Curse

Olfin Bedwere · May 18, 2006, 03:08 PM // 15:08

As said by Tim the Enchanter:

"To the north there lies a cave-- the cave of Caerbannog-- wherein, carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Olfin Bedwere of Rheged...make plain the last resting place of the most Holy Grail."

Warrior - Olfin Bedwere

Ranger - Olfin the Ninth - Because Sagitarius, the sign of the archer, is the ninth sign of the zodiac

Mournblade · May 18, 2006, 03:09 PM // 15:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley Twig

Her original 1st name was supposed to be "Jewel", but since aNet seems to hate the term "Jew" for whatever sordid reason, I was forced to pick another.

Have you not considered, even for a moment, that ANet is trying their best to moderate name abuse? Thats a pretty bold statement to say ANet hates the term "Jew" when in fact they are trying to keep some butthole from naming themself "Jew Hater" or something equally awful. Boo hoo - you had to pick another name. You seem the creative sort, keep putting it to good use! Just put a little more thought into the reasons of "why" before you start making accusations.

Now to keep with the spirit of the topic - My main character is Ischade Anariel. I originally got the name Ischade from a character in a book. It was unusual and just seemed neat to me. So for the last many many years i've had a character in whatever game i've played named Ischade. A few years ago I decided she needed a last name and eventually came up with Anariel.

ih-SHAH-day ah-NAR-ee-el

=)

Hunter Sharparrow · May 18, 2006, 03:13 PM // 15:13

For my more serious character I tried and Picked a name that is role play in nature. My ranger is named Hunter Sharparrow of course because he uses a bow and the name in general sounds druidic (if there is such a word). Also Hunter is a name that many people actually have either as a first or last name.

My mess around character is my Canthan warrior who I name "The Drunken Samurai" and is a character I plan on being warrior/ritualist with the Drunkard title. Katana in one hand and a jug in the other.

My monk is Deadly Ovation which I got when I couldn't think of a name. I looked around the room for insperation and found it with the Ovation mint chocolates. Didn't have a clear meaning on the word at the time I looked it up and found how well it actually worked. Ovation: 1) Enthusiastic, prolonged applause. 2) A show of public homage or welcome. 3) An ancient Roman victory ceremony of somewhat less importance than a triumph.

I find the second meaning fits best.

Mtank325 · May 18, 2006, 03:21 PM // 15:21

Raine Excilia - Mesmer - I really wanted to start my Factions character so I didn't get creative and just took names from two different sources. Raine comes from the game Tales of Symphonia for the Gamecube and PS2. She was the professor, an awesome character as she enforced corporal punishment and was hysterical when she got overly excited about historical remains. Excilia I just gave it a twist from the name Excel from the anime show Excel Saga.
Skye Crimsonfire - Elementalist - My current avatar. Skye was the name of an ex of mine and the name I'd want to give to my daughter. People always mistake Crimsonfire for me being fire, but Air FTW.
Rushina Teadora - Ranger - Teadora was also the name of an ex of mine, but I like the name. Rushina... I forget how I came up with that.
Serenity Vahalia - Monk - I got the name Serenity off of an angel which is pretty appropriate for a Monk's name and no idea where I got Vahalia. I think I was altering Vahalla, the norse hall where vikings went to eat and drink, but that's kind of strange for a monk.

Last two, Alana Larkin and Christie Sescerano, I just like the names.

Dr Strangelove · May 18, 2006, 03:21 PM // 15:21

Ranger: John Muir - Famous 19th century Californian conservationist

Pet name: My spider is named Peter Parker, aren't I clever?

Elementalist: Dr Strangelove - He's a nuker... get it?

Necro: Mola Ram - The name of the guy from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom who ripped people's hearts out. Good times.

Mesmer: Doctor Emmet Brown - Fire up the flux capacitor

Monk: Dr Frankenberry - No reason

Warrior/PVP slot - The Dan Slayer - A guildie of mine (Dan) made a 100k bet that no other warrior could beat his warrior in a 1v1. Suffice to say, he's been farming for the last couple days

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EDIT: Bonus deleted character names
Nobeard the Pirate - My very first character, a W/N. He lasted a couple hours at most
Nanook of the North - I tried to make a warrior again but got bored. The name comes from a far side comic
General Chicken - A factions warrior to see if they were still boring. They were. General chicken = tasty chinese food and stellar warrior name.
Sub Zero Wins - Assassin, got bored, named after Sub Zero from MK
Doc Wily - FPE character, named after the villain from Mega Man
Balloon Smuggler - Have you seen the female ritualist?

BloodBrooder · May 18, 2006, 03:23 PM // 15:23

Well my first character was blood brooder, it seemed like a dark looking character probably better suited to a nercro then a warrior.
Voices in the wind- Thats my ranger, i thought it was pretty cut and dry until people would pm me in game and ask if my name meant i was crazy.
Atomic Nuker- Thats my fire ele
Malkavian Delight- I have a love for vampires and malkavians are vampires that have a split personaility so i figured it would be a good name for my monk, seeing how i change to healing/smiting/55/protection all the time never making up my mind

Malkichi Mordichi- My ss necro..seemed like a fitting dark name at the time

milias · May 18, 2006, 03:26 PM // 15:26

Elementalist: Raven Wiles
Mesmer: Imp of Mischief
Necro: Morbid Obsession
Ranger: Ephemeral Visage
Ritualist: Sacrifical Lamb
Warrior: Veil of Innocence

Incidentally, all of them are female and got their armor from Victoria's Secret...

TheSonofDarwin · May 18, 2006, 03:27 PM // 15:27

Although a few of my names are more random, like,
Perpetual Salvation for my monk (fitting though!)
Arrah Caelvintria for my ranger (name generator ftw),

my others aren't so. Uniden Soulstealer - not very unique, every necro seems to have Soulstealer these days and Uniden DID originate from a phone at the time (!), but this was my character many many many years ago in the times when MUDs ruled the internet.

Lady Alice Kyteler, my mez - one of the probably lesser known ladies accused/punished for witchcraft
Himeros of Erotes, my ritualist - Well, it's greek, a god - look it up if you wish

Will O The Wisps (PvP) - Again, mythological, but oh-so-fitting for a killer

Rose · May 18, 2006, 03:50 PM // 15:50

Well mine is pretty simple. My middle name is Rose and I tend to use it in all the games that I play. I have a whole bouquet of characters with Rose somewhere in their name.

Rose Thornz is my beloved first character an elementalist, at the time Rose Thorn was not available but I later got it and made a monk. Crown of Roses is my ranger with the flowery hairdo. Enchanting Rose is my primary monk. Cursed Rose is my cute and scary necro. Barbed Rose is my warrior used it because I kept calling her a barb, short for Barbarian. Rose Ring is my ritualist named her that cause she always turns in a cricle when casting spells. Rose Daggerdance is my squishy assassin. Red Rose Petals and Priceless Rose I keep remaking. They are not really complex names but I like them.

Divisor · May 18, 2006, 03:52 PM // 15:52

Warrior: Divisor The Divine - She used to be a paladin

Monk: How Uninteresting - What my old GW friend used to always say.. He quit though.
PvP: Save The Population - After the Red Hot Chili Peppers song
Divisor <suffix>

I got the name Divisor from Unreal Tournament, it's the name of a bot.

abyssal hunter · May 18, 2006, 04:08 PM // 16:08

Fawn Dul · May 18, 2006, 04:12 PM // 16:12

I have two healers named after pain medicines:

Morie Feen (I tried Morie Phine but "Phine" just didn't look right)
Lorie Tab

A N/Mo named Morie Fiend (She's a MM)

A Whammo named Harmie Ofone (after USArmy's Army of One)

Sadly, no one seems to make the connection with my healers and their names...

And of course my very hot (aren't all the female characters hot?) Whammo- Fawn Dul...

fallot · May 18, 2006, 04:22 PM // 16:22

-Infinity Lad (ranger) is taken from Retarted Animal Babies (no link since its highly offensive).

-Caius Celsus (monk) is a mixture of Caius Pliny and Cornelius Celsus, great physicians of their time.

-Tribal Convictions (ritualist) is a Voivod song.

-Vibrant Hues (warrior) is my response to a friend that said I was gay for having male characters.

-Katil Argus (assassin) is just some fruity RP shit I came up with so PvE players would party with me.

hyro yamaguchi · May 18, 2006, 04:30 PM // 16:30

Well Hyro Yamaguchi is a thing I don't use anymore, but I still use the Hyro though for every character.

I wanted an asian sounding name, and since my name irl is Hylke, I changed it into Hyro.
So no deep thoughts about my name, even though I intend to name a character after my favorite philosphist; immanuel kant, but that isn't a very cool sounding name, that will only be understood by few.

felinette · May 18, 2006, 04:35 PM // 16:35

I just make them up, but characters of the same profession usually share the same last name:

mesmers: De Lyon
monks: Moonsalve
rangers: Swiftfoot
elems: Stormsinger
assassins: Shadowstrike
necros: Shadowsun

Only my warriors have different last names (Strongarm and Brienne).

Kahlindra · May 18, 2006, 04:35 PM // 16:35

My Tyria characters are all surnamed "Thel" because of William Blake's Book of Thel, one of my favourite Blake creations. It's very haunting so it suited my necro, then the others just kinda adopted it too.

Necro is Kahlindra Thel- just my normal D&D name.

Warrior is Britomart and Ranger is Satyrane- two characters from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene (ya I was writing my thesis while I made them and it shows

) In the poem Britomart is an uber female warrior, and Satyrane is a half-satyr knight who lives in the wilds.

My Canthan characters aren't so well thought out- they are surnamed Nocturna because it has connotations both of "nocturnal" and "nocturne", so musical and dark...which I like. Ele is Raethlyn which is just D&D faff, and Mes is Shaera- I like the "ae" in them- makes them look related.

Moa Bird Cultist · May 18, 2006, 04:37 PM // 16:37

Here goes...

1: Rena Sapphireblade - This is the name of my first RP character, a rougueish half elf with a taste for fighting and precious gems, it's stuck ever since. Naturally, she has ice blue hair, ice blue armour and an ice blue sword. E/W as her GW proffession, if you were interested.

2: Krysten Riega (pr: riYeaga) A name I came up with straight off the top of my head, really. It took some time, and some discussion with my friends as to how it's pronounced, too, but in the end, we decided on the pronunciation above.

3: Evil Aimee - Okay, this one was a no brainer, as I wanted to make a smiting monk, so she was evil, because she hasn't ever gone healing or prot in her 8 months and she was Aimee because imo it sounds cute.

4: Mina Sunfire - Mina is my assassin. I wanted an asian name for her, but nothing immediately obvious: Mina came to mind and the sunfire was just a surname i used on an aborted prophecies elementalist. No sooner did I get to the undercity than I realised I had a boss named after me

5: Evil Xiang - my canthan monk, who is the exact oposite of Aimee, a pure healer. Since my first monk was evil, i decided to make a habit of having evil monks

The Xiang came from Xiang being a common asian name - to the point of an in game NPC being called First Mate Xiang.

6: Reika Sapphireblade - My second account's Warrior/Elementalist gained the honour of being my first character's kin. I chose Reika as I liked the sound of it. (Reika is a popular Japanese given name.)

7: Eleanor Chanservant - Her first name is a take on Elena, which is a popular, (too popular,) name in GW. The second name? Only members of the cult are alowed to know that.

8: Setsuna Katsumiki - My long awaited Ranger, Setsuna is the idea of transience or a fleeting existance, this seemed an ideal name for a ranger who would flit all over the land, only ever stopping momentarily to rest before ceasing to exist there and having moved on. The surname was off the top of my head, but Katsu means cutlet and miki means flower stalk. Make of that what you will. ;/

9: Takara Kirinfang - Takara means 'treasure' or 'precious object' in Japanese and this seemed an ideal name to give to a canthan mesmer. Kirinfang? Kirin's Fang? Now can anyone guess what thats a reference from? first one to guess correctly gets a cookie

(hint: it's a popular slash em up with 5 instalments so far, the kirin fang is a weapon of... well, that would give it away ;D )

10: Aerwin Starweaver - The name of another of my roleplaying characters, a refined elven princess with an unnatural liking of war and battle. In GW she is my permanent presearing character. I dont ever play her anymore though.

11: PvP slot currently occupied by: I Sploit Dead Peeps. Yeah. Minion master. Moving on...

12: The secret hidden character you unlock by beating Shiro solo without any special powers, finding Gwen and convincing the Lich Lord that invading Cantha would be SO MUCH MORE FUN, hence gaining you the 'O Rly?' title. ;p
Actually, it's my emo ritualist, but enough said about that.

Dralspire · May 18, 2006, 04:43 PM // 16:43

My name is the result of extensive research into uncommon names that have not been trademarked in the US or used much online. I wanted a name that is unique, available for the various instant messengers, available as domain, and naturally appealing to me.

The name of my pet follows the uncommon name idea. I was looking for a name that gives my pet justice and still goes well with the name of the main character.

TwinRaven · May 18, 2006, 04:59 PM // 16:59

Ranger: Aithne Stormraven (first name is old celtic)
Necro (blood): Malice Wyrmscale
Necro (curses): Maggie Blacktongue
Ritualist: Ruby Tsunami (red wave...erm...a bit cheesy)
Warrior: Ursula Stilts (first name is Mother Bear...Stilts because I made her tall as character gen would let me)

If I don't pick something Celtic or Nordish, I try at least to be thoughtful...

I've named pets:

Wolf: skippy
Stalker: Baghera, Bad Kitty
Spider: Charolette (NOT original)
Stalker: Big Pecker (immature, I know...)

My current pet: white Tiger named Argus

Typically I put a bit of thought into a character...I've deleted them if the name didn't feel right after a while...puts me 4 months behind on a birthday gift, but so-be-it.

I have been disappointed a time or two with spending a long time trying to make up a name only to find someone else already thought of it...I can't think of any names ever "disallowed" except when trying to use "pussy" in a stalkers name...nothing as immature as the Strider, just "Bad Ol Pussytat"...a tweety reference....first it was too long so I shortened it to "Bad Pussytat" and it was disallowed...maybe I'll just go with Sylvester...hmmmm...

JR · May 18, 2006, 05:05 PM // 17:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashley Twig

As far as I do know aNet, they clearly seem to favor (or, at least, are not worried about) names, that belong to dictators, terrorists and mass murderers.

I keep getting more and more surprised at just how idiotic some posters can be.

Anet FAVOURS the names of dictators, criminals and mass murderers because they don't BLOCK them? That is roughly along the same lines as saying "I must like Doritos, because I don't feel compelled to go to the supermarket and burn their entire stock of them."

Did it ever occur to you that multiple in the world may share the same name? Just because someone who happened to go by certain name did something terrible does not then taint that name.

Please, go back to school and take Logic 101 before spouting your crap on our lovely forum.

Regards,
-JR