Okay so recently this has started to bug me. I adore Papalymo, can't wait for his return, XD, but his name is clearly dunesfolk, but he's clearly a plainsfolk, so what's going on there. Of the primary lalas in the story, Papalymo, Tataru, Krile, Wedge, and Nanamo, 2 are dunes with dune names, Tataru and Nanamo, while 2 others, Krile and Wedge are plains with less lalafellian sounding names. But they have names that can fit with the plainsfolk naming schemes, Krile Weile/Mile/Lyle/etc or Kururu (Krile Japanese name) Kuru, and Wedge Credge/Ledge/Sledge/ect. Papalymo's name however, doesn't fit with plainsfolk names and is more along the lines of dunesfolk names, but he has pupils? So is there a reason he has that perticular name or might it be an oversight by the developers. Or could he of had one plainsfolk parent and one dunes but got the dunesfolk name?

Also, the same issue might of happened for Pipin, though it's a little harder to tell. Unlike Papalymo, Pipin's screen time has been limited, to mostly cutscenes, dark cutscenes, and he's not really out in the open to get a closer look at his model, but his eyes, while dark, appear to lack a pupil. If this is true, then he's a dunesfolk with a plainsfolk name. And unlike Papalymo, Krile, and Wedge, we know his full name, Pipin Tarupin. Also, I doubt its just the name Raubhan gave him, since his dialogue indicated Raubhan adopted him when he was young but already had the name.

So what are peoples thoughts on this, is there an explanation?

Papalymo: Plainsfolk Lala with a Dunesfolk name?


Pipin: Dunesfolk Lala with a Plainsfolk name?


PS. I know Krile has a full name: Krile Mayer Baldesion, but "Mayer Baldesion" is the adoptive name and we don't know her original one. But based on her Japanese name it's Kururu Kuru, an the English name Krile could fit as well.