| Toussaint |
French for "All Saints' Day", celebrated on November 1st. Literally means "all saints". |
| Beauclair |
Beau means "beautiful" and clair means "bright" or "clear". |
| Lac Célavy |
Sounds exactly like c'est la vie ("that's life"). The name Célavy is a phonetic pun on the French expression c'est la vie. |
| Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery |
A play on Père-Lachaise, the famous Parisian cemetery, and chaise longue ("lounge chair"). Mère means "mother" instead of "father". |
| Champs-Désolés |
Means "Desolate Fields", but also resembles Champs-Élysées, the famous avenue in Paris. |
| Sansretour |
From sans retour, literally "no return". A rather ominous name for a valley, marsh and river. |
| Sansmerci |
From sans merci, meaning "without mercy". |
| Chuchote Cave |
Chuchote means "whispers" in French. |
| Bastoy Prison |
Possibly a reference to the Bastille, the famous French prison stormed during the French Revolution. |
| Mortblanc Pass |
Mort means "death", blanc means "white". Possibly a dark twist on Mont Blanc, the famous Alpine mountain. |
| Henris Gras Square |
Gras means "fat". Basically "Fat Henry's Square". |
| The Gran'place |
From grand-place, a French term for the main square of a town. |
| Orlémurs |
Sounds like hors les murs, meaning "outside the city walls". Interestingly, the cemetery is indeed located just outside Beauclair's walls, making the wordplay particularly fitting. |
| Rioux-Cannes |
Rioux is a French surname and Cannes is a famous city on the French Riviera. |
| Rivecalme |
From rive calme, literally "quiet riverbank". |
| Blessure Forest |
Blessure means "wound" or "injury". |
| Pits of Brume |
Brume means "mist" or "fog". |
| Pomerol |
A real French wine appellation from the Bordeaux region. |
| Sancerre |
A real French wine appellation from the Loire Valley. |
| Côte-de-Blessure |
Côte evokes French wine appellations such as Côte-d'Or, while blessure means "wound". |
| Louis de la Croix |
La croix means "the cross". His surname literally means "of the Cross". |
| Damien de la Tour |
La tour means "the tower". Literally "Damien of the Tower". |
| Ramon du Lac |
Du lac means "of the lake". Also reminiscent of Lancelot du Lac, the famous knight from Arthurian legend. |
| Guy de Bois-Fresnes |
Bois means "woods" and frênes means "ash trees". His surname evokes a wood of ash trees. |
| Reynart de Bois-Fresnes |
Same meaning as above. Reynart also resembles Renart, the famous fox from medieval French literature, although this might be coincidental. |
| Alcides Fierabras |
Fier-à-bras is an old French term for a boastful or overconfident person. Fierabras is also a character from medieval French epic literature. |
| Le Papillon |
Literally "The Butterfly". |
| Hercule de la Massue |
Massue means "club". A fitting surname for Hercules, whose club is one of his traditional attributes. |
| François le Goff |
Le Goff is a typical Breton surname meaning "the blacksmith". |
| La Cage au Fou |
Literally "The Madman's Cage". Also a likely reference to La Cage aux Folles, the famous French play and film, later adapted into the American movie The Birdcage. |
| Hauteville |
Literally "High Town" or "Upper Town". |
| Lassommoir |
Sounds like L'Assommoir, the famous 1877 novel by Émile Zola about alcoholism and working-class poverty. |
| Fort Astre Ruins |
Astre means "celestial body", such as a star or planet, in French. |
| Venin Rocks |
Venin means "venom" in French. |
| Dulcinea Windmill |
A double reference to Don Quixote: Dulcinea is the woman Don Quixote loves, while windmills are central to his most famous adventure. |
| Lolivier Square |
Sounds like l'olivier, meaning "the olive tree". A particularly fitting name for a Mediterranean-inspired region. |
| La Compassion Orphanage |
La compassion means "compassion" in French. An appropriately charitable name for an orphanage. |
| Dantan Glade |
D'antan is a somewhat literary French expression meaning "of bygone days" or "from times past". |
| Epicéa |
The name of an ancient lordship in Toussaint. Épicéa is the French word for "spruce tree". |