Like others in this thread, I spend a lot of time crafting names for my RPG characters, and their names are typically linked to their backstories.
Before I started playing, way back in version 1.0, I decided that my character would begin in Limsa Lominsa. Based on what little I knew of the city-state, I imagined it to be a fantasy version of early modern England, a society that was on the cusp of industrialisation.
So, the surname "Battersea" came very easily: It's the name of a famous power station in London. I chose it because of its literal reference to the sea, and for its historial association with industrialisation.
After that, it was a matter of coming up with a first name that would go well with Battersea. I eventually settled on "Lyland" (pronounced: lee-learn'd). The second syllable "-land" juxtaposed nicely with the "-sea" in Battersea. More importantly, Lyland was inspired by an actual place name, Leyland, a location closely associated with early industrial England.
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As for the names of Lyland's retainers:
C'lafhina Tykha: Her name follows the naming convention for Sunseeker miqo'te, ie, Lafhina of the coeurl tribe, daughter of C'tykha Nunh. Her first name in full is pronounced as Kalafina. Yes, she's named after a Japanese vocal group, best known for performing the songs of Kara no Kyoukai.
Kazaori: An au ra of the Raen clan, a kunoichi dispatched to Lyland's service by Yugiri. Her name is a rare, but actual professional name once used by Japanese courtesans (oiran). It means "bending in the wind (風折)". I haven't settled on her "second" name yet, but I've toyed with a number associated with "wind". Suggestions are welcome.
There's also Ahtynswys Denkyrdaegwyn (the "Sister who Judges", daughter of "Thinking Soldier", later known as Elildaeg, "Exiled Soldier"). She was Lyland's arcanist mentor, who died a year after the Calamity.
Before I started playing, way back in version 1.0, I decided that my character would begin in Limsa Lominsa. Based on what little I knew of the city-state, I imagined it to be a fantasy version of early modern England, a society that was on the cusp of industrialisation.
So, the surname "Battersea" came very easily: It's the name of a famous power station in London. I chose it because of its literal reference to the sea, and for its historial association with industrialisation.
After that, it was a matter of coming up with a first name that would go well with Battersea. I eventually settled on "Lyland" (pronounced: lee-learn'd). The second syllable "-land" juxtaposed nicely with the "-sea" in Battersea. More importantly, Lyland was inspired by an actual place name, Leyland, a location closely associated with early industrial England.
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As for the names of Lyland's retainers:
C'lafhina Tykha: Her name follows the naming convention for Sunseeker miqo'te, ie, Lafhina of the coeurl tribe, daughter of C'tykha Nunh. Her first name in full is pronounced as Kalafina. Yes, she's named after a Japanese vocal group, best known for performing the songs of Kara no Kyoukai.
Kazaori: An au ra of the Raen clan, a kunoichi dispatched to Lyland's service by Yugiri. Her name is a rare, but actual professional name once used by Japanese courtesans (oiran). It means "bending in the wind (風折)". I haven't settled on her "second" name yet, but I've toyed with a number associated with "wind". Suggestions are welcome.
There's also Ahtynswys Denkyrdaegwyn (the "Sister who Judges", daughter of "Thinking Soldier", later known as Elildaeg, "Exiled Soldier"). She was Lyland's arcanist mentor, who died a year after the Calamity.
