So I'm awake right now, and I've been tossing around names for Lavos' bitch of a bioweapon. In a way, this thing is like the son of Lavos, in the same sense that Jesus is the son of God. So I figure, why not use one of Jesus' titles, or take one and twist it in a way that'll get me sent to the special hell reserved for sexual predators, people who talk in the theater, and all those fucking n00bs on CounterStrike?
The idea behind using Geddon was to reference two things at once, especially since what I had in mind for the actual battle mechanics involved the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which you'd already know if my Internet wasn't being a dick. Basically, they fight King Zeal first, and then the weapon. After that, King Zeal manages to break free of Lavos' mind control, and there's a monologue about the nature of Zurvan and all the ways he's failed his kingdom and his children. Following that, there's a surreal corridor resembling the final areas of Final Fantasy IX and X, except for all the kickass death metal right at the end, complete with a Save Point. After they get to the end of that, the weapon's mutated into its final form. It resembles a cross between Lavos, Ultima Weapon, and some sick creature out of every supernatural, gothic horror game you can imagine. It has its core, plus four cycling "armors" you have to destroy to get to it. The armors are each shaped differently, and they're all named after demons representing war, famine, pestilence, and reality televi--I mean death. Since Lavos is attempting to assume the role of God, in a moral sense as well as with regards to the sheer acquisition of power, why not have this bioweapon be its son, and King Zeal be his John the Baptist? So I went to Wikipedia and found some names for exploitation:
The Greek term Kyrios, simply meaning "the Lord."
Divi filius, meaning "son of God"; this was a title used by Roman emperors.
INRI, the abbreviation found on the cross above Jesus' head. It stands for Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews."
Kalima, meaning "the Word." This is a title given to Jesus in the Qur'an.
Which one's the easiest to twist around to mean something vulgar, vile, or generally threatening?
Also, there are some options for the names of the four demons. There exists Samael, an Angel of Death sometimes identified with Satan, or Asmodeus, another bad dude. Keeping in mind that war and death are different things, Alastor is another usable name. Astaroth still hasn't been used, and there are a bunch of other names of angels who by human standards would toe the line or even cross it due to their jobs, Azrael (Izrail in the original Islamic text) being one.
I have no classes today, so I'm going to put this stuff on a floppy and send it at the library.
