User blog:TrueDragon117/Brave Frontier - What Everything Is Based On

I'm sure a lot of you know that it's obvious that Brave Frontier's settings, units, etc are all based off things in real life and in legends/myths.

A majority of everything are based off Scandinavian warriors or just European warriors in general. For those who wonder why the some BB/SBB/UBB names are not in english is because the languages in BF are based on old, almost extinct languages such as Gaelic, Scandinavian languages or Anglo Saxon and Latin.

Alim also gets ideas for unit names and map names too. A very interesting fact is that most of the maps are named from Aryan culture and religion.

In Sanskrit writings, Vriksha is tree. La Veda comes from Veda. Agni is the God of Fire. Sama is a veda and the same goes for Atharva.

Since a majority of people are ignorant to the hairstyles for the male units, I could say that you shouldn't judge on the appearance of things unless you actually looked at what time they lived in -.- Braids were common for both men and women in the old times especially in eastern Asia and Europe but long hair in general was the most common hairstyle for both genders and was considered a "manly" aspect... coughskyrimisforthenordscough

I can say something about scythes (Elza *Cough*). They are absoultely impractical weapons even if they're cool coming from a martial artists' perspective but you know... In video games and anime/manga, they over-exaggerate things

Not all of this is based off European culture but also Asian. Like Fei, Fang, Roa, Toutetsu Raaga, the Toltya Dojo martial artists, and our Japanese world units.

A lot have been wondering about the weapon Roa uses. He uses a original Chinese weapon called the sanjiegun or sansetsukon in Japanese or in English, three section staff. Along with Kuda's weapon which is entirely based off the Urumi aka the Whip Blade and yes, that's a real Japanese weapon right there :P I could say it's sort of like a cousin to the Kusari Gama.

Shida's name is an obvious pun for the Japanese word for death (Not Four), Shi.

The Asthenosphere units are based off Greek/Roman gods and goddesses obviously.

For my swordsmen and women, I bet you already got the idea that Toutetsu is based off the most well known MALE Samurai in history, Miyamoto Musashi.

Apparently, Narza is the only Knight Templar in the game XD So I don't really know what to say lol

If there are anymore things that you've spotted about the units, lore, or anything in general about BF then comment!