On a direct interpretation, Targon's name seems to contain tar, 'noble, royal' and gon 'stone' or (via a different etymological root) 'commander'. These elements, however, combine to produce a name more suited to a king or lord than to a quartermaster. Perhaps Targon was named with intentional irony, or perhaps his name comes from some other linguistic source (for example tarch, a Sindarin word for 'rough' or 'tough').
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