Name My Character!


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Level 50 broadsword/regen scrapper, with an armored knight look that I've always liked. Newly arrived to Justice.

I suck at names. Usually when I create a character I'm not even thinking of a name. I start with a look or a particular power set that I want. The times when I think "I should create a ballerina with martial arts because of all the high kicks and spins, and I'll name her Nina Ballerina after an obscure ABBA song" are pretty rare. More often, I think, "I want a broadsword/regen scrapper" and "I want her to look like a knight", and then I'm stuck at the name screen and I type in "Jennie Justice" for no other reason than I'd previously named a fire blaster Jennie Bomb (which was a reference to a cd by the Sahara Hotnights, and which I believe is a slight nod to the song "Cherry Bomb" by the Runaways).

(I get a lot of names from song titles.)

So I've recently been moving characters around to different servers. I mostly play on Virtue, but I also play on Freedom. I moved an old fire/axe tanker to Freedom purely so I could participate in hami raids and other high-end content there. I rarely played this character on Virtue.

Along the way I've either forced name changes for a few characters or been forced to change names that I would otherwise have kept. "Jalia Genie", a rather dumb name, became Jade Princess. "Jalia Dragonfire", another rather dumb name, became Black Unicorn (a song title), which is not necessarily a great name but probably better than before. "Miss Avalanche" was a good name for an ice tanker, but I was forced to change it, so I went with "Sleeping Sun" (Nightwish song title... it makes sense if you think about it, plus it's an awesome song).

The above character was Jennie Justice, a name I didn't particularly like but didn't hate. I decided to transfer her to Justice server as I don't play her that much and she'd be ideal for joining a hami raid. This being the Justice server, the name "Jennie Justice" was actually already taken. But this gives me the opportunity to give this character a much better name.

I need something appropriate for the virtuous knight that she obviously is. ^_^



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She looks like a "Sapphire Sentinal" or perhaps a "Cerulean Sentinal" to me - both available on Justice as of 5 minutes ago.


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Ja'el Justice


 

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Female knights in France have been traditionally referred to as "chevalière", which is an option.

If you want to really get historical, there is a story of a woman who was granted the equivalent title of "knight" after helping to defend a city in 1472. She was named "Jeanne Hachette", which is superficially similar to the current name.

Or you could just go with "Lady Guinevere" as a twist on the King Arthur legend.

Women in England who are knighted are currently referred to as "Dame", so that could be an option - ie: "Dame Daring", "Dame Defiant" or something similarly hokey.


 

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Justice Maid
Justice Maiden
Maiden of Justice

She also kinda looks like she has an apron on and is about to perform field surgery.

Battle Surgeon
War Nurse
Battle Nurse

I dunno.

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Hmm ... Broadsword/Regen, eh.

Female knights are called dames in the British honor system ...

Double-Edged Dame?


 

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Going purely by the primary, a quick trip to Thesaurus revealed to me there's a type of sword called Curtana. Maybe make that Lady Curtana to add a bit of a noble touch.

Some other ideas are Dame Mascus or Madam Mascus, horrible puns on damascus, another type of sword.


 

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Alliya Khan


 

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Knight in White Satin.


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I like Sapphire Sentinal. I'd actually been considering something like "Azure Knight" or "Aqua Knight" but those are probably taken anyway. Other ideas I had were "Maiden Knight" or "Isolde" (which is similar in vein to "Lady Guinevere"). I also like chevalière as a name or part of a name.

Don't think I want to go with Dame.

I'll see what's available tonight when I get home and make a decision then. Thanks for the suggestions!



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Since she's female, and Justice is a Virtue, what about "Charity Justice"?


 

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I like Sapphire Sentinal. I'd actually been considering something like "Azure Knight" or "Aqua Knight" but those are probably taken anyway. Other ideas I had were "Maiden Knight" or "Isolde" (which is similar in vein to "Lady Guinevere"). I also like chevalière as a name or part of a name.
"Aqua Knight" might get genericked, since there is a manga by the same name. (Interestingly enough, it's written by the same artist as Battle Angel Alita, who, if I'm not mistaken, appears to be your avatar.)

Also, there's no "a" in "Sentinel."


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You could always thumb your nose at political correctness and call her "Sword Broad"


 

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Also, there's no "a" in "Sentinel."
Oops, usually I catch my own spelling errors.

The name I checked was the misspelled one, BTW, so I'm not sure if it's available spelled correctly.


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You could always thumb your nose at political correctness and call her "Sword Broad"
Oh man, I like this one. Politically incorrect or not, it's full of wit!

Dame Mascus would be great for a character with an actual sword made of damascus steel, but ... I don't know if we can get that look in the game.


 

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"Aqua Knight" might get genericked, since there is a manga by the same name. (Interestingly enough, it's written by the same artist as Battle Angel Alita, who, if I'm not mistaken, appears to be your avatar.)
Yes. I'd forgotten about that. That manga made me sad, because it looked like he was gearing up for a long, weird, wacky ride, and then suddenly had to end it (either it wasn't doing well or maybe he lost interest). It was a fun story and very unlike anything else out there, but ended too fast.

I doubt I'd get generic'd over that, but no reason to risk it.



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How about Blue Valkyrie,Since she looks like a Norse Maiden because of Valkyrie Armor she got on,If anyone want to no what a Valkyrie is,they are heavenly Warrior Women who comes down form Asgard to bring the Souls of Dead Warriors back to Valhalla.


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Azure Knight: Name taken.
Sapphire Sentinel: Name taken.
Sapphire Knight: Name taken.
Aqua Sentinel: Name taken.
Azure Sentinel: Name taken.
Cerulean Sentinel: Name taken.
Blue Sentinel: Nam taken. (As well as Blue Sentinal, heh).
Lady Guinevere: Name taken.
Guinevere: Name taken.
Isolde: Name taken.
Lady Isolde: Name taken.
Chevaliere: Name taken.
Blue Valkyrie: Name taken.
Azure Valkyrie: Name taken.
Knight in White Satin: Name incorrectly formatted.
Silent Knight: Name taken.
Justice Maiden: Name taken.
Maiden of Justice: Name taken.
Charity Justice: Name taken.
Sword Broad: Name taken.

Available on Justice:

Maiden Knight
Cerulean Knight
Cerulean Valkyrie
Aqua Valkyrie
Dame Isolde
Dame Guinevere
Chevaliere Isolde
Chavaliere Guinevere
White Satin Knight
Justice Maid (surprisingly)
Maid of Justice
Dame Mascus
Madam Mascus
Curtana
Lady Curtana
Alliya Khan
Double-Edged Dame
Jeanne Hachette
Ja'el Justice

But after all that, I think I'm going to go with Maiden Knight. I'm a bit surprised it was available. I'm listing all of the others that were available in case anyone's interested in using one of them.



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Knight in White Satin: Name incorrectly formatted.
Hmmm . . . I wonder what the problem was? Too long?


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Valkyrie Reborn

Seraphim Sword

Barbarian Beeotch

Savage She

Sister of Blood

Bride of Blood

Vorpal Virtue

Armored Ascension

Heroic Handmaiden

Blue Blade

Death by Dawn

Heaven's Harbringer

Venus Vengeance


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Hmmm . . . I wonder what the problem was? Too long?
Yes. It's 21 characters long; the limit is 20.


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Jeanne D'arc ^^


 

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"Jalia Dragonfire", another rather dumb name...
Say what say what say what? What's wrong with Jalia Dragonfire? I love that name! Even if you could draw some argument as to why it's not good, is it any worse than Jaina Proudmoore? That one seems to be quite popular in a world of similarly styled names. Or, heck, is it any worse than Jada Fire?

Anyway, since you haven't really described any specific concept or context for this one, writing in a name would be pretty much a random affair. I tend to go for personal names a lot of the time, unless the theme specifically requires a name of some sort, and other than "something to do with a Valkyrie or possibly the colour blue," this look isn't too suggestive.

OK, after checking out names on Virtue, the first one I tried was the first thing that popped into my head, and it looks free for the moment. That name is "Swordfight" and I think it's appropriate for your character. I'd look for more names, but I'm actually simultaneously happy with this one and actually pretty pissed off that I'm being routed to the EU version of the site, so I'll have to limit my degree of thinking for today.


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Glowy Chick.

How's that for descriptive?