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Ryven Krennel

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« Reply #75 on: 27 Aug 2011, 11:03 »

Ryven Krennel was my guild wars elementalist.

Ryven is just riven with a "y.". Riven means "split" or "severed.". I liked the idea of a dysfunctional person with conflicted feelings on things.   Krennel had a distinctly softer feel, and I liked it, pronounced "cren-elle.". This is too french for a caldari, as i learned, so when i started RP, I had to do some thinking to make it work.

I have other toons, but they have no real meaning or bearing here.
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Nmaro Makari

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« Reply #76 on: 07 Mar 2012, 17:59 »

I typed the first thing that came to mind. Didnt go too badly!
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« Reply #77 on: 08 Mar 2012, 10:12 »

Kalaratiri came from wanting something like 'Kayla', or similar, but all the ones I could think of were taken. Eventually I just kept hitting random letters until a name that looked relatively good came up :) Also, ALL THE VOWELS

Saskia came from a random name generator. I love those things.
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« Reply #78 on: 08 Mar 2012, 12:22 »

Saskia is actually a female first name in germany. ;)
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« Reply #79 on: 08 Mar 2012, 12:58 »

Saskia is actually a female first name in germany. ;)

Yeah, the generator allows you to choose the area of the world you would like the names to be from, e.g. Scandinavia, South East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, etc, and then provides you with a last of names from that area.
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Kiki Truzhari

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« Reply #80 on: 13 Mar 2012, 12:21 »

I chose Kikia cause I liked the name kiki and wanted to add a letter to it so it seemed a little more like a traditional name. Truzhari, well, I actually harvested and rearranged letters from Tobias Kruzhor's name, because I liked how it sounded and he was also Sebiestor.
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« Reply #81 on: 21 Jul 2012, 17:20 »

Ka'al because CONCORD never transliterates the guttural stop in Ka'alakiota  :P named after "bald nest" peaks   :eek:

Telsa is derived from the sound of Achur wind-chimes.  :bash:

heh, I can give Damon Lindelof a run for his money... :psyccp:
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« Reply #82 on: 21 Jul 2012, 17:24 »

I could have sworn your name was a reference to the Tesla Coil.
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« Reply #83 on: 21 Jul 2012, 17:31 »

Fortunate happenstance  8)
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« Reply #84 on: 23 Jul 2012, 12:34 »

Contrary to popular belief, not Sailor Moon, but Venus Williams. Had tennis on TV while trying to create an alt and decided that naming her after an in-game stellar object is actually a good idea. Oris was already taken, but Tamiroth wasn't... :)
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Daniel LSiata

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« Reply #85 on: 03 Aug 2012, 08:54 »

Daniel L'Siata was actually the name of my much loved Battletech universe character.

In both cases, L'Siata is a bastardised form of French referencing the characters birthplace, a town called Siat. In my eyes, Daniel's name is literally Daniel From Siat.
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Lyn Farel

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« Reply #86 on: 03 Aug 2012, 12:30 »

Wouldnt it rather be Daniel De Siat(a) ?
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« Reply #87 on: 03 Oct 2012, 09:43 »

I said bastardised!

BASTARDISED I SAID.
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NISYN Aelisha

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« Reply #88 on: 05 Oct 2012, 02:13 »

Aelisha Montenagre is a 'Federalization' of Arnaala Monsume, Ael's original Intaki birth name.  As in many multi-cultural environment, the Federation is rife with the examples we see today of 'linguistically dextrous' names being shortened or changed outright, by both those interacting with the bearer of such a name, or the bearer themselves in preparation for such. 

In this case, it was an early effort by Aelisha to integrate during her University education and initial professional forays into Federation life - something she has kept despite her severe break with the Federation as a reminder of the times she bent over backwards to accomodate their culture at the expense of her own. 
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« Reply #89 on: 05 Oct 2012, 17:40 »

So, it seems i haven't responded to this one yet...

here goes.

Iyammarrok.

Well, this guy was originally created as an industrialist. I had intended to make another character as my mission runner but that didn't pan out at the time.

his name, a simple play on word sounds. I-AM-A-ROCK ....

Yuni... (Unit XS365BT)

ah.. Yuni.. everyone's favourite dronelady. well.. her name is simply a drone designation. I liked the sound of the characters i used... that and it sent people off on a wild goose chase for a while, trying to figure out what it could have meant.

Dilaro Thagriin.
Originally created simply to be a placeholder keeping my brother's corporation (Brother's Intensive Fighting Team Air... or BIFTA) up and running, his name was... fitting to the corporation. sadly he has now passed on. (the character. not my brother. :P )

Toluijin Chagangan
As another thread in this section states, I wanted to make a new matari character and have a name that fit a tribal and nomadic people. The first people that came to mind when i looked at various pics of Vherokior characters were the mongolian people... they also seemed to fit the matari story quite well...  so i looked into their naming structure and made up some names.
'Mirror of White Steel' sounded like a warrior-esque name. so there it is.

-Rok
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