Need help with lalafel naming

[wolfytot]

Hey guys, so it's kind of a complicated story but bear with me. I came here from WoW and I have an RP character who is my pride and joy. A gnome named Shelly Flashtrigger with the moniker "Black Fox"

I've been RPing this character for years across different universes in RP.

WoW
DnD
Guild Wars 2
and original fiction

She's a dear character of mine whom I've had for years and years and she always ends up my main in any game I play. Her surname is variable and I don't mind changing it, but her first name and her moniker always remain the same. I'm trying to bring her into FFXIV but lalafel naming conventions are really putting me in a stump. I just can't make any variation name work in any way that's recognizable.

I thought it would be no big deal and that I could just randomize her name with the name generator and landed on Yuii Yui.

But after playing her for a while, it just doesn't feel the same. It doesn't feel like Shelly. I would really like to hold on to the name "Shelly" or some variation similar to it, but Sheshelly Shelly just sounds awful.

The character has been with me for so many years, she's kind of a remnant of my old highschool weeb phase from when I was 14 (ten years ago) so her moniker, Black Fox is kind of inspired by the nine-tailed fox so I was thinking of maybe breaking naming conventions and making her surname "Kitsune" and just saying it's a moniker or title she picked up, but I don't know how flexible the community is, and people might assume I'm not an RPer if the name is not lore abiding.

I don't know, I feel like I'm rambling at this point, but if anyone could help me find a variation of Shelly or Black Fox that would fit plainsfolk lalafel naming conventions or help me find a lore reason her name would be Shelly Blackfox, or some variation of it, I'd really appreciate it.
 

[Sounsyy]

So the RP community is not super strict on everyone following naming conventions. A lot do, some don't. Some go by aliases, some have a real name that fits conventions but go by a different name that they made up. Some characters were adopted and have more "Hyuran" sounding names. There's even a Lalafellin character in the MSQ who does not follow Lalafellin naming conventions because she was named by her adopted Hyur father. 

 

So go with Shelly Flashtrigger or Black Fox! Maybe she's a merc and Black Fox is just a lot easier to remember than her real name? Whatever your reasoning, most people will probably go with it if the question gets brought up at all. And sometimes, a name can be a great way to break the ice with a new RP encounter. 

[wolfytot]

Thanks! This helps a bit. I think I might just go with Shelly Blackfox