Race Naming Conventions for Viera and Hrothgar

[FaerieAura]

I actually quite like the Viera lore, personally, though I picked a Vieran name for my character (well before the actual conventions were released, yay guessing!) and I'm definitely sticking with it. To my character's mind, she didn't leave the Viera, the Viera left her - they refused to understand that their entire culture's way of life was under threat by these metal men in their metal armor with weapons that could blast away their spears and rapiers without a single thought. When she left, she left with the full intent to return, whether the Viera of Arda wished her to or not. So she left as Sjel Arda, of the Viera who walk the highest peaks of Skatay, and so she shall remain.

She did, finally, after 60 years of exile, decide to dye her auspicious white hair blue, though. You can't live amongst these flamboyant Eorzeans for nearly five decades without picking up some of their flair for the dramatic. She still scoffs when she sees one of her sisters named Pancake Syrup, but she understands. Vieran culture does have a tendency to stifle the mind and spirit of those who do not follow it to the letter.

[Kytrin]

I actually quite like the Viera lore, personally, though I picked a Vieran name for my character (well before the actual conventions were released, yay guessing!) and I'm definitely sticking with it. To my character's mind, she didn't leave the Viera, the Viera left her - they refused to understand that their entire culture's way of life was under threat by these metal men in their metal armor with weapons that could blast away their spears and rapiers without a single thought. When she left, she left with the full intent to return, whether the Viera of Arda wished her to or not. So she left as Sjel Arda, of the Viera who walk the highest peaks of Skatay, and so she shall remain.

She did, finally, after 60 years of exile, decide to dye her auspicious white hair blue, though. You can't live amongst these flamboyant Eorzeans for nearly five decades without picking up some of their flair for the dramatic. She still scoffs when she sees one of her sisters named Pancake Syrup, but she understands. Vieran culture does have a tendency to stifle the mind and spirit of those who do not follow it to the letter.

I really like that backstory lol! I'm still poking at Sonja's...

[alacruxe]

She still scoffs when she sees one of her sisters named Pancake Syrup, but she understands. Vieran culture does have a tendency to stifle the mind and spirit of those who do not follow it to the letter.

I'm dying over the idea of a Viera named Pancake Syrup.

She goes into the outside world, has her first taste of foreign cuisine, and has an absolute epiphany: pancake syrup is, in fact, the nectar of the gods, and she has been waiting her entire life to experience it.

...Would be a great concept for a culinarian character, actually.