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Or like Azazel
Its because a lot of those names are biblical names. El means God. So a lot of angels have names ending in -el. Gabriel, Michael, Azazel. But a lot of "normal" names also invoke God. Bezalel is from that same traditon, same for names like Daniel and Samuel.
An equivalent is how many muslim/arab/arabised names include pre and suffixes invoking God or the names and attributes of God. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arabic_theophoric_names
i think it's the z's for me though, like Samuel doesn't sound demon-coded
Does Zachary read demonic? What about Zsa Zsa?
hmmm no
bezalel specifically sounds close to both Beelzebub and Azazel so I get you.
Or Baal from Baldurs gate. Any number of possibilities
The misspelling/conflation? Or something even worse?
Its spelled Bhaal. But no, I think, Baal is just a very popular name in a lot of different type of media.
Proof that I’m a fake gamer, I’ve only listened to video essays about the original
I am actually playing the OG currently!
Oh sick, how does it hold up nowadays?
Its satisfactory. Faerun isnt my favourite setting and all. And they throw like a billion companions at you and you aren't sure who to keep around at all, for story's sake (well except for you know who). I mean it definitely feels like an old game and the writing isnt mind-blowing (like record of lodoss war, it produced various batches of tropes), but I have been enjoying it so far. Oh and I die a lot, so there is a risk in every encounter, since I play with companions can actually die mode on.
If you value games for their contributions to media art history, then you should undoubtedly try it!
i didn't comment when I first read it but lol he's also big in Diablo 2. That's probably where I first read the name
Baal means Lord