This is the mountain that Tawesek sits on, at the base of which is Kel. The mountain’s initial name in game was Agiocochook.
Nathaniel’s explanation of the name change:> I didn’t have a name for the mountain, but someone asked, and I said “Agiocochook” which is the Abenaki name for Mt Washington (in our world). I did it spur of the moment because someone asked - but the only reason for it was that I picture Men Myghtern as being Mt Washington, and it added flavor. Calling it Men Myghtern is much more appropriate in world, so we can assume that it was always called that. It’s not significant in that the “meaning has changed”, it’s just a bit of flavor that is being made more accurate.
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Meaning of Agiocochook “Agiocochook” is the Abenaki Indian name for Mt. Washington. From “The White Mountain Guidebook”, 1858 by Samuel Coffin Eastman*S. C. Eastman, *The White Mountain Guidebook” (Concord, New Hampshire: Edson C. Eastman), 60.:> …‘Agiocochook,’ which signifies, ‘the place of the Spirit of the Great Forest,’ or, according to Judge Potter, ‘the place of the Storm Spirit,’…
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Meaning of Men Myghtern This appears to be a Celtic phrase, potentially meaning “The King Stone.” Real world notable instances of this phrasing can be found for King Doniert’s Stone (In Celtic: Men Myghtern Doniert), the remains of an ancient monument in Cornwall. The stone is described thusly:> King Doniert’s Stone is the decorated pedestal of a large memorial cross. The four sides are panelled. Three sides of the stone are carved with interlace patterns while the fourth has an inscription bearing the name of the last recorded Cornish King (thought to be King Durngarth). The inscription reads “Doniert rogavit pro anima” which translates as “Doniert begs prayers for the sake of his soul”.
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Instance in Osgog
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“The King Stone” translation speaks to the myth of Mons and the God of Death, and how Mons supposedly came to rest under a mountain, the insinuation being that Mons is buried under the mountain on which Tawesek sits, and the earthquakes that occurred prior to the party’s arrival in Kel could be, according to the same myth and the beliefs of the priests of Mons, an indication of Mons’ imminent return.
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