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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*Drackmage is a portmanteau of Dracky and mage, which means 'magic user'; this species is the first in the line to use magic. Its | *Drackmage is a portmanteau of Dracky and mage, which means 'magic user'; this species is the first in the line to use magic. Its older names, Magidrakee and WizDracky, also allude to this capacity. | ||
*The Japanese name タホドラキー (tahodorakī) is actually a result of the limited {{Famicom}}/{{NES}} memory of the original {{Dragon Quest}}. Due to this limited memory, not all the Japanese ''kana'' could be included, so [[Yuji Horii]] was required to alter タフドラキー (tafudorakī -- i.e. "tough-dracky") to タホドラキー, which could actually be spelled with the limited ''kana'' available. | *The Japanese name タホドラキー (tahodorakī) is actually a result of the limited {{Famicom}}/{{NES}} memory of the original {{Dragon Quest}}. Due to this limited memory, not all the Japanese ''kana'' could be included, so [[Yuji Horii]] was required to alter タフドラキー (tafudorakī -- i.e. "tough-dracky") to タホドラキー, which could actually be spelled with the limited ''kana'' available. | ||
==Similar | ==Similar sanguine sippers== | ||
*[[Dracky]] | *[[Dracky]] | ||
*[[Drackolyte]] | *[[Drackolyte]] | ||