Katra Leviathan was the name of my main character in XI. As I waited for XI to be released, I actually made a modest list of names I was going to use, just in case a couple of preferred ones were taken. As it turns out, every name I tried on that list was already in use. After about an hour or two on the character create screen, trying different race/name combos, I had reached the end of my patience, thought of Katra, and created a Mithra RDM.

Although Katra was just a play on the English word cat, I have had several comments over the years of other players who thought I had took the name from a series called Gundam. I had watched two episodes of Gundam before getting bored with it just to see if I could spot the other Katra, but I had no luck. Doing a search online also netted no results, which I guess means it is a really minor character, or they use a different spelling.

What I did find online though was that Katra is apparently used in Vulcan religion in Star Trek. My full name also seems to bring up a lot of odd music bands as well.

Leviathan is a name I carried over from XI. As I had an active XI account at the time, I was allowed to carry over my server name and use it as my last name. Although I will admit that choice may be both a blessing and a curse once the Leviathan primal fight is released. On the one hand I will feel a little guilty with trying to beat the snot out of the creature I was named after just for a chance at a drop, but on the other hand, it will be pretty cool to have a nice weapon, or a piece of armor, with my last name on it. Something along the lines of "Leviathan Sword", "Spear of Leviathan", etc. I guess I could always view it as a way to speed up the inheritance process.