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[Kimarous]

Strap in, folks. I'm going to be verbose about a personal quandary that I'd like second opinions on.

 

When I started my journey into Thedas with DA:O, I named my first and "canonical" Warden after my online alias and OC "Kimarous". I didn't really think about how much it would fit the setting, culture, or whatever. "Kimarous Surana" simply was. I have a number of fantasy names I occasionally use, and my DA2 character became "Eylian Hawke" - at least, until the Isabella bug got me in the third act and I felt the need to restart. I used the same gender, build, and relationships as before, but I went with a more mundane name of "Arthur" (which, like most unplanned names, took about an hour to decide upon).

 

Now it comes to Inquisition, and I hit the dual snag of "what do I call my character, and what class should I play?"

 

On the one hand, I feel slightly compelled to follow a slight pattern that has formed in my mind - there were enough similarities between my Warden, my Hawke, and their respective relationships with others that they almost served as a mirror for each other - elf mage and human rogue in both instances, for example. Maybe time for a same-species romance like human-human? Would've gone Melf Felf, but that's out of the question. Should I also be a warrior, having one distinct class for each character? Or is this notion of "simultaneous symmetry and uniqueness" an asinine notion to be discarded?

 

The real hiccup is in the name department. Should my canonical run go full fantastic with its names, or be a mix of both mundane and mysterious. "Kimarous Surana, Eylian Hawke, and (see my next sentence)" or "Kimarous Surana, Arthur Hawke, and (see my next sentence)"? One of my other stock fantasy names is "Brandar", and if I go with a Qunari Inquisitor, I could simulate the name as "Bran Adaar". Of course, if I also went with Qunari, I'd like to play mage to make the Inquisitor the most recognizable guy on the planet (i.e. horned giant mage who doesn't have a leash or mouth sewn shut). Or I could stick with the Warrior idea and go as "Brandar Trevelyan".

 

Alternatively, I could pretend my Hawke was named "Brandar" instead and go with Inquisitor "Eylian Levallan", who could join my head-canon family of elven half-siblings sired by an unnamed apostate mage (alongside my Warden and Sketch)... though making an Expy of my Warden on the same run seems a bit... eh. I think I'd rather save that for my "Pro-Mage / OBG" alternate universe.

 

I apologize for being so long-winded, but what's your take on the matter? What do you recommend?

[adorkable-panda]

I really like the way you think OP, be it very confusing but I think I get what you're trying to say I'm so simple when it comes to names. I'm the type of guy who names their characters how I'd like to call them as once they're done creating. DAI however is the first game where I've come up with the name first and then how I want them to look in game. IE My planned first playtrhough will be of an Elven mage named Albedo Lavellan  because he has pearly white hair (a la Fenris). And I think that's the best way to go with a name. Since I myself look at it in a roleplaying aspect I don't think mostly of all the technical purposes of the name. I will agree with you however that choosing a name that won't even be mentioned in game in any capactiy aside from some codex entries and text is one of the most fickle things I've ever had to deal with in a Bioware game. 

[SofaJockey]

Had same character names for 30 years. No issues.

[Feybrad]

Naming is easy. Take an English Word that descibes the Character and translate it to another Language. Let the Internet show you how that Word sounds like.

 

- If you want a martial Feeling to it, use germanic Languages.

- If you like apostrophes, try arabic Languages.

- If you want a softer Sound, try african Languages.

- If you want a hard Sound, try eastern Asian languages.

- If you want to sound sophisticated, use Latin.

 

Then take the translated Word and replace a few Vowels and/or Consonants to make it sound the same in your original Language (English, mostly).

(Example: "Murder" - german - "Mord" - replaced Consonant - "Morth").

 

Then adjust the Word again by a few Vowels or Consonants to fit the race you will play.

 

 - Humans generally need no Adjustment, except if you want them to embody a certain regional Feeling.

 

 - Dwarves have shorter Syllables and less Flow in their Names - try to break up long Vowels or replace soft Consonants with harder Ones.

Examples: "Oghren" / "Sigrun" / "Varric"                                        Exceptions: "Bhelen"

 

 - Elves have longer Syllables and great Flow in their Names - prolong Vowels or replace harder Consonants with softer Ones.

Examples: "Zevran" / "Zathrian" / "Feynriel"                                   Exceptions: "Merrill"

 

- Qunari favor hard Consonants over softer Ones and have rarely a "Flow" in their Words, but they like many Vowels or even double Vowels.

Examples: "Arishok" / "Beresaad" / "Adaar"                                    Exceptions: Couldn't think of one.

 

 

Example History of Naming:

 

Tanking Qunari Warrior. Starting Word: "Tower"                     Healing elven Mage. Starting Word: "Feather"                 Ranged dwarven Rogue. Starting Word: "Gold"

Translated to German: "Turm"                                               Translated to Latin: "Penna"                                            Translated to Hebrew: "Zahav"

Retained the Sound in English: "Toorm"                                Retained the Sound in English: "Penna"                         Retained the Sound in English: "Zahav"

Adjusted to Qunari: "Toormas"                                                Adjusted to Elves: "Benia"                                               Adjusted to Dwarves: "Zarhaff"

[bunch1]

I never put to much thought into the names since they are never used outside of a codex entry.  Generally I go with simple names like John, Jason, Jane, Sara and the like, I always liked the thought of being an average person who worked or stumbled their way to greatness, lore wise if there not human I just think their parents were trying to blend in with the humans or they thought it was exotic in cases where they don't live among the humans.  Sometimes I don't even bother and just go with the default names, their not bad and they fit the lore if that's what you worry about.

[metatheurgist]

"...a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.".

ie It doesn't matter what you call yourself. If you speak more than one language you quickly discover how a "cute" or "strong" or "meaningful" name in one language is an unspeakable term in another.

[Schreckstoff]

I only started playing DAO this year so when I saw the human mage was named Amell I couldn't resist calling him Stephen.

I'm usually very lazy when it comes to naming characters.

In WoW I named my DK Kelemvor, my Pandaren Ryuursus and my Dwarf Ivan.

My Qunari will be called Farideh, surprise another FR character.

[drake heath]

I always use name that make sense in the setting, like for instance, my human characters from Ferelden (i.e. all my DA PCs) have Gaelic or English  origin names.

Which is easy to do because most all European names have a version in other languages.

 

And dwarves have dwarf names and elves have elf names.

 

Also, speaking of origins, have they given any insight as to what the origins of the humans are? More specifically human mages, I'd like to know if I was a Circle mage or an apostate.

[L. Han]

For some reason I like naming my characters depending on how they look. Like say, if the character I just made looks silly/funny I call them Chuckles. If the character I just made looks aggressive or has temper issues I just call him Chef Ramsay or something.

[Amy326]

I almost always use a variation of my own name for my characters. Amy-Amelie-Amelia-etc. But im thinking im going to pick a different type of name for my first character which is going to be a Female Elf Mage. Im thinking a name from two of my favorite book series. Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series and Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series, there's a bunch of awesome female names I am considering:

 

Merry Gentry:

Andais

Siobahn

Aisling

Cathbodua

Rozenwyn

Una

 

Anita Blake:

Anita

Lillian

Morvoren

etc.

[Nayawk]

I have no real idea why but I prefer to use the default names or variations of them if I repeat a character.  The second option was used a lot in DA2.. my female Hawkes start with default Marian, then range all over Mary, Mari, Merry, Meri and on and on.

 

I think the important thing is to match the environment, if every human you encounter is called something like Fred or Steve, then having a human PC called Lugal-kinishe-dudu is going to break immersion for me.

 

 

MMO on the other hand do get a lot more naming thought and usually full tilt fantasy retarded…..  Like others have mentioned, find the main personality or class attribute and run it through a different language.  Simplistic example.. a sneaky scout character might be called Tavs… Danish for silent.

 

For me that sticks across all characters from then on.. So if I pick german for a humans, all humans names from then on are Germanic. 

[MrMrPendragon]

I just use regular names. Sometimes when I'm in the mood I actually put some extra thought to naming my characters, but usually I just put my middle name. It's Welsh and it doesn't seem like a name that's out of place.

 

I always name my first 2 dwarven characters "Chuck" and "Barry".

[TheGreyson]

I obsess about names for Wardens but I've never really had an issue with naming Hawke. Garrett just seemed to work for him fine. As for my various Inquisitors, I'm sure I'll go back to obsessing. Right now I'm at a loss.

[NewBlue]

Just look around the room for objects that sound cool and take parts of their name, cartoon style.

 

My warden Pencilcarpet will forever be written in the history books.

[Connor Dawson]

simple rule:

1. always play as human
2. pick a name from these lists:

• http://www.behindthe.../ancient-celtic
• http://www.behindthe...sage/anglo-saxo

done

[Bayonet Hipshot]

Here is how I do it for any RPG game:- 

 

1) Canon playthrough. For canon playthrough, I make the character as close to me as possible and then roleplay it. I usually play as an elf because I am a short, thin man in real life and elf is the closest to that in most RPG games. I always play as a mage or an engineer or machinist because in real life I am an academic and I have education and training as an engineer. As for names, when it comes to canon playthrough, I use my real first name. 

 

So when it comes to DA:I, the canon playthrough will be Dalish Elf Mage Inquisitor who goes by the name Tinesh Lavellan. For DA:O my canon was Circle Elf Mage Warden who goes by the name Tinesh Surana. The good thing about my first name is that it has no inherent meaning whatsoever so the name just means me. 

 

When it came to DA2, I named the Champion as Tom Hawke because Hawke is a human. Tom because people around me get confused on how to pronounce my first name, so they just gave me an English name, Tom, to make life easier. 

 

2) Non-canon playthrough. I usually use the name of someone I admire for the characters. 

 

For DA:O:- I named my Dwarf Noble Tyrion Aeducan after Tyrion Lannister. I named by Male Noble Bruce Cousland after Bruce Wayne. I named my Human Female Mage Marie Amell after Marie Curie. 

 

For DA:I :- Human noble rogue will be named Alec Trevelyan after 006. Human mage female will be named Rita Levi Trevelyan after Mdm. Montalcini.  Female Qunari mage will be named Vera Adaar after Vera Rubin. 

 

Cheers. 

[BloodyTalon]

Tim The Knight-Enchanter!

Oddly would work has a human mage and that class

[Sidney]

I'm trying hard not to name my first human character Torquemada.