what did you name your characters, and why?

[ixfd64]

If you did not use the default names in the games, what names did you choose, and why?

 

Here's the ones I used for Exile 3 (at least on this save file):

 

ixfd64 - That's the identity I use on the Internet. Of course I should be a hero.

Baratus - He's a very powerful fight from the game Hexen. I also used the name "Baratus" on an online RPG.

Traductus - He's actually a villian from the game Hexen. I just felt like using the name.

Samurai Jack - Samurai Jack is a wise cartoon character with amazing knowledge and awesome skills. I'm a huge fan of that cartoon, so I picked it. Plus, he would make a good hero in Exile.

Gandalf - Yep, I'm a LOTR fan as well. Due to his knowledge and wisdom, Gandalf would also make a great mage.

Sir Bowen - He's the protagonist in the movie Dragonheart. Later, the movie was made into a PlayStation game and later ported to the PC. Although the game was pretty bad, I still enjoyed it a long time ago.

 

How about you?

[curi]

i mostly use names for me (curi, Elliot) or names of my D&D characters (Tirin, Caeli, Isyn). i named my e2 pacifist Alice. useless character, non-heroic name :-)

[Eldibs]

Sometimes I use the names of some of my friends in real life. Other times I use names of characters from Final Fantasy Tactics (like Orlandu and Agrias for warriors, etc).

[ben4808]

Jenneke - I'm sure that's the most original one to date.

Thissa - That one too.

Frrrrrr - Don't know about the number of r's. Yet another original.

Sturp - No girls in my party. Non-original name.

D-Pliss - Feodoric sounded kind of weird for a Slith.

Boomer - Good for my end d00d who is confined to using bashing weapons for everything.

[Joseph Stalin]

Sarevok-one of the best fighters in baldurs gate 2 so named my human fighter that

Anomen-warrior/priest

Edwin - Spellcaster

Jan - thief

Lord Andrew- just like the name cus it makes me feel important

Ajantis-another fighter

all names with the excewption of the lord andrew are all from baldurs gate 1 and 2 one of my top favorite rpg games

Edit:didnt someone make another char name topic about a week or 2 ago

[Kingy]

This seems to be a very popular topic of late so if you want to see what mine are you can dig through the 4-5 topics like this and find them.

[Tonweya]

I love languages and have learned some Lakotah, (Sioux), so I name the characters from that language. Hard to show how to pronounce, but:

mat-O: Bear; Fighter.

shun-GHI-la: Fox; Fighter, Thief.

wa-KHAN wiCHA: Mystery Man; Priest.

pay-JU-tah wiCHA: Grass Roots Healer; Priest.

pay-TAH: Fire; Mage.

KA-hah: Ice; Mage.

On occasion, I'll change a couple of characters, but only for what a specific Scenario calls for.

me

[Milu]

I always name my slith fighter Godzilla. Other names vary.

 

But I often use Rosa.

[Zeviz]

I usually use made up names.

 

Omri - fighter - random name

Shhhhssss (or some similar serpentile sound) - slith fighter

Mrrrurrrr - nephil figher - sounds like cat's "speech"

Veziv - mage - evil counterpart to Zeviz

Zeviz - mage/priest - a madeup name that I use everywhere

Niza - priest - another variation on the Zeviz/Veziv theme (a character I've also used in some RPs)

[ixfd64]

Omri is actually a Biblical name, as well as the name of the main character in The Indian in the Cupboard.

[Toenail Returns]

Four person party

 

ANSATU: Duel-Wielding assasin's knives

Daggoth: Slith with enchanted Slith Spear

Mathuzar: Nephil with bow and greatsword

Jango: Mage with little bits of priest spells, uses knife

 

Stocks up on lots of potions to make up for no Priest Spells

[Spring]

I left my people deault because I am a default person.

[Espionage]

I always used the default names, they are just so good. Frrrrrr and thissa backing up Jenneke, its the way i like it.

I always change the graphic though

[Chief Spider watching The Simpsons]

1. Christopher

2. Sss-Thsss

3. Frrrrrr

4. Minako

5. Michael

6. Jesus

[Synergy]

When Jesus gets medieval on your ass with that Fury Crossbow, it ain't pretty.

[Sephiroth1985]

I don't know if you mean for ALL Exile games, but this is for Exile 2.

 

Sephiroth: Main bad guy from Final Fantasy 7..and I'm a big fan of him.

Syko: Friend's name (not real)

Haze: Brother's name (not real)

Adrianna: Couldn't think of a name

Bob: I'm enemies with someone at school by the name of Micheal.

Feodoric: Again, Couldn't think of a name.

[Imban]

Some parties that I recall...

 

Latest: Ninja 1, Ninja 2, Ninja 3, Ninja 4, Ninja 5, Ninja 6

 

Older: Varius, Trannon, Lorelei, Imban, Ablis, Rekwan

 

All of my party builds have the party members being nearly identical, so no real explanations of roles are needed. Everyone in any of my parties ever is a mage/priest that starts off with 6 HP (but massive strength, so massive HP gain on levelup) and eventually develops into a fighter/mage/priest that can kill eeeeeeeverything.

[Erika Maroonmark]

I always call my mage Claire after myself; if I have a nephil in my party, his name is Felix; and the rest are usually archaicised (archaised? ^^;; whate'er.) versions of names of various friends of mine. Like "ye olde mediaeval times" type names. =D

One of Exile's few advantages over Avernum: more characters to have fun naming. *g*

[ben4808]

Mays well add my new Exile 1 party.

 

Sturg - a nickname of mine.

Pike - guess what genre of weapons he uses.

Wayfer Boy - my older little brother's nickname.

Lunker - my younger little brother's nickname.

Robegirl - along with an appropriate graphic.

Alorael - just because its a totally awesome name.

[aquadraconus]

Fighter - Boromir (Human) - greatsword

Fighter - Gimli (Slith) - Pole (I know he uses an axe, but sliths are better with poles)

Fighter/Thrif - Legolas (Nephil) - waveblade x2

Mage/Priest - Gandolf - flaming broadsword + staff of the magi

Mage/Priest - Galadriel - variety of spells - dagger for emergancies

 

Yeah, I'm a lord of the ring fan.

[Alorael at Large]

Quote:

Originally written by ben ben:
Alorael - just because its a totally awesome name.

I don't know how I missed this, but let the record show that I find it somewhat disquieting.

—Alorael, who does not want to live in a world where people say "ugh" and "eek" when they die.

[ben4808]

Maybe I should change it to Aloreal.

[Drakefyre]

Is that Sturg as in Sturgeon?

[Aran]

The mage is usually named Daryl Mycroft, an expansion upon the standard name from Avernum. The other mage is Adrianna, Jenneke and Thissa remain the same, as does Frrr.

[Wise Man]

Wise Man - singleton warrior/priest/mage.

 

Owned.

 

For the record, I spammed Knowledge Brews. :nods:

[ben4808]

Quote:

Originally written by Drakefyre:
Is that Sturg as in Sturgeon?

Nope, Sturglar. It's a progressive manipulation of by fourth moniker, burglar ben.

[Danny Hambor]

Plarg- My best warrior

Hasee- A medium rate priest

Chi- My best mage

Soldat- My best lizard warrior

 

They have no meaning but I just name something that comes off the top of my head.

[Korrineine]

At the moment, Dian and Brun are my warriors - made-up names that sounded sort of brutal... Ilia is my thief/trap disarmer, cos it sounds a bit les brutish, plus Marianna the mage and Malachai the priest, because people who can do magic deserve complicated names. I got sick of the default names after about eight years of playing these games.

[Misc Staple]

For six character parties I use Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax. Hey, they fit, I can find graphics to match and I don’t feel original enough to find Nephilim names or whatever.

For four character parties: David, Christopher, April and Jalil.

I have used another names in the past, but those are the ones that I know off by memory, so they‘d get chosen whenever I start a new game in Exile.

[Misc Staple]

Whoops, accidental double post.

[Cairo Jim]

I just came up with names that I thought sounded better than the default ones. I just change the names and the graphics and leave everything else, almost.

 

Jurol: first guy

Hss Thsska: second guy (slith)

Simbarr: nephil

Akina: Nephil mage

Skarra: Slith priest/mage

Makhaya: Human priest

[Aeschie]

Actually, I have a complicated little story about my characters that ranges through the different games. (I like to write stories.)

(These are of course my main, six-person parties; I have singletons and such too, but they're sort of "side-plots" to the main "arc.")

 

In the first Exile, my PCs were:

-Andrewik

-Jaisen

-Yarin

-Jerlyn

-Aaraglyrahe

-Jerrayl

 

Exile II

-Anderwik

-(Can't seem to remember this one)

-Commandra

-Aadretain

-Jerlyn

-Daerik

 

Exile III

-Andalliarn (Son of Jerlyn and Andrewik)

-(Can't remember this one)

-(Can't rememner this one)

-Jerlynya (Daughter of Jerlyn and Andrewik)

-Jerlynyan (Son of Jerlyn and Andrewik)

-Daerik

 

I won't get into my little scenarios, but they were all individual characters with odd little plot arcs, although some of them apparently weren't of such great importance as others, as I can't remember their names off-hand. The names are all original, although almost all of them are borrowed from my other writing. (Just the names, not the characters.)

 

If anyone's interested in hearing the whole story, drop me a line...

[D Pliss]

Four person party {with approprate titles }

 

Swordsmaster Aldous {goods swordsman good name}

Rough Hortan {horton sounds like horty, if you've ever read Loamhedge }

Vallug Bowbeast {favorite character from Taggerung}

Wizard Mycroft {Wizard, mage and priest, Mycroft is a good magical name}

[Exiled N5cromancer]

I named my charecters by what i though suited his\her skills

 

Perigan-Mage

 

Rieck-Fighter\mage (Chuck Norris)

 

Ily-Preist

 

Kiladell-fighter

 

Sss'ah,ssso-Figther (only pole weapons)

 

Took-Incrediably weak trap\door opener (named after bilbo baggins grandfather)

 

I think the second one was the best

[John S]

If I understand correctly, this family tree states Bilbo's grandfather to be Mungo, whereas his father is named Took.

[Arch-Mage Solberg]

I can't remember the very first group I used. But all my groups after that were named as follows:

 

1. Hrothar (Warrior)

2. Patrick

3. Erika

4. Solberg

5. Rone

6. Aimee

 

[Andraste]

Andy wins the character naming contest.

[earanhart]

Spider-spear using slith

Spider- nephil thief

Spider-slith mage

Spider-slith preist

Spider-human mage/preist

Spider-generic all-purpose character

 

I like GIFTS, what can I say?

[The Mystic]

In E1, I just call my characters A, B, C, D, E, and F. Not very imaginative, I know, but I'm not that big on giving out cool names.

 

For E2, E3, and BoE, I just use the default names, even if I change a PC's race, traits, etc. It makes them easier for me to keep track of.

[Vespucci]

I can never remember which characters are the specialists and in what, so I give them mnemonic names:

 

Brisance, Nosy, Tunnel Rat--trap disarmer and thief

Chef--alchemist

Night Owl, Bookworm--Highly Alert trait

Stonewall--high defense

Shepherd, Missal--priest

...

 

I've got a million of 'em.

 

I name the other team members something thematic or just comment on their appearances.

[blot]

Sneaky Peter-Thief/disarmer

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

Kind of an old thread you revived here, but I suppose we have plenty of these threads as it is, so there's really no need for a new one.

 

I don't play the Exile trilogy, but in BoE, my old party was

Starr - fighter, bashing weapons

Harrison - fighter, pole weapons

McCartney - fighter, edged weapons (I used the chainmailed warrior with sword and shield graphic for him, only recently realizing there were a pair of protuberances on the character's chest. I suppose some people would say they suit McCartney, but that's a discussion for another place...)

Lennon - mage

Martin - priest

Epstein - priest

 

My current party, however, is

Queso Blanco - male warrior, uses any melee weapons. Guy with sword, headband, cape and purple pants.

Emmental - mainly a mage plus level 3 priest skill. Also wields a cursed knife. Brown robe guy with staff.

Brie, Mozzarella, Provolone, Gouda - mainly priests with level 3 mage. Blonde mauve-robed priestess with book, blonde spellcaster with blue hooded robe and staff, male priest with blue robe and book, black-haired woman with red dress and staff, respectively.

This one is designed better, although it's still not as aggressively optimized as Imban's. The characters have sort of gained personalities since I've been using them, so I'll keep them the same anyway.

[ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε]

i just named them after function

 

fight

spear

bashem

mage

priest

mageII

[-Jeran Korak-]

I always build character on the principle they are automatically highest level so...

 

Jeran Korak, my oldest ever creation, the ultimate warrior in every way, he even has some magic.

 

Galvin Magnus, an ancient and extremely powerful Necromancer, huge array of mage AND priest spells with maxed defence skill.

 

Nija Halcyon, a much later creation, much, much newer and a lot less stupid then the one that first joined here. Powerful Warrior/Priest.

 

Toman Gieger, young, carefree and foolish. High-HP Mage/Fighter.

 

These make up my basic 4 characters that go into just about any D&D or RP game I play. The rest I auto-name generate.

 

One rather funny occasion was using a random name generator on NwN when it spat out the name "Nikki Zeivz" as a Wizard/Fighter

[Brock The Archmage]

i like to roleplay-a lot-and tend to come up with characters who i then write stories about or insert into d and d, so they are usually pretty in depth. unfortunately, I only remember this one, and also exile doesn't have the depth of races d and d does, so i actually adjust for exile instead of the other way around. As follows:

 

Lana: a halfling girl who has no memory of her life before being left on the streets of Lorelei. she desperately searches the city for a cure to heal a wasting disease that threatens to take her only friend's life. At last, she turns to magic, but not quickly enough to save her friend's life. She then set to travelling. In her travels, she discovers that the disease is affecting other people in many cities, all of them born with an innate ability (divinely touched)...and that it was caused by an old, wise, powerful, totally evil necromancer...deep underground...

[Mistb0rn]

I've had a number of parties over the years, mostly entirely mage/priest/fighters. At the moment, however, I'm using a more varied party, as follows.

 

1. Tsissy - Slithzerakai swordfighter/thief

2. Krath - Slithzerakai pole/bashing weapons fighter

*Those two I just made up Slithy names for*

3. Embrodak - Nephil archer/alchemist with some swordfighting skills

*Embrodak is shorter than Em-tarkanderunders-gunderson, which wouldn't fit. (both are from Homestarrunner.com)*

4. Della - Human magic-user

5. Theresia - Human magic-user

*Those two are fairly self-explanatory, just ordinary human names, no special meaning.*

6. Angraumar - Nephil magic-user

*I just stuck letters together randomly for this one.*

 

So, there you go. My current exile party. Although I had an extremely boring three-person party at one time, named Warrior, Wizard, and Whatever. I'll leave it to you to guess their skills. ;-)

[DesertPlah]

Current party:

 

Mal (fighter)

Zoe (also fighter)

Jayne (Pole-fighter/minor priest) [doesn't fit, I know]

Wash (Mage/priest)

River (Mage/daggerfighter)

Kaylee (priest/minor mage)

 

[Mistb0rn]

LOL, Firefly?

[DesertPlah]

Yup.

[Bunni K]

In my current Exile III game, started sometime in September 2008:

 

Nephil - Lyra (that's my name haha)

Slith - Thissa (i'm boring)

Nephil - Frrrr (....)

Mage - Adrianna

Slith - Nerien

Slith - Zafaken

 

I like lizards.