Quote Originally Posted by catbuncle View Post
I want to be naming a Turali Xbr'aal PC and have wondered this about naming. This is super useful information, thank you!


Maybe we'll get some official lore in an EE4 or a posting about overall Turali naming patterns (I'm curious about the northern Xbr'aal like those who work on the railroad, where their names aren't Xbr'aal patterned...)
Something I've seen people put forward (I'm not sure exactly what evidence they had, but it does pass the 'sounds plausible' test) is that the tribes in Tural are more communal than they are species-based; if you live in Iq'braax then you are xbr'aal, even if you happen to be a hyur.

There's few-to-no examples of non-species-based community ownership, but that could easily explain someone like Nikowitwe. She's Tonawatwan by birth and culture, so she has a Tonawatwan name, even if she's a hrothgar. It could plausibly also cover Koana, but I don't think we know enough about Hhetsaro names to say that 'Koana' is or isn't one. The Xbr'aal are, at least, refreshingly idiosyncratic; even if you don't particularly know what their names mean, you can tell it's them.