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by Natalie Mootz 
Sep 10th 2008 at 9:00AM
If you spec your Death Knight as Unholy, 30 points into the talent tree you get the Master of Ghouls ability which lets you control your ghoul like a pet. On the PvE beta realms, your ghoul doesn't have a name yet; it comes up "RandomPetName," as pictured to the right. However, on the new Murmur PvP realm (US only), level 80 Death Knight premade characters are getting names for their pet-ghouls. An enterprising poster on the beta forums is compiling a list of possible names using set prefixes and suffixes they've seen. Here's the list so far. | Prefixes | Suffixes |
| Blight | Basher |
| Bone | Chewer |
| Brain | Cruncher |
| Carrion | Feeder |
| Corpse | Gnaw |
| Crypt | Gobbler |
| Dirt | Grinder |
| Grave | Leaper |
| Gravel | Masher |
| Rib | Muncher |
| Rot | Ravager |
| Skull | Ripper |
| Stone | Slicer |
| Tomb | Stalker |
Basically, the ghoul names come from picking a prefix from column A and combining it with a suffix from column B. I hope my ghoul's name comes out to be GraveFeeder or CorpseCruncher. However, as you can imagine, some of these name combinations just will not fly as they may sound too R-rated. (In particular, Blizzard might want to consider killing the "Muncher" suffix altogether.) Similar to a Warlock's minion name, it appears that the ghoul's name stays constant, even after dismissing and resummoning. Blue forum poster Ghostcrawler says that generating a random name for every summon requires a code change that won't happen before Wrath hits. However, Ghostcrawler does say that the randomizing code will likely be included in a post-Wrath release.
Filed under: Expansions, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Elyia Sep 10th 2008 9:09AM
umm, my deathknight on northrend has a ghoul named stoneslicer, have the names recently been taken out for the pve servers? or did i just happen to get one on accident?
Lesley G Sep 10th 2008 9:16AM
In before "Bone Gobbler"?
Zali Sep 10th 2008 9:52AM
And don't forget Bone Grinder.
Thorall Sep 10th 2008 11:44AM
Bonebasher sounds hot!
Eternalpayn Sep 10th 2008 7:22PM
Bonemuncher.
yazah Sep 10th 2008 9:16AM
What am I missing? I can't seem to see how any combination is "R" rated. And what is inheritly wrong with muncher?
Wibblymat Sep 10th 2008 9:17AM
Ahaha
BoneLeaper
DirtGobbler
etc
Crystalyn Sep 10th 2008 9:22AM
I'd like to see the ability to name your pets... I don't think a random naming is fun for anyone. Except those who are just wierd like that and spam the Random name button only to find that someone else has gotten all the good ones from the list...
sephirah Sep 10th 2008 9:33AM
Warlock had random pet names for years, I'm sure DK can live with it.
Grajen Sep 10th 2008 11:27AM
The demons still existed somewhere else before you summon them, and you just raise the ghouls, they both probably had names before they came to you.
Adamanthis Sep 10th 2008 11:39AM
But the ghoul's name was probably Eric or Angela, or something like that. Actually, I think I would like that better; it's creepier. Seeing a death knight followed by "Bonechewer" is kind of standard Halloween fair; seeing him followed by "Alice" would be a little darker...
Kastirin Sep 10th 2008 6:53PM
Shackled ghoul = Alice in Chains? Ba-dum-chish!
Arcaria Sep 10th 2008 9:21AM
Please add "Pie" to the prefix table.
Solitare-sp Sep 10th 2008 9:44AM
Dirt Muncher doesn't sound too good now does it...
Noodlemancer Sep 10th 2008 9:51AM
Gravelmuncher.. Mmmm
Cvija Sep 10th 2008 10:05AM
WTB Corpsegrinder. Wonder if it will have it's unique ability called ''windmill''.
Anywhoo, speaking about corpsegrinder, anyone noticed the NPC named Gorge The Corpsgrinder? He's worthy of an article if you ask me.
Arlendor Sep 10th 2008 10:11AM
Apart from the hilarious combinations (Bonegobbler! HAHAHAH!), there's also the fairly lame, i.e. Gravelslicer. "Oooh, my ghoul is some sort of samurai landscaper..."
Axxam Sep 10th 2008 11:00AM
I think the "Leaper" one can be left out too... "CryptLeaper"? Is this some sort of Undead Olympics?
ionesco Sep 11th 2008 5:35AM
I think Leaper is the scariest suffix there. Ever seen something leap? Friggin scary. Now combine it with 'crypt' or 'carrion'. Dead things that leap, or things that like to leap on dead things? Maaaan.
Rod Sep 10th 2008 10:16AM
While my ghoul on the non-pvp realm had 'RandomPetName' another DK I saw last night had one with one of the new names. I'm guessing that since the name never changes, if you create a new DK it will get the new pet names but since I had already had a ghoul before the code was introduced with random names, mine will always be called 'RandomPetName'.