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Warcraft 3's undead. I decided to name one of my acolytes in the undead campaign "Mozared" for laughters. It just sprang to my mind and it sounded right for an undead.
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So I was playing everquest 1.0 and in that game, death comes quickly and frequently. And I wanted to play a mage, for some reason. So I picked a fictional character very good at dodging things. Oh, and blowing things up. From catch-22, the novel, one of my favorite books.
My WoW character is Orion and my wife is Pleiades, a mage, we are both Dranei, so the star-theme seemed logical. Orion is the great hunter, and followed by his loyal dog, Sirius. So my hunter has a wolf pet. Yes, a wolf. My most successful everquest 1.0 character was Tahoe, who was a half elf rogue, named after my dog who was half Rhodesian ridgeback and half greyhound.
My WoW character is Orion and my wife is Pleiades, a mage, we are both Dranei, so the star-theme seemed logical. Orion is the great hunter, and followed by his loyal dog, Sirius. So my hunter has a wolf pet. Yes, a wolf. My most successful everquest 1.0 character was Tahoe, who was a half elf rogue, named after my dog who was half Rhodesian ridgeback and half greyhound.
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I just have two characters so far, Bandalacey and Sashaina. Only started playing in July this year.
Sashaina just came to me one night when I was about to fall asleep, and I liked it. No links to anything I can think of. I was just playing with sounds and syllables.
Bandalacey is due to me not thinking ahead, but I like it. The story is my husband has been playing for a couple of years, and I finally decided I had time to try it out. (Heh) For some reason I never gave a thought to naming my character, and I pretty much had a brain lock at the time, couldn't think of anything “cool.” I remember thinking maybe what she looked like would give me an inspiration. Well, she's a human rogue. The default costume has laces on the vest and sides of the pants. But Lacey and every imaginable variation has to be taken already. Hm. She also has armbands. About that time, my husband says, come on, what's her name? And I blurted out “Bandalacey,”
As I said, I like the name. Not only did it grow on me, but there's still only one Bandalacey on The Armory. And only two Sashainas. That makes me feel smug.
Sashaina just came to me one night when I was about to fall asleep, and I liked it. No links to anything I can think of. I was just playing with sounds and syllables.
Bandalacey is due to me not thinking ahead, but I like it. The story is my husband has been playing for a couple of years, and I finally decided I had time to try it out. (Heh) For some reason I never gave a thought to naming my character, and I pretty much had a brain lock at the time, couldn't think of anything “cool.” I remember thinking maybe what she looked like would give me an inspiration. Well, she's a human rogue. The default costume has laces on the vest and sides of the pants. But Lacey and every imaginable variation has to be taken already. Hm. She also has armbands. About that time, my husband says, come on, what's her name? And I blurted out “Bandalacey,”
As I said, I like the name. Not only did it grow on me, but there's still only one Bandalacey on The Armory. And only two Sashainas. That makes me feel smug.
Saerynne is my own twist on Seren which is a Welsh name meaning 'star'.
Amarynthe and Elaandi are just made up names, no particular inspiration.
Anjali is the name of an actress on the BBC series 'Robin Hood'.
Katluvr is, well, self-explanatory. =^.^=
Amarynthe and Elaandi are just made up names, no particular inspiration.
Anjali is the name of an actress on the BBC series 'Robin Hood'.
Katluvr is, well, self-explanatory. =^.^=
I get most of my names from the silmarillion, morminas for example means dark tower, which i conviently named a gnome mage at one point, Cencrio Emiscria etc however though are just random concoctions of my own :) wisedeath was a game handle way before wow.
Hmm.... let's see.
Wchigo - I'm a pretty big anime fan, and one of the series I follow is called Bleach. The primary protagonist is named Ichigo, and due to certain circumstances he finds he has this kind of evil present in his soul (it'd take too long to explain in detail). Suffice it to say, the "evil" looked just like him but was almost pure white with bits of black. He was never named so most people started calling him Wchigo at first, but now most call him Hichigo/Hchigo (the primary antagonists at the beginning were spirits called Hollows, hence the 'H' at the beginning). I tend to use it for everything now, including my XBOX Live and PSN IDs.
Zeroji - I dunno, I kinda made this up. I used to do RP on RP message boards before, and this was just a name I kinda made up. I wanted my character's name to be Zero, but that was already taken, so I scrounged around and decided to stick -ji at the end. It's worked out pretty well so far, I haven't really seen anyone else use it.
Mokoto - My primary character from FFXI's name. It was honestly just a typo, as I wanted to name it after a character from an anime named Motoko (love Hina!), but got the letters mixed up. Dyslexia ftw! But I've gotten to like it, most people just call me Moko.
Mugen - Japanese for Infinite or Infinity. Yeah... that's all I can say about that... =P
Wchigo - I'm a pretty big anime fan, and one of the series I follow is called Bleach. The primary protagonist is named Ichigo, and due to certain circumstances he finds he has this kind of evil present in his soul (it'd take too long to explain in detail). Suffice it to say, the "evil" looked just like him but was almost pure white with bits of black. He was never named so most people started calling him Wchigo at first, but now most call him Hichigo/Hchigo (the primary antagonists at the beginning were spirits called Hollows, hence the 'H' at the beginning). I tend to use it for everything now, including my XBOX Live and PSN IDs.
Zeroji - I dunno, I kinda made this up. I used to do RP on RP message boards before, and this was just a name I kinda made up. I wanted my character's name to be Zero, but that was already taken, so I scrounged around and decided to stick -ji at the end. It's worked out pretty well so far, I haven't really seen anyone else use it.
Mokoto - My primary character from FFXI's name. It was honestly just a typo, as I wanted to name it after a character from an anime named Motoko (love Hina!), but got the letters mixed up. Dyslexia ftw! But I've gotten to like it, most people just call me Moko.
Mugen - Japanese for Infinite or Infinity. Yeah... that's all I can say about that... =P
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My lucky star is Sirius. Why so sirius? Because Sirius is the brightest star in the sky and I can relate to that. It resides in the constellation Canis Major, the Big Dog. See where I'm going with this? Of course you don't, stupidous maximus.
Overlord Theophany wrote:
You see, stupidity is measured on a globe. You just went all the way around that globe.
my dwarf:
Hox, is backwards of Xoh (my 1st WoW toon, who I deleted). And that is short for Xavier Oscar Hammarabi . . . that is my Mini-hot dog's name.
Meh troll:
Sandinmygum, just came to me. Thought it was neat, so I used it.
And another name I used and still get called, tho I can't useit in WoW (too long):
Tsukaremash*ta : Japanese for "I'm Tired", I started using it when I played FFXI (played a Galka, it fit). I do have a toon called Tsuk in WoW, but it isn't the same T.T
Edited, Nov 13th 2008 12:08pm by Sandinmygum
Edited, Nov 13th 2008 12:10pm by Sandinmygum
Hox, is backwards of Xoh (my 1st WoW toon, who I deleted). And that is short for Xavier Oscar Hammarabi . . . that is my Mini-hot dog's name.
Meh troll:
Sandinmygum, just came to me. Thought it was neat, so I used it.
And another name I used and still get called, tho I can't useit in WoW (too long):
Tsukaremash*ta : Japanese for "I'm Tired", I started using it when I played FFXI (played a Galka, it fit). I do have a toon called Tsuk in WoW, but it isn't the same T.T
Edited, Nov 13th 2008 12:08pm by Sandinmygum
Edited, Nov 13th 2008 12:10pm by Sandinmygum
I'm not great at coming up with names.
So my first toon (NE) was Arnlell. Sounded kinda fantasy-ish, I figure. Then there was Arnfell. I ran with the 'Ar' thing and made Ardella (modification of Adela, know someone with that name) and Arnea. When I found out about autocomplete in the mail, I stopped doing that.
On Horde my first toon was Grzyb (knew a guy waay back with that last name). Which led to Trzyb, Drzyb. I'm not very imaginative.
Trixen (who later became my main) came from wanting Vixen. Taken, so I kept playing around until finding a name that was available.
Hannova was stolen from another discussion board. I thought it sounded like a good name.
I made a bunch of bank alts to hold stuff. The first letter of the name would be the profession they held stuff for. So cooking=c=Coraan. There's also Leezim, Nastasia, Taelah. Handypan holds/auctions, well, anything handheld. Bahnkette needs no explanation. I have the twins, Imatard and Rougetard. Carpola.
Sqwoosh was mildly funny. I wanted Squishie, but it was taken. Turned out the name was taken by an officer in my own guild (on an alt).
In the Beta, I transferred Trixen over. The DK I rolled was her twin sister, Troxen.
I really have no imagination when it comes to names. Yet I'm good at making just about anything else up, including a nice backstory. I'm the kind of person who could make up one of the classics of literature off the top of my head, but the charaters would be named Bill, Bob, and Jane.
So my first toon (NE) was Arnlell. Sounded kinda fantasy-ish, I figure. Then there was Arnfell. I ran with the 'Ar' thing and made Ardella (modification of Adela, know someone with that name) and Arnea. When I found out about autocomplete in the mail, I stopped doing that.
On Horde my first toon was Grzyb (knew a guy waay back with that last name). Which led to Trzyb, Drzyb. I'm not very imaginative.
Trixen (who later became my main) came from wanting Vixen. Taken, so I kept playing around until finding a name that was available.
Hannova was stolen from another discussion board. I thought it sounded like a good name.
I made a bunch of bank alts to hold stuff. The first letter of the name would be the profession they held stuff for. So cooking=c=Coraan. There's also Leezim, Nastasia, Taelah. Handypan holds/auctions, well, anything handheld. Bahnkette needs no explanation. I have the twins, Imatard and Rougetard. Carpola.
Sqwoosh was mildly funny. I wanted Squishie, but it was taken. Turned out the name was taken by an officer in my own guild (on an alt).
In the Beta, I transferred Trixen over. The DK I rolled was her twin sister, Troxen.
I really have no imagination when it comes to names. Yet I'm good at making just about anything else up, including a nice backstory. I'm the kind of person who could make up one of the classics of literature off the top of my head, but the charaters would be named Bill, Bob, and Jane.
No, there will not be a Tauren Marine hero class.
My current main is called Lepanto, after the huge battle that was fought there in the XVIth century. I had a previous pala tank called Juandeaustria (after Juan de Austria who led that particular battle) but it was a horrible disaster as people would just call me Juan which really is a letdown after putting some effort into it.
Thus, when I made a new toon, I was set that I wouldn't make the same mistake(s) I made with my previous toon(s). All toons afterwards have followed a similar theme. Get a historic battle of relevance, a prominent general or the such too, and make SURE people don't end up calling your Alexandrethegreat Alex.
Thus, when I made a new toon, I was set that I wouldn't make the same mistake(s) I made with my previous toon(s). All toons afterwards have followed a similar theme. Get a historic battle of relevance, a prominent general or the such too, and make SURE people don't end up calling your Alexandrethegreat Alex.
AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
I started playing WoW because of people in the Out of Topic forum here at Allakhazoo. So I used "Seotamot," which is Tomatoes spelled backwards, as my character name so they'd know who I was.
Actually, the Ikkian name was created for FFXI, using Nikki from Chrono Cross as a template and flipping the letters around. I then added an "A" because it sounded better.
My next WoW characters will be based off demonology.
クリスチアン・デュシェーヌ
栗栖治安
栗栖治安
Bamir is (boringly) from the eq random name generator.
My 70 (nearly 71) warlock is nesferata. Cause she's undead. And it's a bit like nosferatu.
Look I'm not very good at this. Really.
My 70 (nearly 71) warlock is nesferata. Cause she's undead. And it's a bit like nosferatu.
Look I'm not very good at this. Really.
I like my women like I like my coffee. In a plastic cup.
"In Cataclysm, Hemet Nessingwary hunts you".
"In Cataclysm, Hemet Nessingwary hunts you".
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Yay for the random name generator.
Forum name is form the EQ generator.
Main in WoW is Rekria again random name generator.
A couple of my alts are names I liked from the EQ generator.
The rest are from the WoW generator.
Forum name is form the EQ generator.
Main in WoW is Rekria again random name generator.
A couple of my alts are names I liked from the EQ generator.
The rest are from the WoW generator.
Rekria - 70 Orc Hunter - Feathermoon
I just thought of a random, cool sounding name. (Xanthalas)
I'm kind of a big deal. My apartment has many leatherbound books and smells of rich mahogany.
I usually go for the dual meaning in names. Trylofer can either be try loafer! when I am feeling lazy or trial offer when I feel like a coupon and in need of redemption.
When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
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My main a dwarven hunter Gromrail and his pet owl Ithilmar got there names from the GW game Mordheim.
and my Shaman Myrrh, his name comes from the resin burned in rituals of purification and spirit comunion.
and my Shaman Myrrh, his name comes from the resin burned in rituals of purification and spirit comunion.
redonculositutirodameidge!!
Genom (or Genom Scream in some games allowing spaces) comes from the song "Genom Scream".
Another name i use is Faustus or Dr. Faustus, only for necromancer-ish style classes (naturally it's a warlock for WoW).
And my third name of choice is Mephastophilis, only used for priests, monks, things of that nature. Some history on where the last two names come from.
Another name i use is Faustus or Dr. Faustus, only for necromancer-ish style classes (naturally it's a warlock for WoW).
And my third name of choice is Mephastophilis, only used for priests, monks, things of that nature. Some history on where the last two names come from.
Well lets see. I picked a few of my characters from a series of bookss "Dragonlance" of course I just took what I coudl get because they were all chosen already.
Strum-Paladin
Goldmoonn-priest
Taniss-hunter(currently bumbly, because I have no idea just changed it when I transfered and thought that was funny)
those were my first three then I went with Hockey player names.
Heatly-paladin(originally strum)
Tydomi-BE paladin
Strum-Paladin
Goldmoonn-priest
Taniss-hunter(currently bumbly, because I have no idea just changed it when I transfered and thought that was funny)
those were my first three then I went with Hockey player names.
Heatly-paladin(originally strum)
Tydomi-BE paladin
lets see.....
margamanthak-completely original
sermalnity- a fusion of serenity and malcolm. These names came from the tv show firefly (truly excellent, you should watch it). malcolm reynalds was the captain of the firefly-class transport Serenity.
whysoserious- logo from The Dark Knight
fisdantilus- derived from fistandantilus, the most powerful sorcerer in the dragonlance universe (apart from raistlin majere)
natureforce- he's a druid, so you can see where it came from (druids are kinda Forces-of-Nature)
coolheal- he's a priest
Eheheheheheh- i was bored
glasmadu- my email address, and a word i made up
kaimaliki- a word i made up, and inspiration for my alla profile name
kneedeath- gnome rogue, hence the name (i asked this on Mistress Darqflame's "how do you pronounce your name?" thread, someone said undead rogue/warrior. How did they get undead from Kneedeath?
margamanthak-completely original
sermalnity- a fusion of serenity and malcolm. These names came from the tv show firefly (truly excellent, you should watch it). malcolm reynalds was the captain of the firefly-class transport Serenity.
whysoserious- logo from The Dark Knight
fisdantilus- derived from fistandantilus, the most powerful sorcerer in the dragonlance universe (apart from raistlin majere)
natureforce- he's a druid, so you can see where it came from (druids are kinda Forces-of-Nature)
coolheal- he's a priest
Eheheheheheh- i was bored
glasmadu- my email address, and a word i made up
kaimaliki- a word i made up, and inspiration for my alla profile name
kneedeath- gnome rogue, hence the name (i asked this on Mistress Darqflame's "how do you pronounce your name?" thread, someone said undead rogue/warrior. How did they get undead from Kneedeath?
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Minoran was originally a Tauren, and is based on the minotaur.
Buzzkiller was actually the by product of 20 minutes of "that name is already in use". I just took the first one that wasn't taken.
Doreth was just something I thought sounded like a Mage's name would be.
Scootz is retired now, but sounded like a good name for a Gnome rogue.
Bibbo is my Orc name and is based on a character from the Superman comics.
Thornstrike is my warrior name and it just came to me out of nowhere.
I have many others that would bore you guys if I listed them. Also, I might use them again and don't want anyone taking them.
Buzzkiller was actually the by product of 20 minutes of "that name is already in use". I just took the first one that wasn't taken.
Doreth was just something I thought sounded like a Mage's name would be.
Scootz is retired now, but sounded like a good name for a Gnome rogue.
Bibbo is my Orc name and is based on a character from the Superman comics.
Thornstrike is my warrior name and it just came to me out of nowhere.
I have many others that would bore you guys if I listed them. Also, I might use them again and don't want anyone taking them.
There was this... incident.
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