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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 1641502" data-attributes="member: 3887">Inspiraration stikes me from from multiple angles, kinda like JFK...For my current Greyhawk character, it came from wine. Literally. I was was shopping in one of PA lovely State run wine & spirits shops and it just came to me; Grenache Shiraz, itinerant liquor salesman and priest of Mouqol.And if he should die, his replacement shall be the allergic, nature-dispising, gray elf with a dark past --and terrible accent-- Sancere Vignoble...Or perhaps the barbarian/rogue dwarf, Oban Glenmorgie...And when I'm not naming characters after various types of booze, my system is to have no system at all, other than entertaining myself. I think the phrase 'realistic fantasy name' is my new favorite oxymoron. 1) All fantasy names are inherently silly --to most folks ears 2) Every real language I know of is full of less-than-heroic sounding pet/nicknames in common use.So I'll use common every names, make puns that I find clever, names from other/ancient cultures, assemble pleasant syllables, steal, etc... I love naming names, and often its the name that inspires the whole character, its what starts my creative juices flowing.Here's a few of my faves...Bradento of Bradento aka The Dread Pirate BradEzmeranza de Gallo aka The Scarlet Harbringer/HarlotDelphine Lakshmi St. Sous --and her fatherPavur-Pierre Arjuna St. Sous --shipping magnates.Mr. Skull Monkey --a saint.The Smouldering Whore of Ur-Imbra --a godessThe Right Reverend Don Magic Wand --a cleric/pimp.Iphagenea Dargentum aka Iffy --a spolied rich girl.Han Man Ray --a former combat android/celebrity gossip show host.</blockquote>

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