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Naming character a Doman/Kugane style name?


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I wanted to ask about this and see if anyone more familiar with the lore than me (I'm not very familiar) can give some answers about this. 

 

if a character was taken in and "adopted" of sorts at an early age by traders/travelers from Doma or Kugane and named by them... would a traditional Japanese name work for this?

 

I'm also using this as a hopefully creative way of getting around the more restrictive naming conventions for seekers of the sun.  Feedback and suggestions are welcome, thanks! 

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More specifically if you're after exhaustive naming conventions, you can take a look here, under the Raen race, which shares the same cultural conventions than Domans/Hingans.

 

Keep in mind that most commoners in their culture don't have last names. At best, they might have nicknames/aliases. Yugiri Mistwalker for example, has no last name.

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On 2/28/2018 at 3:47 PM, Miqoseeker said:

I'm also using this as a hopefully creative way of getting around the more restrictive naming conventions for seekers of the sun.  Feedback and suggestions are welcome, thanks! 

 

Adoptions are a great away to get around typical naming conventions. As long as it makes sense for X to adopt Y, go for it (it's how my Miqos have very non-Miqo names).

 

And let's also not forget that you CAN find NPCs that do not have standard names for their races. Besides adoption there's also marriage and cultural assimilation/intermingling. For example - a Miqo born on the streets of Ul'dah, whose family has lived there for generations, may not have or care about traditional tribal names.

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