The inhabitans of Sorpigal-by-the-Sea acknowledge that some of them have heard of other Sorpigals, but no-one knows the origin of the name. This is a reference to Sorpigal, the starting town of Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, and New Sorpigal, the starting town of Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (The origin of the name was never given in either of those games either).