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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 9095252" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p>My brother's first AD&D character was named Link. Yes, he was an elvin fighter/magic-user. Later in the campaign, he "found out" his real name was Prince Ellis Gharaele Al'Aknon, and that his former name was an elvin nickname given to him to hide his true identity (sorta like being called "John Doe" in elvin).</p><p></p><p>The (male) paladin in the group we used the glossary in the back of the LotR books to pick a name. He was named <em>Mordor</em> Darrow.</p><p></p><p>Then, there was the monk, Bavarian Blue-skin (last name came about after falling in a vat of blue dye that wouldn't wash out).</p><p></p><p></p><p>In a twist of fate, one of my players who played a paladin Adrianne Galadriel - who was originally a NPC we turned into a PC for her use - named her real-life daughter Galadriel.</p><p></p><p>And a long-winded story for my kid's middle names...</p><p>[spoiler]</p><p>My brother had a character named Silver Burner, who in another DM's game got a magic artifact bow. To carry that character over to my games, I came up with the story that "Burner" was an ancient word for a sort of special forces police, whose lineage of elvin and mixed human blood was carried down the ages (think sort of like the Mimbari Rangers). Over the ages, the plot of a demon tarnished the name so that the lineage became scorned and hunted by dark forces. As a sort of code, members of the family were given surnames of precious metals or gems - Silver, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Ruby and such. </p><p></p><p>Over several years, I had several players whose characters were revealed to actually be Burners - my brother's Silver Burner, a wizard Emerald Khazan Burner and his half-brother Diamond Burner, to name a few of the more long-lived characters. It came to be an Easter egg in the campaign, with players seeking and coveting becoming one of the Burner family. Just naming your character with a precious metal or gemstone wasn't enough, it was something that developed out of play and was often a reward for good roleplaying moreso than blind chance.</p><p></p><p>Thus, when I finally had children, the eldest son got the middle name Garnet(t), and the youngest got the middle name Emerald. This lore got sprung on them in game not too long ago in the last campaign I ran, and the light bulb finally clicked for them. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 9095252, member: 52734"] My brother's first AD&D character was named Link. Yes, he was an elvin fighter/magic-user. Later in the campaign, he "found out" his real name was Prince Ellis Gharaele Al'Aknon, and that his former name was an elvin nickname given to him to hide his true identity (sorta like being called "John Doe" in elvin). The (male) paladin in the group we used the glossary in the back of the LotR books to pick a name. He was named [I]Mordor[/I] Darrow. Then, there was the monk, Bavarian Blue-skin (last name came about after falling in a vat of blue dye that wouldn't wash out). In a twist of fate, one of my players who played a paladin Adrianne Galadriel - who was originally a NPC we turned into a PC for her use - named her real-life daughter Galadriel. And a long-winded story for my kid's middle names... [spoiler] My brother had a character named Silver Burner, who in another DM's game got a magic artifact bow. To carry that character over to my games, I came up with the story that "Burner" was an ancient word for a sort of special forces police, whose lineage of elvin and mixed human blood was carried down the ages (think sort of like the Mimbari Rangers). Over the ages, the plot of a demon tarnished the name so that the lineage became scorned and hunted by dark forces. As a sort of code, members of the family were given surnames of precious metals or gems - Silver, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Ruby and such. Over several years, I had several players whose characters were revealed to actually be Burners - my brother's Silver Burner, a wizard Emerald Khazan Burner and his half-brother Diamond Burner, to name a few of the more long-lived characters. It came to be an Easter egg in the campaign, with players seeking and coveting becoming one of the Burner family. Just naming your character with a precious metal or gemstone wasn't enough, it was something that developed out of play and was often a reward for good roleplaying moreso than blind chance. Thus, when I finally had children, the eldest son got the middle name Garnet(t), and the youngest got the middle name Emerald. This lore got sprung on them in game not too long ago in the last campaign I ran, and the light bulb finally clicked for them. :) [/spoiler] [/QUOTE]
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