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Dennis
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 Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 03:59:30
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Do you have any favorite names of FR characters? It doesn't necessarily follow that the characters bearing those names are your favorites as well, for sometimes names just sound nice and even at times provide a tinge of remarkableness to some rather unremarkable characters.
Here are mine:
Laeral, Elminster, Mystryl, Selune, Kelemvor, Lathander, Nevron, and Sylune are all dulcet.
Mystra sounds superhero-ish, a fit name for a Marvel superhero.
Riven, Asmodeus, Rivalen,and Druxus give an impression of toughness. Good thing they live up to their names' implications.
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Brace Cormaeril
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 04:02:02
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Originally posted by dennis
Do you have any favorite names of FR characters? It doesn't necessarily follow that the characters bearing those names are your favorites as well, for sometimes names just sound nice and even at times provide a tinge of remarkableness to some rather unremarkable characters.
Here are mine:
Laeral, Elminster, Mystryl, Selune, Kelemvor, Lathander, Nevron, and Sylune are all dulcet.
Mystra sounds superhero-ish, a fit name for a Marvel superhero.
Riven, Asmodeus, Rivalen,and Druxus give an impression of toughness. Good thing the three characters live up to their names' implications.
Amarune and Aerasume are tight.
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 04:07:50
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Originally posted by Brace Cormaeril
Amarune and Aerasume are tight.
I'd put them in the first category.  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 10:01:42
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One of my fave character names was the guy who became Bane's avatar in Shadowdale: Trannus Kialton. Too cool a name to waste it on someone who is only around for 10 pages or so!  |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 10:41:26
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
One of my fave character names was the guy who became Bane's avatar in Shadowdale: Trannus Kialton. Too cool a name to waste it on someone who is only around for 10 pages or so!
Cool name indeed. Trannus sounds like Brennus and Laxus (not from the Realms, though), which I think are equally cool.
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Kno
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 10:42:26
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I like how Endue Alustriel, Anamanue Laeral, Auril, Mielikki flows, Aznar Thrul is mysterious, Dragonbait |
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Zireael
Master of Realmslore
Poland
1190 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 11:00:48
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Ethena Astorma, Alassra Shentantra, Eresseae Qilue...
Methrammar Aerasume
Krashos Morueme
These have a certain ring to it.
Oh! Laeral Silverhand Arunsun too! |
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_Jarlaxle_
Senior Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 11:27:49
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 11:45:00
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Originally posted by Zireael
Ethena Astorma, Alassra Shentantra, Eresseae Qilue...
Methrammar Aerasume
Krashos Morueme
These have a certain ring to it.
Oh! Laeral Silverhand Arunsun too!
I can't believe I forgot to mention Alassra in my list. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 11:47:31
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Originally posted by _Jarlaxle_
On every Neverwinter Nights Server I played on I had a Drow Sorcerer named Lesaonar Geltain and a Human Female Monk named Mira Swift, dunno why but I liked them.
Lesaonar Geltain sounds good. It's like a character in one of the anime series I watched. Certainly not from Fairy Tail, but something akin to it.
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Bladewind
Master of Realmslore
Netherlands
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 12:17:50
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I love my own characters names!
Lynx, my moonelven undeadhunting ranger of Sehanine stands out. A short and iconic name (short for his full elven name Lyquennis Ulanndor).
Quinsareth from Bloodwalk, Delphe from Stardeep and Lendri from "Frostfell" are pretty names.
Erevis Cale, Manshoon, Agnazzar and Gareth Dragonsbane all sound bad-ass. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 12:30:25
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Originally posted by Bladewind
Erevis Cale, Manshoon, Agnazzar and Gareth Dragonsbane all sound bad-ass.
I agree on the first two. I intentionally made the topic favorite names only, and not "most favorite and least favorite names" because I know the list will be very, very long. Mine alone would have reached a hundred at least.
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Elfinblade
Senior Scribe
Norway
377 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 16:17:27
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Drasek Riven, Araevin Teshurr, Zaor.. i also think the Starym surname is really good.
As for my own characters, i'm fairly content with my mage Zeltaebar the Fidgety |
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Ruul
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 16:37:09
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Szass Tam and Jarlaxle
OMG... forgot Valas Hune! |
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ZeshinX
Learned Scribe
Canada
210 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2010 : 20:26:15
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Erevis Cale. Simple, flowing, elegant with a hint of danger. Great name.
Though I have to admit, my favourite (pardon the spelling, I'm Canadian ) Realms character name of all time would be the Lawful Evil Kozakuran Samurai I played years back (using AD&D 1e/2e rules). Rokugo Zeshin. Loved playing that character. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 12:28:58
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 12:38:56
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Originally posted by Quale
I like Auril, Finder and Cormyr, Telflamm, Ruathym
I agree on Auril. In fact, I used it (with a slight variation, of course) in my book. He's not a god, though; and his powers aren't ice nor air. I just think the cool name fits him. |
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Balduran Lavidah
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France
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Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 12:49:25
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Houlalala ... Un nom à choisir ? Hm ...
Illmater.
Je sais, je choisis une divinité, mais c'est plus le simple ^^
Illmater, c'est son originalité que je trouve intéressant. C'est d'ailleurs le seul dieu qui ne possède pas d'équivalence. La règle d'accepter la souffrance des autres est vraiment unique en son genre.
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Houlalala ... Choose a name? Hm ...
Illmater.
I know, I choose a deity, but it's the simple ^ ^
Illmater is its originality that I find interesting. It is also the only god who has no equivalence. The rule to accept the suffering of others is truly unique.
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Dennis
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Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 13:28:19
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Deities' names are okay. What I asked in my OP are favorite names of FR characters. You can even state the names of some liches, orcs, kobolds... |
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Balduran Lavidah
Seeker
France
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Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 13:44:45
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| Saemon Avarian. It is a good name ^^ |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 15:09:53
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Originally posted by The Sage
Any of Ed's characters, really. I love his style with Realms naming conventions... and it's a trend I try to follow when working up NPCs for my Realms.
I say 90%. There are simply some which are so weird; Manshoon on top of the list. It's like driving away a person: "Man, shoo! Shoo!" Most of course are really nice. The top 3 favorites on my list are all Ed's.
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Alystra Illianniis
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 17:25:10
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I'm also rather partial to the name Danilo. It just sounds so much like a bard!! And Khelvan, good strong name. It fits him.
As you are fond of elves, am I right to assume Khelvan is an elf? I'm not a fan of elves, at least not FR elves. But putting my bias aside, I think Khelvan is a nice name. It sounds like the name of our neighbor's overly friendly Great Dane: Kelvahan, which I like, btw. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 18:54:57
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My neighbor said she got that name from a store that sells dog and cat food in Nigeria. Oh, well, I don't know if she was serious or joking. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 19:02:13
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Should we now start mentioning the incredibly ridiculous, or just the author who has created 99% of them?
As for cool names, I'm sorry, but Elminster was the very first to capture my imagination. Just about all of Ed's names are great, but that just screams 'The Realms' (for obvious reasons).
I find 'Shadowsil' very provocative as well. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 02 Oct 2010 : 19:48:33
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Shadowsil sounds like a name fit for an assassin. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 03 Oct 2010 : 05:33:23
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You know, I don't know why, but I really like the naming convention of Alias and her sisters. We have names for three of the sisters -- Zhara, Cat, and Jade More. Three of the four named "Alias vessels" (to use the term from the Realms Bestiary, Volumes 1 & 2 by Eric L. Boyd and Thomas M. Costa) have names that are common words. And the fourth may have a name that's a common word, as well -- Zhara is quite close in spelling to an Arabic word that means "star" or "flower".
That's part of the reason that I decided to name the Waterdhavian Alias vessel Sapphire -- I wanted to use that name, and it followed that naming convention. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 03 Oct 2010 : 05:40:32
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I've never been all that settled on Alias. I mean, it works perfectly for her as a character, but it's not something I used in my games.
Though I loved Zhara, Cat, and Jade [in fact, before the Lady K and I considered naming our little one Narnra, Zhara was among the many possible Realms names we thought about]. I remember naming the fourth construct-vessel in my Realms, though I can't find the notes that include what I called her.  |
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