Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.58.163.238-20130703034923/@comment-83.183.102.205-20140829152929

I really like the ide of his name originally being Numunnax meaning "Now man (is) cruel". I have a theory, someone said something about this above, but not exactly.

Numinex got insane when he was captured, forgetting his own true name, right? What if he when he was captured and still was sane, made desperately attempts to tell people about what horrors he felt, like screams for help, but no one understood? He tried to tell the people, but the only one understanding and listening to him was himself? Maybe being there captured in lonelyness, no one listening to him, was what drove him insane, making him forget his own name. The only words he could remember was the words he was repeating again and again to himself, the words whose meaning he was trying to tell people. But no one ever understood. The only thing they could hear the dragon say was Numinex. So that was the name he got. Numinex. But that wasn't his name. And it wasn't Numinex he said. It was Nu mun nax, now man cruelty. It was a scream for help.

Now, I'm not a specialist in elder scrolls lore at all, but I find it interesting. But it kind of could fit in, right? I mean, anyone could get insane from being alone in captivity for a long long time with no one listening to you. You are making desperate attempts, but it's like what you say doesn't exist. It have happened people in reality through history, people being prisoners held in small cells with only themselves as company. Most people did die, and those who didn't, they went insane. We could also think of Gollum who talks with himself about what he feels or thinks of the ones he meet.

But the question, about why Paarthurnax use this name, still stands. Maybe they didn't know eachother from before Numinex got imprisoned, so he don't know the real name of Numinex? But even if so, wouldn't he've heard that Numinex said "Nu mun nax" and not Numinex? Maybe he did, but Numinex was still what everyone called him, and he didn't have a better name?

Maybe you should've heard about it if this is the true story, but however way it is, it would be a really cool - but very sad - story though.