Barristan's Head?

[Kanrik]

Just got (one of?) the collector's drop. Who exactly is Barristan? I looked through my graveyard cause I thought it might have been a name from someone in there but no such luck. Anyone know the lore behind this?

[dacoronaz]

I defeated a Collector in a level 1 dungeon and just got a item that was worth around 2000

[h0b0king]

I've only gotten a shifting trapehezoid off the collector (gem worth 2,500). I got a funny music box trinket of a madman and it has decent bonuses attached.

[King Banhammer]

The Barristan one sounds like a Game of Thrones reference.

[Nosgoth]

Originally posted by King Banhammer:

The Barristan one sounds like a Game of Thrones reference.

Most definitely this.

[Rusty Bucket]

He must be a head hunter. I just received Junia's Head.

[Mothra]

Junia was the default name for the Vestal (like Reynauld and Dismas), so Barristan might also be a dev name for the Man-at-Arms (or some other class) in addition to being a GoT reference.

[Rusty Bucket]

Just saw a poster on darkestdungeon.com post a picture of their party (included Dismas) after they beat the Collector....the prize trinket was Dismas' head. Interesting.

[Kanrik]

Cool that they're going for names of heroes, shame they're not scooped from the grave yard though, that'd be really awesome.

[Reverend Belial]

Originally posted by Kanrik:

Cool that they're going for names of heroes, shame they're not scooped from the grave yard though, that'd be really awesome.

I'm pretty sure that even the Collector wouldn't be dumb enough to go into the Hamlet though. At least not while it's inhabited.

[Sr. Burns]

If you look at the files of the game scripts > starting_roster.darkest every character has an "official" name. I´ll copy this from the tmblr http://asktheleper.tumblr.com/tagged/not-ask

Sort of like how the first two characters are ALWAYS Reynauld and Dismas, all the other classes have ‘default’ names.

Plague Doc is Paracelsus

Vestal is Junia

Hellion is Boudica

Bounty Hunter is Tardif

Grave Robber is Audrey

Occultist is Alhazred

Jester is Jingles

Leper is Baldwin

Arbalest is Missandei

Man-at-Arms is Barristan

and Houndmaster is… and I ♥♥♥♥ you not… “Shag & Scoob”

Paracelsus was the founder of toxicology and known to be independent, critical, and stubborn.
Saint Junia was supposedly an apostle who traveled with the apostle Paul as a missionary.
Boudica was a queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire.
Tardif is an old French word meaning “late” or “belated” and is occasionally seen as a surname in France and Canada.
Audrey is an Anglo-Norman name roughly translating to “noble” and “strength”. Could refer to Saint Audrey, who refused to consummate her marriage to her husband. Audrey’s double-meaning is “tawdry” or “cheap”.
Alhazred is the last name of H.P. Lovecraft’s “Mad Arab”, who wrote the Necronomicon.
Jingles is … well, I suppose it could refer to those annoying, addictive, short tunes you hear in commercials and advertisements. Also bells. Of course.
Baldwin refers to Baldwin IV, the leper king of Jerusalem.
Missandei … “Miss, and die.” LOL. The name of a Game of Thrones / Song of Ice and Fire character.
Barristan is also the name of a Game of Thrones / Song of Ice and Fire character.
Shag and Scoob need no introduction!
Dismas refers to St. Dismas, the penitent thief who was crucified alongside Jesus.
Reynauld may refer to Ser Reynauld of Tours; a crusader who died during the Battle of Mount Cadmus. The name is derived from an Old High German personal name made up of the elements “ragin” (advice, decision) and “wald” (power, authority).

Adding in some new info to fill in the gaps from the stream today (people should keep an eye on this, it sounds like they’ll be doing a lot more as the game gets closer to release):

corignis: @Redhookstudios, Where does the name Tardif come from? It is the default name for the Bounty Hunter, in the Starting_Roster script. Most of the names in there come from Game of Thrones, early christianity, or the Crusades.

RedHookChris: Our programmer, Pierre Tardif :)

Daimera: And how about Audrey, for the GR?

RedHookChris: Audrey is my wife’s name - and I sort of based the GR on her - blonde, roguey, stabby

[Panfilo]

I'm surprised they didn't name the first Jester Pagliacchi.

[Mothra]

Oh wow, that's really informative. I wonder what the Abomination's default name is, or the upcoming Merchant's.

[Sr. Burns]

The Abomination is Bigby ¿The Big Bad Wolf,from The Wolf among us,maybe?

[Reverend Belial]

I'm a little concerned for Chris if his wife is roguey and stabby...

[Reedo]

I think it's barristan selmy from the game of thrones who looks very much like the man at arms...