#hanoun

All credit for this discovery to @veskscans

The name of Daleth's fairy lover in smt2 (JP: アヌーン)has almost always been assumed to be correctly translated as "Hanoun", but what the heck is a Hanoun? This identity doesn't fit the scenario nor does it bring up anything but smt with a search. The culprit is probably old smt books that provide romanizations like these:

They make some sense considering アヌーン itself is pronounced "ah-noon", but we all know Cu Chulainn isn't really pronounced "koo koo lane ." So what gives?

The truth is they may just be romanization guesstimates for yet another being of Celtic provenance (specifically Welsh, as it turns out).

Vesk tracked down the following entry in Katharine Briggs' ever-relevant-to-smt Encyclopedia of Fairies (a confirmed atlus source):

GWRAGEDD ANNWN.

The entry gives the English phonetic pronunciation gwrageth anoon, which just so happens to be the same as the Japanese. The background of her being a lake maiden who falls in love with a mortal gives more depth to the smt2 scenario than we ever realized.

So, judging by her name in katakana, she should just be romanized as Annwn.

So far, her name has only ever appeared once in an English localized game: as a demon trader in Soul Hackers. Now that the real intention behind her is known, by the time we get to an smt2 remake or port, there will be no excuse for more "Hanoun."

Thank you, but I wasn't involved in the process- my days of ferreting out these things are pretty much over. It was all Vesk on research, with Eirikr compiling the post for Tumblr. I just sat on my ass and gamed like a goddamn monster.

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The other fairies from left to right are: Pixie from SMT Kahn, the elf Hanoun from SMT2, Oberon and Titania’s designs from Devil Summoner/P1, Pixie’s design from P2EP and Pixie’s Soul Hacker design.

Hanoun soutient Khalida Toumi et 40 témoins dans l’affaire

Algerie: Le juge du pôle pénal économique et financier, troisième chambre du tribunal de Sidi M’hamed à Alger, a reporté, jeudi, l’examen du dossier de l’ex-ministre de la culture Khalida Toumi, et de l’ancien directeur de l’administration et des moyens du ministère de la culture « BAH », ainsi que l’ancien directeur de la culture de la wilaya de Tlemcen « M. Hakim. » Lorsqu’il a été décidé de…

Israel reopens Beit Hanoun crossing with Gaza Strip

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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday that the Beit Hanoun crossing in the northern Gaza Strip would open on Monday, a week after it was closed, his office said.

The statement said the Beit Hanoun crossing, the only one for individuals between the Gaza Strip and Israel, would be…