diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwbase/world.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwbase/world.hpp
index d9e6536fa2..ca84b1e9ee 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwbase/world.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwbase/world.hpp
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ namespace MWBase
         virtual char getGlobalVariableType(std::string_view name) const = 0;
         ///< Return ' ', if there is no global variable with this name.
 
-        virtual const ESM::RefId& getCellName(const MWWorld::CellStore* cell = nullptr) const = 0;
+        virtual std::string_view getCellName(const MWWorld::CellStore* cell = nullptr) const = 0;
         ///< Return name of the cell.
         ///
         /// \note If cell==0, the cell the player is currently in will be used instead to
         /// generate a name.
-        virtual const ESM::RefId getCellName(const ESM::Cell* cell) const = 0;
+        virtual std::string_view getCellName(const ESM::Cell* cell) const = 0;
 
         virtual void removeRefScript(MWWorld::RefData* ref) = 0;
         //< Remove the script attached to ref from mLocalScripts
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/door.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/door.cpp
index 884285cd17..7ede0eef92 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/door.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/door.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ namespace MWClass
 
     std::string Door::getDestination(const MWWorld::LiveCellRef<ESM::Door>& door)
     {
-        auto dest = door.mRef.getDestCell();
+        std::string_view dest = door.mRef.getDestCell().getRefIdString();
         if (dest.empty())
         {
             // door leads to exterior, use cell name (if any), otherwise translated region name
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ namespace MWClass
             dest = world->getCellName(cell);
         }
 
-        return "#{sCell=" + dest.getRefIdString() + "}";
+        return "#{sCell=" + std::string{ dest } + "}";
     }
 
     MWWorld::Ptr Door::copyToCellImpl(const MWWorld::ConstPtr& ptr, MWWorld::CellStore& cell) const
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/filter.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/filter.cpp
index 38a3e70ba7..3821862ecb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/filter.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/filter.cpp
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ bool MWDialogue::Filter::testPlayer(const ESM::DialInfo& info) const
     if (!info.mCell.empty())
     {
         // supports partial matches, just like getPcCell
-        std::string_view playerCell
-            = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(player.getCell()).getRefIdString();
+        std::string_view playerCell = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(player.getCell());
         if (!Misc::StringUtils::ciStartsWith(playerCell, info.mCell.getRefIdString()))
             return false;
     }
@@ -554,8 +553,7 @@ bool MWDialogue::Filter::getSelectStructBoolean(const SelectWrapper& select) con
 
         case SelectWrapper::Function_NotCell:
         {
-            std::string_view actorCell
-                = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(mActor.getCell()).getRefIdString();
+            std::string_view actorCell = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(mActor.getCell());
             return !Misc::StringUtils::ciStartsWith(actorCell, select.getName());
         }
         case SelectWrapper::Function_SameGender:
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/race.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/race.cpp
index 30881ac730..adc6d9d614 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/race.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/race.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ namespace MWGui
                 continue;
             if (mGenderIndex != (bodypart.mData.mFlags & ESM::BodyPart::BPF_Female))
                 continue;
-            bool firstPerson = idString.ends_with("1st");
+            bool firstPerson = Misc::StringUtils::ciEndsWith(idString, "1st");
             if (firstPerson)
                 continue;
             if (bodypart.mRace == mCurrentRaceId)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
index 95832c92bb..3cfe3210ef 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/travelwindow.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < transport.size(); i++)
         {
-            ESM::RefId cellname = transport[i].mCellName;
+            std::string_view cellname = transport[i].mCellName.getRefIdString();
             bool interior = true;
             const osg::Vec2i cellIndex
                 = MWWorld::positionToCellIndex(transport[i].mPos.pos[0], transport[i].mPos.pos[1]);
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace MWGui
                 cellname = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(cell);
                 interior = false;
             }
-            addDestination(cellname, transport[i].mPos, interior);
+            addDestination(ESM::RefId::stringRefId(cellname), transport[i].mPos, interior);
         }
 
         updateLabels();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 71db4c4a12..4bbd729f47 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
         mMap->requestMapRender(cell);
 
-        std::string name = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(cell).getRefIdString();
+        std::string name{ MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(cell) };
 
         mMap->setCellName(name);
         mHud->setCellName(name);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/summoning.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/summoning.cpp
index 9db82c0350..a651d18c1f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/summoning.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/summoning.cpp
@@ -29,9 +29,14 @@ namespace MWMechanics
             || (effectId >= ESM::MagicEffect::SummonFabricant && effectId <= ESM::MagicEffect::SummonCreature05));
     }
 
-    const ESM::RefId& getSummonedCreature(int effectId)
+    static const std::map<int, ESM::RefId>& getSummonMap()
     {
-        static const std::map<int, std::string_view> summonMap{
+        static std::map<int, ESM::RefId> summonMap;
+
+        if (summonMap.size() > 0)
+            return summonMap;
+
+        const std::map<int, std::string_view> summonMapToGameSetting{
             { ESM::MagicEffect::SummonAncestralGhost, "sMagicAncestralGhostID" },
             { ESM::MagicEffect::SummonBonelord, "sMagicBonelordID" },
             { ESM::MagicEffect::SummonBonewalker, "sMagicLeastBonewalkerID" },
@@ -56,16 +61,25 @@ namespace MWMechanics
             { ESM::MagicEffect::SummonCreature05, "sMagicCreature05ID" },
         };
 
+        for (const auto& it : summonMapToGameSetting)
+        {
+            summonMap[it.first] = ESM::RefId::stringRefId(MWBase::Environment::get()
+                                                              .getWorld()
+                                                              ->getStore()
+                                                              .get<ESM::GameSetting>()
+                                                              .find(it.second)
+                                                              ->mValue.getString());
+        }
+        return summonMap;
+    }
+
+    const ESM::RefId& getSummonedCreature(int effectId)
+    {
+        const auto& summonMap = getSummonMap();
         auto it = summonMap.find(effectId);
         if (it != summonMap.end())
         {
-            static ESM::RefId val = ESM::RefId::stringRefId(MWBase::Environment::get()
-                                                                .getWorld()
-                                                                ->getStore()
-                                                                .get<ESM::GameSetting>()
-                                                                .find(it->second)
-                                                                ->mValue.getString());
-            return val;
+            return it->second;
         }
         return ESM::RefId::sEmpty;
     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/cellextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/cellextensions.cpp
index 55b9641ff1..21437f0da1 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/cellextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/cellextensions.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace MWScript
                 }
                 const MWWorld::CellStore* cell = MWMechanics::getPlayer().getCell();
 
-                std::string_view current = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(cell).getRefIdString();
+                std::string_view current = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName(cell);
                 bool match = Misc::StringUtils::ciCompareLen(name, current, name.length()) == 0;
 
                 runtime.push(match ? 1 : 0);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
index 544902805f..7508d4a785 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ namespace MWScript
 
     std::string_view InterpreterContext::getCurrentCellName() const
     {
-        return MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName().getRefIdString();
+        return MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getCellName();
     }
 
     void InterpreterContext::executeActivation(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr, const MWWorld::Ptr& actor)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanagerimp.cpp
index d5582e7eb3..4dfe127411 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/scriptmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace MWScript
             return iter->second;
         }
 
-        throw std::logic_error("script " + std::string{ name.getRefIdString() } + " does not exist");
+        throw std::logic_error("script " + name.getRefIdString() + " does not exist");
     }
 
     GlobalScripts& ScriptManager::getGlobalScripts()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwstate/statemanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwstate/statemanagerimp.cpp
index 89f37eb82f..6f5c63d3a8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwstate/statemanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwstate/statemanagerimp.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void MWState::StateManager::saveGame(const std::string& description, const Slot*
         else
             profile.mPlayerClassId = classId;
 
-        profile.mPlayerCell = world.getCellName();
+        profile.mPlayerCell = ESM::RefId::stringRefId(world.getCellName());
         profile.mInGameTime = world.getEpochTimeStamp();
         profile.mTimePlayed = mTimePlayed;
         profile.mDescription = description;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/store.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/store.cpp
index 9f4bb8ccaa..11e58c0edb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/store.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/store.cpp
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     Store<ESM::Skill>::Store() {}
 
-    // Magic effect
+    // Game Settings
     //=========================================================================
 
     const ESM::GameSetting* Store<ESM::GameSetting>::search(const ESM::RefId& id) const
@@ -973,9 +973,10 @@ namespace MWWorld
     const ESM::GameSetting* Store<ESM::GameSetting>::search(std::string_view id) const
     {
         return TypedDynamicStore::search(ESM::RefId::stringRefId(id));
-        ;
     }
 
+    // Magic effect
+    //=========================================================================
     Store<ESM::MagicEffect>::Store() {}
 
     // Attribute
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index 91cd49606d..328610bc40 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
         if (cell)
             return cell;
         // treat "Wilderness" like an empty string
-        const ESM::RefId defaultName
+        static const ESM::RefId defaultName
             = ESM::RefId::stringRefId(mStore.get<ESM::GameSetting>().find("sDefaultCellname")->mValue.getString());
         if (cellName == defaultName)
         {
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
         // didn't work -> now check for regions
         for (const ESM::Region& region : mStore.get<ESM::Region>())
         {
-            if (Misc::StringUtils::ciEqual(cellName.getRefIdString(), region.mName))
+            if (cellName == ESM::RefId::stringRefId(region.mName))
             {
                 return mStore.get<ESM::Cell>().searchExtByRegion(region.mId);
             }
@@ -656,24 +656,25 @@ namespace MWWorld
         return mCurrentDate->getMonthName(month);
     }
 
-    const ESM::RefId& World::getCellName(const MWWorld::CellStore* cell) const
+    std::string_view World::getCellName(const MWWorld::CellStore* cell) const
     {
         if (!cell)
             cell = mWorldScene->getCurrentCell();
         return getCellName(cell->getCell());
     }
 
-    const ESM::RefId World::getCellName(const ESM::Cell* cell) const
+    std::string_view World::getCellName(const ESM::Cell* cell) const
     {
         if (cell)
         {
             if (!cell->isExterior() || !cell->mName.empty())
-                return cell->mName;
+                return cell->mName.getRefIdString();
 
             if (const ESM::Region* region = mStore.get<ESM::Region>().search(cell->mRegion))
-                return ESM::RefId::stringRefId(region->mName);
+                return region->mName;
         }
-        return ESM::RefId::stringRefId(mStore.get<ESM::GameSetting>().find("sDefaultCellname")->mValue.getString());
+
+        return mStore.get<ESM::GameSetting>().find("sDefaultCellname")->mValue.getString();
     }
 
     void World::removeRefScript(MWWorld::RefData* ref)
@@ -1422,7 +1423,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             esmPos.pos[0] = traced.x();
             esmPos.pos[1] = traced.y();
             esmPos.pos[2] = traced.z();
-            const ESM::RefId* cell;
+            const ESM::RefId* cell = &ESM::RefId::sEmpty;
             if (!actor.getCell()->isExterior())
                 cell = &actor.getCell()->getCell()->mName;
             MWWorld::ActionTeleport(*cell, esmPos, false).execute(actor);
@@ -3430,7 +3431,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             return;
         }
 
-        const ESM::RefId* cellName;
+        const ESM::RefId* cellName = &ESM::RefId::sEmpty;
         if (!closestMarker.mCell->isExterior())
             cellName = &closestMarker.mCell->getCell()->mName;
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
index d833438978..3a1759e595 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
@@ -267,12 +267,12 @@ namespace MWWorld
         char getGlobalVariableType(std::string_view name) const override;
         ///< Return ' ', if there is no global variable with this name.
 
-        const ESM::RefId& getCellName(const MWWorld::CellStore* cell = nullptr) const override;
+        std::string_view getCellName(const MWWorld::CellStore* cell = nullptr) const override;
         ///< Return name of the cell.
         ///
         /// \note If cell==0, the cell the player is currently in will be used instead to
         /// generate a name.
-        const ESM::RefId getCellName(const ESM::Cell* cell) const override;
+        std::string_view getCellName(const ESM::Cell* cell) const override;
 
         void removeRefScript(MWWorld::RefData* ref) override;
         //< Remove the script attached to ref from mLocalScripts
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldmodel.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldmodel.cpp
index a39f049c4f..85ab83cda3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldmodel.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldmodel.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ MWWorld::CellStore* MWWorld::WorldModel::getCellStore(const ESM::Cell* cell)
         auto result = mInteriors.find(cell->mName);
 
         if (result == mInteriors.end())
-            result = mInteriors.emplace(std::move(cell->mName), CellStore(cell, mStore, mReaders)).first;
+            result = mInteriors.emplace(cell->mName, CellStore(cell, mStore, mReaders)).first;
 
         return &result->second;
     }
diff --git a/components/esm/refid.cpp b/components/esm/refid.cpp
index 488c54f37e..ec18c4c642 100644
--- a/components/esm/refid.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/refid.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace ESM
 
     bool RefId::operator>(const RefId& rhs) const
     {
-        return Misc::StringUtils::ciMore(mId, rhs.mId);
+        return Misc::StringUtils::ciGreater(mId, rhs.mId);
     }
 
     std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const RefId& refId)
diff --git a/components/misc/strings/algorithm.hpp b/components/misc/strings/algorithm.hpp
index f2eb91c05c..8141058da7 100644
--- a/components/misc/strings/algorithm.hpp
+++ b/components/misc/strings/algorithm.hpp
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ namespace Misc::StringUtils
         return std::lexicographical_compare(x.begin(), x.end(), y.begin(), y.end(), CiCharLess());
     }
 
-    struct CiCharMore
+    struct CiCharGreater
     {
         bool operator()(char x, char y) const { return toLower(x) > toLower(y); }
     };
 
-    inline bool ciMore(std::string_view x, std::string_view y)
+    inline bool ciGreater(std::string_view x, std::string_view y)
     {
-        return std::lexicographical_compare(x.begin(), x.end(), y.begin(), y.end(), CiCharMore());
+        return std::lexicographical_compare(x.begin(), x.end(), y.begin(), y.end(), CiCharGreater());
     }
 
     inline bool ciEqual(std::string_view x, std::string_view y)