(07-08-2015, 12:47 PM)Melkire Wrote: I do know there's a lore tidbit for loading screens that didn't make it into the game that specifies that Dunesfolk names are typically given together. "Teledji Adeledji," for example. Never "Adeledji" and only rarely "Teledji".
Meanwhile I'm over here with Chachan and Gogon who readily go by just first name or a shortened form of it.
I was actually a bit perplexed by this myself when I decided to make an entire Lalafellan family. What would their naming conventions be like? Would anything be shared? The closest thing we have for examples are the brothers in the Thaumaturge's Guild with regard to Lalafell families.
Ultimately, I decided to make my own family spin on it - since I'm making this strange family line of Doman Lalafell. And it is this:
1.) All males have the last name "Gegenji" in order to show respect to their ancestors and honor their family line. As such, through normal Dunesfolk naming conventions, the first name is some manner of AA-nji. Examples: Chachanji, Gogonji, Zozonji.
2.) All females take the naming convention of the mother to show respect to her and the family that married into the Gegenjis. Example: Jijinya Jinya married Zozonji Gegenji. The daughter borne from this is Nininya Ninya. Should Chachan marry someone, any daughters born from her would also share the mother's naming convention.
So, referring to either of the boys as Mr. Gegenji would work fine. Because that is still technically their surname.
The big thing here, though - which I noticed later - is... this is purely for marriages between Lalafell, and Dunesfolk at that. If Chachan ended up marrying, I dunno, some Hellsguard girl named Token Example... what would happen with the name? I've pondered a bit on this and came to this conclusion: the format... wouldn't actually change much.
Basically, if it's a boy, the last name would still need to be Gegenji to honor the father's side. Whether they have a matching first name or not due to not being fully Lalafell... would be up to the parents, I suppose. And the kid later, if they wanted to more fully embrace the Gegenji side. Maybe having a middle name that's one or the other to balance things out?
As for the girls, it's even easier. It's matching the mother's naming convention to honor her line. So, if they have a completely non-Lalafellan naming convention, then it's fine. Token Example could name her half-Lala/half-Roe daughter Brave Popoto and it still fits the "rules" I set for myself. Could even give the girl the Gegenji last name too if she wanted, if it could "fit" for the race (Hyur, for example - Nadia Gegenji or something).
I've... kinda gone on a bit of tangent, but hopefully something in that either strikes your fancy or helps spur some creative ideas of your own?
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