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Zoya Zoya Find all posts by this user Junior Member Posts:17 Joined:Jun 2015 Character:V'zoya Server:Balmung Reputation: 2 Timezone:UTC+1 RE: Meaningful names | #28 10-29-2015, 08:16 PM As some others in this thread, naming takes a long while for me as I think about a good name. It's supposed to be short, meaningful (to me) and good looking (to me) on screen. (Spoiler to make the post shorter for those not interested) Show Content SpoilerNow, V'zoya Jinx. I started with the "main" name Zoya, which is a derivation from the greek Zoe meaning life. Great fit for the lively girl I'm trying (and probably failing) to portray her as! And it still sounds nice if you add the Vah-tribe tag. The spelling canonically is a corruption of Zojha, which was inspired by the Aftcastle NPC L'zuhjha, a change I made as an allusion to the thief in Trine, as Zoya happens to be affiliated with the rogue's guild. This also leads to the choice of the vulture tribe. For one, the guild already has one, so it gives her more reason to stay there, for another, her model bears a faint resemblance to V'kebbe (Same eye/mouth shape, tail and face choice), for yet another, it suits what is essentially a stray cat, as vultures are scavengers and due to financial issues she relies on scavenging more often than she'd like. It is a constant up and down with that, which plays into the last name. Jinx is a nickname whose meaning most probably already know. I naturally have made a nice little backstory to it, but I reckon people who endure RP with me a couple times can already guess where it comes from, as it's an ongoing theme. The idea here was to create a befitting nickname that's in line with "Underfoot" and "the Stray" from the rogue's guild. And, to avoid making up a father. So yeah...I'm usually putting research and thought into my character's names, even though it might not always seem like it.

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