This month we've finally seen the release of the long awaited High Elf team. They were the last of the teams on the 'teams of legends' list. As they remained ignored for two full editions, I thought their return deserved a bit of a celebration.


I decided it would be fitting to revamp the Elf name generator. I’ve scoured plenty of official material including the new High Elf 'Spike! Journal 21' and believe I have a satisfactory amount of official elf names. With over 750 I think I can make a fair name generator that covers the different factions.

The generator allows you to choose which gender and between the categories of; Generic, High Elves, Dark Elves, Wood Elves and Sea Elves.

I also did research on the Sea Elves as I see a lot of misconceptions on what a Sea Elf actually is in the Blood Bowl community. I might take this opportunity to quote the Warhammer fantasy role play 4th edition High Elf’s players guide:

‘Sea Elf ’ is a Human term for the Asur living in trading enclaves in port cities outside Ulthuan or for those who spend much of their lives at sea. They are High Elves with roots on Ulthuan, although they have small cultural distinctions from the more conventional Asur who deign to visit the Old World and beyond.

The Elthárin name for these Elves is Uranai, a faintly disparaging term. The Asur of Ulthuan look down on those who do not dwell on the sacred island or prefer to while away their lives amongst lesser civilisations. Other High Elves think Sea Elves lack the discipline to live by the protocols of their culture, or they have somehow failed to succeed amongst true Elves and choose the company of beings more easily impressed. Before his election as phoenix king, Finubar’s political opponents disparaged him as Uranai, too restless and cosmopolitan to rule over Ulthuan and the Elves.

While doing the refresh of the code I also put together some nice SVG images for the generator for a crisper appearance. I've still got some work to do to go over the remaining 35-ish different races and give them SVG's too, before I can implement it without having to reinvent a system that support both formats. I've also fixed a bug where you had to click slightly below some of the buttons. I could have swore I fixed that several times previously so let's see how long it lasts. Go check out the name generator!