As the title states, how do your character view names?Â
Eorzea's various cultures have quite a few naming conventions, and certainly, some people's names act more like titles. (I'm going to use the Tia vs Nunh as an example here).Â
So....how do your character handle this? Is there a name they would pick for themselves? If introduced, do they give their full name, or only a part? Nicknames?
In such a social game, it's interesting to think that we all just accept whatever name is presented to us.
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To Start:
Franz sees names more as temporary references that can change. Perhaps because of his own memory loss, or maybe he actually believes such a concept. When first introduced, he didn't have a name at all, and was simple the "Unnamed Mercenary". Later, because that really wasn't a name  to go by, he shortened it to "Merc" (hard C sound), which he felt got the job done. It was short, simple, and for him, at least unique enough. After his run-in with an oddly-named Duskwight Elezen (Frhanz'ir Kirche, man of probably the most eccentric Ishgardian parents I will never describe), he took on part of that name, following a more Garlean naming standard of having a middle name rank/position and surname title/position, identifying as Franz nil Renatus.Â
Still though, very few people would ever know his name to be more than just "Franz". He doesn't speak of the "nil Renatus", unless he trusts the person is not going to reveal it. In the common, every day setting, Franz gets by without more than a given name.
On the topic of nicknames, we have 'porkchop', the ever-dreaded nickname Natalie keeps calling him, much to his despair. Try as he might, she rarely calls him anything else when it's not a life and death situation. I supposed "Twleve-Damned Garlean Mercenary" and its variants would be another, but Franz tends to just laugh at that now.
Should he recover enough of his past to remember his own name, there is a likely chance he may switch back to using it, at least with some people.
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So! How does your character treat names?
Eorzea's various cultures have quite a few naming conventions, and certainly, some people's names act more like titles. (I'm going to use the Tia vs Nunh as an example here).Â
So....how do your character handle this? Is there a name they would pick for themselves? If introduced, do they give their full name, or only a part? Nicknames?
In such a social game, it's interesting to think that we all just accept whatever name is presented to us.
--
To Start:
Franz sees names more as temporary references that can change. Perhaps because of his own memory loss, or maybe he actually believes such a concept. When first introduced, he didn't have a name at all, and was simple the "Unnamed Mercenary". Later, because that really wasn't a name  to go by, he shortened it to "Merc" (hard C sound), which he felt got the job done. It was short, simple, and for him, at least unique enough. After his run-in with an oddly-named Duskwight Elezen (Frhanz'ir Kirche, man of probably the most eccentric Ishgardian parents I will never describe), he took on part of that name, following a more Garlean naming standard of having a middle name rank/position and surname title/position, identifying as Franz nil Renatus.Â
Still though, very few people would ever know his name to be more than just "Franz". He doesn't speak of the "nil Renatus", unless he trusts the person is not going to reveal it. In the common, every day setting, Franz gets by without more than a given name.
On the topic of nicknames, we have 'porkchop', the ever-dreaded nickname Natalie keeps calling him, much to his despair. Try as he might, she rarely calls him anything else when it's not a life and death situation. I supposed "Twleve-Damned Garlean Mercenary" and its variants would be another, but Franz tends to just laugh at that now.
Should he recover enough of his past to remember his own name, there is a likely chance he may switch back to using it, at least with some people.
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So! How does your character treat names?
