Still no word on Au Ra Naming Conventions?

[lololink]

In Japanese, the second kanji in a word generally has it's first sound softened. This turns the sounds produced by what would normally be a "t" into a "d", an "s" into a "z", and, more noteworthy, a "k" into a "g".

And also "h" can become "b" or "p".

[Phia]

And also "h" can become "b" or "p".

Absolutely. I'd picked the examples I did because some, like the above, can be a little less intuitive to English speakers, but good info all the same!

For my own purposes, the naming convention window has come and gone. I got tired of waiting, and made/named my character which will become an Au Ra, and I'm certainly not paying more money to correct it at this point. What I'd really like is the more in depth look into the culture of the two variants to at least inform that decision come next Friday.

[Balipu]

What I am saying is the only Domans we see get last names are Ninja. But we do see other Refugees get called by names including children in the plot. So the last name thing might be Ninja only but we can assume Raen at the least use Japanese personal names as Domans.

Well to be frank we don't know the last names of 99% of the characters. For example Minfila, Yda, Papalymo, Thancred? Are they all ninjas?

[lilirulu]

The only Doman characters with a last name thus far are all ninjas and could have that issue. We have a number of named refugees who all have Japanese personal names. Unless ALL the refugees are Ninjas.

That naming scheme is used by multiple non-doman NPCs throughout the main scenario/side quests. I don't think it has anything to do with them being ninjas and more with that's how they name every NPC in battle quests.

[Elizar_Naki]

Karasu similarly translates to "crow," which has nothing to do with his supposed surname (crows don't have red beaks).

Only thing I'll add to this (since I'm newer to the game than most if not all y'all and generally more of a lore lurker than contributer) is that Karasu's attire is red. I would assume that, combined with the translation of his first name, to be where "Redbeak" came from.

[myahele]

That naming scheme is used by multiple non-doman NPCs throughout the main scenario/side quests. I don't think it has anything to do with them being ninjas and more with that's how they name every NPC in battle quests.

I agree. Many Job npcs's have a similar naming convention of racial 1st name + moniker

There's
Estinien Wyrmblood
Jenlyns Straightblade
etc

[Zwynfyst]

Just wanted to chime in with really really would like this convention before early access so we can work on names instead of having to make a temporary name and then change it after we sort out the naming convention ourselves.

[Beckett]

This and the Au Ra physiology thread may as well be stickies at this point. They're always at the top of the board.

[Samcaesar]

This and the Au Ra physiology thread may as well be stickies at this point. They're always at the top of the board.

Eeh, lore forums aren't that active in terms of new threads sadly, so that's kind of why :P

[Sinmal]

This and the Au Ra physiology thread may as well be stickies at this point. They're always at the top of the board.

They are always at the top of the board and I would bet that they also probably have the most traffic of any thread on these forums. This is where the interest of the playerbase is... we want these conventions. They've been finished. We're starving for lore and tidbits, and each day checking these threads to see if anything new has cropped up.

Very disappointed in the wait for naming conventions.