Garlean naming conventions?

[Obsy]

Gaius van Baelsar
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I'm not sure if his last name is from an actual Latin inspiration, any Proto-Indo-European at all, or if it's just a play on Caesar. His Japanese name is バエサル baesaru, pretty close, yeah? We might be seeing some foreshadowing. If anyone else knows something for Baelsar, lemme know. I never found anything, but I might not have used the right search cues.

One thing I'd like to point out related to Gaius and his full name, is that the first time I learned of him, my mind went directly to Battlestar Galactica, where a prominent character in both the original version (Count Baltar: antagonist) and the reboot (Gaius Baltar: self-servingly ambiguous in his alignment) played a key role in the story's over-arching conflict.

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While this may very well be entirely coincidental, you never know.