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D-DevilK

07-01-2007, 01:36 PM

Nothing bugs me more than a person with a last name to the tune of, "Honeywind", or "Featherview", or "Purpleshine". This isn't just because I am evil aligned. I genuinely hate it, full stop. This is why alot of my characters don't have last names. And when they do, they aren't the same old double-barreled trick. I came here, to ask -- Is this in the lore? Names like "Stonechaser", don't make any sense to me. Why would you come from a family of Stone Chasers? Just because it sounds unrealistic and the slightest bit fantasy doesn't make it right. However, names like "Jindlefog", or "Flickenwibber" Seem to make more sense for gnomes, because they frankly sound like crazy gibberish, which is pretty much what I think a gnome is. Anyway, back on topic, why the hell does everyone and their mother seem to think, (Especially the women here, I'm not discriminating, saying what I see, especially in Qeynos with the "Cute" factor), that if I think of a flavour, and a place, it makes a fantasy last name. These are usually the same people that write generic RP stories with things like, "I was born into Qeynosian Nobility, but betrayed my parents and found home in the walls of Freeport, now I am killing every Qeynosian I see for the lies they fed me". Where did this start? I want someone to blame, for I am confused. (And considering the Queen's last name is 'Bayle', and the Overlord's last name is 'D'lere', I am not seeing any correlation there. Quick other question, what is the lore of the Scions in Stormhold, Especially Archiovianix.

Cusashorn

07-01-2007, 05:44 PM

Whatever lore behind the Scions are explained in the quest to destroy them.As for the names. It's thier name. They can choose it however they want. Not your place to judge.

Mary the Prophetess

07-01-2007, 05:56 PM

Speaking strictly from a historical point of view, surnames developed from epithets attached to an individual, and to show parental lineage or clan lineage or affiliation.Thus you have early names like Coel Hen ap Tegfan, or Niall Noigiallach mac Eochaid Muighmeadhion. Hen, means 'Old' or 'The Elder' Thus do we get our childhood nursery rhyme friend of 'Old King Cole' Noigiallach means 'Of the Nine Hostages', and Muighmeadhion means 'Slave Lord'. In British geneologies 'Ap' (or 'Ab';) means 'Son of', and in Irish 'Mac' means the same thing; (since the modern Scots are descended from a mixture of the native Picts and Irish raiders (Scotti) which eventually took control of the land), we see the 'Mac' in Scotland as well. The descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages were referred to as being from the tuath established by Niall, the ui Niall clan (eventually corrupted over centuries to O'Neal).Therefore, it really is not too much of a stretch for a player to have a last name which reflects a physical characteristic (IE: Longshanks), or a renowned deed; (IE: Orcslayer). To a degree this is even born out in the lore for the Teir 'Dal, as the 'apostrophied letter that proceeds the surname indicates which province of the underfoot that family, (more like clan), originated from.As an example of how time can distort and how many folktales or nursery rhymes have at their center, a kernel of truth, I offer the following example:There is a childrens story in Britain, that tells a tale of a mythical kingdom which was ruled by a giant onion; an odd choice for a king to be sure! However, looking closer, one finds that out of the Roman tribal canton of Calleva Atrebatum (from the British Atrebates tribe) near present day Silchester, there existed a British successor kingdom called Caer Celemion. It held out against the Anglo-Saxon invaders for close to three hundred years. It's greatest king was Einion Mawr. Mawr means 'The Great' (which, coincidentally is synomomous with 'Large', or 'Giant'). Thus over time did Einion become corrupted to Onion, and 'The Great' turned sideways into 'Giant'PS, 'Ferch', (or 'Verch') meant 'daughter of'

AnAnimatedcorpse

07-01-2007, 06:53 PM

Guthix@Venekor wrote: <blockquote>Nothing bugs me more than a person with a last name to the tune of, "Honeywind", or "Featherview", or "Purpleshine". This isn't just because I am evil aligned. I genuinely hate it, full stop. This is why alot of my characters don't have last names. And when they do, they aren't the same old double-barreled trick. I came here, to ask -- Is this in the lore? Names like "Stonechaser", don't make any sense to me. Why would you come from a family of Stone Chasers? Just because it sounds unrealistic and the slightest bit fantasy doesn't make it right. However, names like "Jindlefog", or "Flickenwibber" Seem to make more sense for gnomes, because they frankly sound like crazy gibberish, which is pretty much what I think a gnome is. Anyway, back on topic, why the hell does everyone and their mother seem to think, (Especially the women here, I'm not discriminating, saying what I see, especially in Qeynos with the "Cute" factor), that if I think of a flavour, and a place, it makes a fantasy last name. These are usually the same people that write generic RP stories with things like, "I was born into Qeynosian Nobility, but betrayed my parents and found home in the walls of Freeport, now I am killing every Qeynosian I see for the lies they fed me". Where did this start? I want someone to blame, for I am confused. (And considering the Queen's last name is 'Bayle', and the Overlord's last name is 'D'lere', I am not seeing any correlation there. Quick other question, what is the lore of the Scions in Stormhold, Especially Archiovianix. </blockquote>I play exclusively halflings, and through extensive Jumjum-research (aka DnD Playerguide) a lot of halfling names are derived from nicknames that stuck so well that they became surnames. Some are also derived from professions or personas of the individual. So in this way names like Wallsworn (which is my main's last name) cold fit very well and make perfect sense lore-wise. Funny enough, your opinion on names sounds like an opinion one would have if they were RPing a gnome LOL! So the race fits you like a glove, it seems...Many tribal societies use names that signifies what a person excells and or represents. So your example of "Stonechaser" wouldn't be all so odd to a Native American, for example..Just my two cents- I'd rather have someone have a lame@ $ $ overplayed roleplaying name than see someone with a name like leetsauce or anything else so ridiculous..

Jait

07-01-2007, 07:46 PM

Hey, I know a guy named G. Woodcock. Explain that one away. The filter here may not even allow that name.Grab a phone book, we're not a lot different than our fantasy counterparts. Surnames are legacies, which don't always make sense in contemporary setting.

Zabjade

07-02-2007, 01:01 AM

Wierd, hehe, My dark Elf Monk's Sirname is Sundancer, Kurayami. She was never nobilty sha came from a servant family and wanted to make something better for herself. She Chose the name Sundancer as a Tweak in the face of Neriakian and Freeportian Dark Elves. The Funny thing is Kurayami means Darkness or Absense of Light in Japanese.Klornie Shadowfist is a little more involved. In Everquest 1 I could not think of a good name that made it through the checker, so I ended up taking a random generated name Chlronie (Can you Imagine trying to Pronounce that? I mentally shortened it to Klornie in my mind), when Chlronie was nearing 20 I saw another Monk with the name Dancingfist so I gave her the surname Shadowfist. When I swapped to EQ II I just named my Monk Klornie, and had her as a decendant. as Norrathian Naming Customs seems to be that you take a sirname of your own choosing.Sentaiga Iceclaw was my Beastlord in EQI and my Mystic in EQII (Possible relation)Kanaraz came about as I kept misreading the Karanas as the Kanaras (and driving mys sister nuts at the same time) so when I made a Dark Elf (Mercenary) Warrior I named her Karnaraz In EQ2 I have a Shadowknight by the same name, my lore is it is the same Dark Elf who survived all of these years and decided to become a Shadowknight.

Adrinanna

07-02-2007, 03:16 AM

A good example of Mary's post would be my maiden name. Although in the original French, it doesn't appear to be a strange or unusual name, when translated to English it tends to raise eyebrows more often. Boivin=Drinkwine The name originated as a nickname for French wine drinkers. So some names are quite literal in reality and that carries over to fantasy as well.

Zabjade

07-02-2007, 04:57 AM

Here's odd, my last name is Ragan, The origin of the family however comes from a Cherokee left for dead on the Northen Trail of Tears, he took the name of the family that took him in and healed him as an honor, later he joined the army and the army in it's infinate wisdom mispelled the name so that is how it has it's current spelling. <img src="/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Siogai

07-02-2007, 10:04 PM

<blockquote> (And considering the Queen's last name is 'Bayle', and the Overlord's last name is 'D'lere', I am not seeing any correlation there.</blockquote> Correlation between what? They aren't related, neither by blood nor marriage. In fact, Lucan D'Lere might be one of the oldest individuals still "living" on Norrath. As far as surnames go... My character's last name is Gix, because she believes she is the daughter of Khizdean Gix and a particular Archon of Innoruuk (ie, my EQ1 character), now deceased. Of possible interest to naming-historians, many Native American tribes did not have the... conversational taboos that we do... so giving someone a nickname about their.. ahem... personal attributes would not be uncommon. Given something like that... Moobu Fatwang... Elven Mystic.. Sioldhan Widehips... Halfling Conjuror... I could do this all day, but there's a filter in the way... <blockquote>Hey, I know a guy named G. Woodcock. Explain that one away. The filter here may not even allow that name.</blockquote> Easy. At some point in his family's history, his family was a tenent farmer, servant or laborer for some noble/landlord/person-of-import with a wood-pecker or similar bird as a coat-of-arms. Thus, that guy's family came to be known by the coat-of-arms for the lord they served. At least, it's a reasonable guess on how names like that come to be.

Wilde_Night

07-03-2007, 02:17 AM

I like to see others use the guidelines laid for us by SOE. It makes some neat role play possibilities. My main is named Aeviel T'Kryth. Dark elf, obviously. She knows her family came from the T tribe of Teir'Dal waaaay back when and is always delighted to meet a fellow Teir'Dal with a T' before the sirname. Sadly, Aeviel falls along the lines of Tolkien elf names.. so I guess her parents 'borrowed' it from the Koada'Dal for some reason.I have a penchance for trying to make unique names. So far, out of my 12 characters, only 4 have the same name as others on various servers. And, being a role player, I like to make them have names that suit their lore and history.

Nexel

07-03-2007, 03:42 AM

Abit OT but this seems like a good place to ask this.. Being abit of a roleplayer myself, I've been at least trying to give my characters decent names for the lore even though I dont RP much in video games. Unfortunately I've been struggling to find naming traditions for EQ2, can anyone point me in the direction of a good thread or website where I can find these things?

Vollux

07-04-2007, 03:17 PM

Nexelau@Mistmoore wrote: <blockquote>Abit OT but this seems like a good place to ask this.. Being abit of a roleplayer myself, I've been at least trying to give my characters decent names for the lore even though I dont RP much in video games. Unfortunately I've been struggling to find naming traditions for EQ2, can anyone point me in the direction of a good thread or website where I can find these things? </blockquote> This was something from EQ I missed immediately in the EQ2 random name generator. In the first few years of EQ the name generator seemed to have a set of parameters that varied according to what race you chose. As years passed and names were consumed I think they removed those parameters to allow more names to be generated. Before the change you could spam the random name generator a bit for a particular race and you would see a theme for each race which made creating a name that seemed more natural easier.Now a days just getting a name with a vowel is a challenge using the random name generator.What I've done in the past is try to mirror the names of the npc inhabitants living in the racial village areas for a character that blends lorewise.

Borlok

07-20-2007, 04:08 PM

It's not the names. It's the backstories.Pattern for developing stories: (First name here) __(Last name here)_ is the son of (insert Baron/Count/Duke/King/wealthy landowner/famous knight), who (conqured/destroyed) the (holy/unholy) (sword/dragon/wizard) of (famous place). He decorates his blade with the (blood of the defeated/flowers of Kelethin) and fights for (money/fair princess/ale). He is often found with (close childhood friend/mentor/lackey/squire), and rides his horse (Silvermane/Blackhoof/Drunken Donkey). None can withstand his (dreadful countenance/holy might/breath/personality). He hates all (gnolls/orcs/undead/elementals) because of what they did to his (father/mother/sister/brother/wife/cousin/pet/pride), and will hunt them down without rest. He can often be found at the local (bar/temple/arena), busy with (drinking/praying/slaying).---Borlok

Rast

07-20-2007, 04:40 PM

My main is called Jalathan T'Varek... I had no idea the significance of the T' in his last name, other than I saw other Teir'dals with it and something else following it, so that is the pattern I used. As for his unusual first name... Well... I liked it <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />As for his history, that was easier, he was built for a specific RP purpose.He was the eldest of a well to do (not exceptionally wealthy, but respectably so) merchant family in Freeport. At his coming of age, he was set foward to select his mate and select Teir'dal females were brought forth, including one from a less fluent family that had business dealings with his family. So, in the end, he chooses her, which stirs some issues for her family as outsiders to the situation (as well as families that felt snubbed) chose to 'eliminate' her family (and her with it). They succeeded in all but eliminating her.Her family being destroyed causes something in Jal to become broken and he begins to search with the full anger of Innoruuk for his promised mates killers, but while he was gone, his mate sought refuge with his family and was turned away with lies that Jal had choosen another. Destitue, she takes an offer that the Lucan knows she won't turn down and that is to hunt down a betrayer, but he doesn't tell her the whole story, that she could never return to Freeport and any attempt by her will end in her death (this was prior to the ability to betray back and forth).Jalathan returns from his spree of hate induced revenge to find his promised mate is nowhere to be found, so he does what any decent tier'dal shadowknight would do in this circumstance, he begins to threaten anyone and everyone to find out who has taken away what he viewed as his. Upon learning that she has left to qeynos on some trumped up trip by the overlord, he turns his rage upon freeport and joins Qeynos in their fight against the overlord, severing his ties with all who tried to take what was his away from him.Now, he is one of the most hate filled paladins you'll ever meet. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

KniteShayd

07-20-2007, 11:26 PM

My mains surname Is Mooncrest. It was given to one of his elven forefathers long ago. He, like my main did, served Kelethin as a scout and archer. He was one of many who worked at night through out the forests, protecting the lands. He was given that name due to the time of night when he worked. It was when the moons would rise in the night sky and crest on the visible horizon.As you see, there are meanings behind alot of our surnames.One of my other alts' surname is D'Vaerth. He kept his Tier'Dal surname as an homage to that side of his people he descended from, even though he lives in qeynos and is Ayr'Dal.

Finora

07-21-2007, 12:29 AM

None of my EQ2 characters (save the recreation of my EQ1 ranger on test server) have a surname as of yet, since I've not found one that I think suits them.My eq1 ranger had the surname Treekycker. It was odd enough I had questions about why I picked ESPECIALLY as a ranger, but I had reasons for choosing it. For some unknown reason early in her life she would randomly be attacked by treants despite the fact they conned favorably, and well my stance is if they hit me first I can hit them back. The 'y' was because at the time it wouldn't allow the proper 'i' in the spelling. Just because you don't understand the story behind the name =) doesn't mean it's a crappy recycled ultra lame-o pseudo RP name. And even if it is, I find them worlds more appealing that stuff like "Poostick" (which yes, I have actually seen in game).

Maergoth

07-21-2007, 05:37 AM

I had always wondered what happened to the adventurers that caused EQ2 to begin in the first place, and it clicked to me that I could build off of that idea for my story <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> With the victory in the Plane of Time sealed, a burst of light made way to the events in the Words of Zebuxoruk. The adventurers were hunted down and taken by the servents of the gods to the planes of their respective dieties. One paladin cast aside the power and posessions he had gained and pleaded to spend his days toiling for redemption in the Halls of Honor. Released for a second chance under Marr's guidance shortly after The Shattering, there was much ground to make up. I came up with this name ages ago in a game of D&D.. later to find out that apparently It's elven for Good Death, or something to that extent.. not intended, but whatever. My character bears no titles, no surnames, nothing except his name.. sort of reflecting humbleness and portraying his self dissapointment, wishing to preserve his family's honor.

Mr. Dawki

07-21-2007, 03:21 PM

My name is Yoyo and I'm a gnoll.

Hannalynn

07-21-2007, 04:33 PM

There aren't really any original names out there anymore. Personally for my characters I take names out of myths, legends, and actual names from history and present. For last names I do the name; very few names I have used have been random and made up by myself, and even then I'm sure somewhere is the inspiration for the names that will make it unoriginal. I hate leetsauce names though, those really annoy me, but it's their character and why not have fun with the name?

Raven_Ancient

07-23-2007, 02:55 PM

Well my characters name is Ruatha Barres. Now it seems to most to be pretty 'original' but well its not really. Ruatha is a name used in many literary works in different adaptions. To rattle off a few example, The Obernewtyn series, Dune, The dragonriders of Pern series and The redemption of Althalus. It is also genealogically derived from the bible as well in the story of Ruth don't ask me to quote where in the bible that resides though. I thought it sounded like a good strong name for my Paladin and that was that. I liked it and that was what mattered to me. The last name Barres is a real world last name which I chose for my Paladin after Everard Des Barres who was the third recorded Grand master of the Knights Templar reigning from 1146-1149 before retiring from the position. I chose to adopt the last name Barres due to this link to the Knights Templar as my Paladin is meant to be a great knight as the knights templar were. A band of elite knights. Now like Hannalynn said there really aren't original names around. Naming a gnome Bob GearWhizzle doesn't mean its original. That's following a long set D&D role playing standard. The cookie cutter character backgrounds may be a little boring after a while but the name and the story behind a character should only really matter to the person playing that character. If someone really wants to name their character Sir Lumus Fruitpelter and role play that their character goes around throwing oranges at everyone or if they want their character that betrayed Qeynos and now kills all Qeynosians then that's entirely up to them.

DrkVsr

07-24-2007, 03:14 AM

Ruatha@Splitpaw wrote: <blockquote>Well my characters name is Ruatha Barres. Now it seems to most to be pretty 'original' but well its not really. Ruatha is a name used in many literary works in different adaptions. To rattle off a few example, The Obernewtyn series, Dune, The dragonriders of Pern series and The redemption of Althalus. It is also genealogically derived from the bible as well in the story of Ruth don't ask me to quote where in the bible that resides though. I thought it sounded like a good strong name for my Paladin and that was that. I liked it and that was what mattered to me. The last name Barres is a real world last name which I chose for my Paladin after Everard Des Barres who was the third recorded Grand master of the Knights Templar reigning from 1146-1149 before retiring from the position. I chose to adopt the last name Barres due to this link to the Knights Templar as my Paladin is meant to be a great knight as the knights templar were. A band of elite knights. Now like Hannalynn said there really aren't original names around. Naming a gnome Bob GearWhizzle doesn't mean its original. That's following a long set D&D role playing standard. The cookie cutter character backgrounds may be a little boring after a while but the name and the story behind a character should only really matter to the person playing that character. If someone really wants to name their character Sir Lumus Fruitpelter and role play that their character goes around throwing oranges at everyone or if they want their character that betrayed Qeynos and now kills all Qeynosians then that's entirely up to them. </blockquote>Wait, you're not implying (or openly stating) that Qeynosians are a bit fruity, are you? <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Majority of mah characters' names are variations of a name that ah picked up somewhere else: Vwaknron is a variation of Vlaknron which started out as an expletive, Phoendi is a combination of Phoebe & Wendy, Skokijan is a highly volatile/potent african home-brewed beer, Trolgon & Tralgarth are a wife/husband Troll couple who came to me in a dream (to the detriment of the person who summoned them <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />), even something as orginal seeming as Zabisuto is a variation on Subozati (no idea where that came from now)

Raven_Ancient

07-24-2007, 08:56 AM

I wouldn't imply or openly state Qeynosians are all a bit fruity at all. My main from day 1 is a Paladin so I wouldn't want him called fruity by association. I believe it was in the OP that there was a complaint about RP backgrounds like the mentioned I betrayed Qeynos and kill them all now story. That's the only reason I brought that up. And well bringing up where the Fruitpelter example came from would expose too much of the nerd within to comment on ;p.

transcendant

07-26-2007, 12:43 PM

My surname is very straightforeward and makes perfect sense. As a conjuror I have enslaved an elemental creature named Bubbles, thus I am Gnim Bubblemaster, none of my alts have surnames yet, mostly because they are all too low level.Back about the Woodcock, if I were to guess what bird he is named after it would be the Woodcock.<img src="http://identify.whatbird.com/img/4/33749/image.aspx" border="0">

Barrian

08-03-2007, 05:02 PM

Originality in names. Hmm...Well I'm not always terribly original, but if the name fits....My main is a rat zerker named Povel Shinhacker. Povel...I don't know where that one came from. I just pulled it out of thin air when I made him. No lineage back to my EQ1 characters so there that is. Shinhacker is pretty much self explanatory. =DMy ogre mage's name is Ovok. It's an ogre-ish sounding name. Sounds a bit like evoke - i.e. evocation. Boom.My defiler: Ahhh finally tracing a toon's lineage back to one fromEQ1. Saghan was an ogre shaman. His descendant is a defiler. I figure Saghan's clan stayed in Freeport for lack of acceptance elsewhere...though his ancestor was a kind-hearted ogre (ha!) and EQ2 Saghan may betray to Qeynos. Probably. Almost definitely.In EQ1, I had a druid by the name of Danners. Never played him much and I never gave him a surname. Down through the years, his descendants were known collectively (even in so little as he was known) as the Danners family. Now Charlie Danners is following in his ancestor's footsteps by training as a warden.Chaucer is my Troubadour. Nice name, wasn't taken, end of story.My monk is named Schaela. She's my lone female toon. Yeah, I know. The name is a change I made from a character from Chrono Cross. Not original, but it's a strong yet elegant-sounding name befitting a female monk.I also have a ranger named Hossman. That name came from my Lotro hunter. I figure it's his last name but that he never bothers to give out his full name. This toon is the most recent addition to my flock and almost never gets played.My next toon will be named Yalup, assuming that the name isn't taken yet. Right now my debate is between making him a paladin or a templar. While the name is from the EQ1 paladin spell, I'm not quite sure about making him a paladin. I have a holy priest in WoW named Yalup, so the toon will probably end up as a templar.

deKoven

08-04-2007, 09:14 AM

Hmmm, my main is Istaele Mageborn. Can't actually remember where I came up with Istaele but the story behind the surname is that Ist, at birth, displayed unmistakeable signs of mage ability. Thus, the villagers bestowed the surname "Mageborn" upon him. He's gonna kick ya buns! Argonne is his alt toon. He's a Guardian and his surname; Forestt. At the time of creation I had just finished the DVD of Band Of Brothers, the part about the Ardennes (sp) Forest. I thought it sounded sort of cool and as Argy is a tin can tank he seemed to be "Frenchified"; thus the name. <img src="/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Emelya

08-04-2007, 03:37 PM

Not that we are in Lord of the Rings - but we are still in the relm of Elves and such so I thought I would just throw this one at you... Legolas GreenleafI think if JRR Tolkien can use it - then people here can make up similar names... Besides it's not the name that counts it the people behind the character that matters...

Kamimura

08-07-2007, 04:56 AM

Jrkh8er

08-09-2007, 12:47 AM

My characters' surnames originate from the "nickname" rule, sort of. The surname is based upon some special skill they have, their "signature move". Shothor Quickdagger - Swashbuckler - He's a dashing Wood Elf rogue with a dagger that's faster than lightning. His great-great-grandfather is the rogue Roberr Quickdagger (my EQ1 character) (Shothor is just a random name I picked, it means nothing) Diaghilev Deadspell - Necromancer - A highly intelligent Iksar who is an expert in the art of raising the dead with magic. (I got Diaghilev from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - in one of the missions, you fight an evil Bangaa [lizardman] named Diaghilev) Konoha Coldfist - Monk - A quiet, yet strong Wood Elf monk whose punches can freeze an enemy's heart. (Konoha means "leaf" in Japanese, I think, and makes sense as he lives in Kelethin) Nakama Greenheal - Fury - A spirited, virtuous young High Elf druid who heals allies and attacks foes with the powers of nature. (Nakama means "Friend" or "comrade" in Japanese) Kaizouku Shadowcut - Assassin - A cold-hearted, mysterious Dark Elf with no past. His blade comes from the shadows, silences in one strike, and then returns. (Kaizouku is japanese for "pirate", and is just an evil-sounding name) And I'm not even on an RP server. I don't really like to heavily roleplay, although I do like to act my characters sometimes. I don't mind surnames that sound like actual last names, nor do I mind skill-derived surnames like mine. The one thing I dislike is names like "Gonnaheal You`Good" or "Killemal With`Magic". Those totally take the fantasy out of this fantasy RPG.

Jal

08-09-2007, 05:28 AM

In general i just make up names that fit the type of character id like them to be. I tend to stick with the same surname throughout every game i play, made my first 3 characters early on when i was just trying EQ2 while playing SWG so re-used the names. Jalek Lo - Fury, used the character name of my ex SWG character Anyia Lo - Wizard, used a variation of the name of my ex SWG character Ani'a (the above are wood elves) Kelaj Lo - SK Tierdal (yeah ok just a reverse of jalek i got stuck just creating an evil character for fun :p) Asarla Lo - Just made it up but it seemed fitting for a high elf bard. Kallarn Vosh - Just made it up but it sounds suitably hard edged for an evil necro.