need help with a name

[elven fighter]

i need help i am starting a new player in a campane i am playing and Elven Fighter but i am haveing a vary hard time coming up with a name for him and i was woundering it you could give me some suggestions thanks

 

[Beale Knight]

Try this site.

http://www.chriswetherell.com/elf/

It asks for your name [to translate to "elven"], but I've found you can type in descriptions and it works even better.

[edit for clarity]

 

[Mark]

Try these , too!

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66848

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45624

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59148

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14269

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11334

Hope that helps!

 

[LizardWizard]

When I make elven characters, I almost always use these names:
Tirilcar Oncareth
Nuriel Ondafirre
IMHO, they are melodical and sound really Elven.

 

[Kormydigar]

i need help i am starting a new player in a campane i am playing and Elven Fighter but i am haveing a vary hard time coming up with a name for him and i was woundering it you could give me some suggestions thanks

My last Elven fighter was named Thalantas Llywellyn Alarandil but the party just called him "Crow".

 

[Kae'Yoss]

My advice: If you take one out of a rulebook, be prepared to have the D&D equivalent of "John"

I played an elven fighter in my first D&D 3e Campaign (anyway, he started as a fighter, and went on to become a bladesinger). As I had a creative jam in the head, I took one out of the FRCS, but not from the elven ones (I didn't like them), but from the drow section: the name was Pharaun. I liked that. Sounded good. I was happy with it.

Until the first book of the War of the Spider Queen Novel series was released, and suddenly my character had a namesake: Pharaun the jovial wizard.

Later, when I started an Underdark campaign, I told the players that "Pharaun" was off limits, what caused one of the players to take another name for his character.
And 5 minutes later, another character told me her (male) drow was named Pharaun....

 

[Faraer]

What world is this campaign set in, o elven fighter?

 

[Mallus]

Mr. Green

As in:

"Why do I have to be Mr. Green?"
"Because you're the elf."


Marcellianthus

As in:

"If he goes to Lothlorien I want a twigger to pop out of a piece of lembas bread and bust a shaft in his a**."

Apparently I have Tarrantino on the brain...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Rules of thumb for me-

If you're making up an "elvish" name, include lots of "E"'s, "I"'s, "L"'s, "N"'s, "W"'s and "Y"'s- for some reason, those letters tend to show up in elvish names throughout fiction. "L"'s tend to get doubled if in the middle of the name. "Iellwyn" "Yllwien" "Lyniell"

On the other hand, many elves would rather go by a nickname or a translation to avoid having others butcher their melodic given names. If that is the kind of elf you're looking to play, the tend to go towards the natural "Briar-," "Wood," that sort of thing.

Sometimes they go for names that are descriptive- "Forestwalker," "Swiftwind" A personal favorite name of this kind for an elf I found as a song title- "SoundChaser" by Yes. I used it for a Ranger. If you like it, use it.

 

[Elrik_DarkFury]

Get silmarillion now.

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