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What do you name your characters?

  • Master Dread
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    August 1, 2012 2:10 PM EDT

    What do you name your characters? I always name mine in dragon my shadow vanguard character is named Dinokkiin or Deathborn and I started the Crypt Stalker Build and named my character Fahliil Do Alok Dilon or Elf of Necromancy (since I chose a wood elf) . Discuss.

  • Todd
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    August 1, 2012 2:18 PM EDT
    Seeing as I only play on Argonians, it feels right to name them using Jel, or Argonian language. The only exception to this is my Swamp-Stalker, who is named Using a few vampiric words meaning 'Fang of the Dark'
  • Master Dread
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    August 1, 2012 2:22 PM EDT

    that is actually pretty cool

  • Todd
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    August 1, 2012 2:22 PM EDT
    Damn straight
  • Master Dread
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    August 1, 2012 2:28 PM EDT

    All my character names have to have a meaning like I started a vampire argonian and and named him Apep (egyptian god of chaos and darkness) the god who would try to devour the sun (Ra). I named him that just for Dawnguard lol.

  • Qahnaarin
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    August 1, 2012 3:24 PM EDT

    if human, my name

    If elf, elfish name, or my name

    If khajiit, Khajiiti name, or my name

    If Argonian, argonian name, (cyrodiilic or argonian), or my name

  • RuneRed
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    August 1, 2012 3:25 PM EDT

    I have many characters, I try to keep them all consistent with their race's naming traditions.  So all my orsimer characters have a 'gro' ( son of) or a 'gra' (daughter of) in the middle of their names.  My argonians are named something like "Poisons His Blade" or some such.   Etc., Etc.

  • Todd
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    August 1, 2012 3:27 PM EDT

    The only Cyrodillic name I've ever given one of my Argonians is "Crazy Like Goat"


    He only used the Wabbajack and he used Unrelenting Force to throw things around rooms

  • Matt Feeney the New Guy
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    August 1, 2012 3:47 PM EDT

    I name most mythological names, ie Remas( Founding of Rome), Artemis( Greek God of the Moon), Thanos( Greek God of Death). Unless their Khajiit, Argonian, or Orc. Then I try to use names similar to their race ie Malz Gro-Balrog, Dead-of-Night, and I haven't thought of good Khajiit name.

  • konrad hurren
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    August 2, 2012 1:43 AM EDT

    I try to keep to the established naming conventions depending on race but I love the name Mythen for a dunmer (even though it's not strictly a dunmer name). And Mufasa as explained in my blog.

  • Dar'Brii
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    August 2, 2012 4:32 AM EDT
    All names depend on the race. Most of my non Khajiit/Argonian characters have been named in the dragon tongue (ie. My current character is a Dark Elf thief named Vokun ['Shadow'], I had a 'goody goody' type Nord girl named Kiir {'Child'}).

    My current Khajiit is named Dar'Brii ('Clever' in Khajiit tongue, and 'beauty' in dragon). Any Argonian names are always similar to Scouts Many Marshes, etc.
  • Dar'Brii
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    August 2, 2012 4:34 AM EDT
    Oh, except when playing games like Pokemon. Then, my name is always Ellie. :P
  • Jake Dassel
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    August 2, 2012 6:12 AM EDT

    I just named my nord Sigurd Favnesbane, His name literally means dragonslayer in norse, plus in a norse saga he can shap shift into a werewolf, I think it's an appropriate name.

  • Morning Mist Hanrui
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    August 9, 2012 6:56 AM EDT

    When I played Oblivion, all my characters were named after tea qualities (don't know why): Shencha, Tzai, Roobus...

    In Skyrim my character names are variations of finnish month names: Marrazz, Oak, Helmi...

  • Ryan R
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    August 9, 2012 9:39 AM EDT

    i nicknamed my khajiit who was set to join the thieves guild as shadow claw. as you can tell im not good at this stuff

  • Master Dread
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    August 9, 2012 2:56 PM EDT

    That is alright Skyrim is my first TES game and I named my first character (the character I based my unholy battlemage off of) Master Dread hence my name on the site