Author slip? Or are the two names not connected?
We know that Rake's second name appears as Irake (MT), Ipurake (various), and Rake (GotM and almost all non-historical references) throughout the series. But part of that seems to be convenience.
Now, one thing I can think of is that Dragnipurake is something like "Dragons' blood" (as in: Anomander Dragonblood), and so MD bestows this name upon him when he slays Tiam. Now, Dragnipur is a shorter version, and if you take into account the drinking/slaying aspect, then Dragnipurake could be Dragon's blood drinker, while Dragnipur is dragon slayer (as is often the case, it's fair game to have a shorter or slightly altered version of a word with the same basic layout to have a quite different, contextual meaning, especially when it comes to fantasy languages). Hence, the two are related in that Dragnipur is primarily used, at least early on, to kill dragons and soletaken dragons, and Rake was the first to kill Tiam (of the Andii, at least, Olar Ethil possibly coming before him), who is the mother of dragons....
So, the question is basically: Dragnipurake - discrepancy in TTH, or simply a naming convention?
