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    Carmen Valens
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    Quote Originally Posted by Verius_Nox View Post
    Hrothgar's are pretty much any serbian/croat names, only difference being is that the Helion's have an A-prefix and a feminine slavic name, and the Lost have -asch/-isch(like RL's counterpart -ic/-ich) suffix to a shortened feminine name. I'm guessing here, but the Helion's last name is basically "of -royal bloodline-" and the Lost are "child of -mother-". Most likely why there's a lot more random surnames for the Lost, think there is probably established royal bloodlines for the Helion's.

    I can't really pinpoint anything for the Viera. They have some old norse and some hebrew, so it doesn't feel consistent? Guess we'll see when we get an official naming convention.
    I was told many Veena Viera surnames are places near Ivalice. Besides that though, linguistically they appear, at least to me, part afro-carribbean part latin-based.
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    Endris Caemwynn
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    Quote Originally Posted by DSCH View Post
    I was told many Veena Viera surnames are places near Ivalice. Besides that though, linguistically they appear, at least to me, part afro-carribbean part latin-based.
    Muscadet and Eryut(presumably an intentional misspelling of Eruyt, Fran's village) are references to Ivalice, which makes it seem like Viera surnames are just their home village. There's basically no information about either region beyond that going into Viera territory without a guide will get you shot, so it's pretty much complete freedom unless you want to reference the Ivalice games.
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