First, he needs a name. A central character needs a striking and appropriate name, and one that isn't too easy to make a joke out of.
Chacham? Hebrew for "wise one".
Adam? A good, "first man" name, and would give his mysterious background a little Biblical touch.
Adahn? A reference to Planescape as well as a cute name.
Aristeus? Greek for "the best".
Erebus? Erebos? Greek for "the personification of primordial darkness". Perhaps that's a better name for the Devourers? Or for the void they come from.
Evander. Descended from the Greek for "good man".
Jasthai. Semi-greek for "to heal".
Leander. Greek for "lion of a man".
Polemos. War.
Chamenos. Lost.
Hm. Evander looks best so far. It's a reasonable name, still used in modern times. Has an appropriate meaning and sounds a little foreign without being just random syllable slapped together.
Okay, let's start with that. Evander the Gray Man some of them call him. A grim, tough figure with blocky, square features and wild, unkempt hair. His eyes are orange. He's bulky and tough and fabulously strong. His age is unknown. He apparently settled in Hybris at least a couple of centuries ago. A few war refugees found one of the portals and came through; they eventually persuaded him to help bring their friends and family across safely. This started a steady progression... Evander is good at Portal magic and Hybris's wandering portals make it easy to open them up at specific locations in their target realm.
Evander gives the impression of a gruff, powerful warrior who has found himself stuck with all of these pitiful refugees and can't trust anyone else to run things. The portals can't bring across more than a few families at a time, but he feels compelled to rescue what few folks he can.
Posted by Kiz at February 8, 2005 06:04 PMCommentsPost a comment