What's the story behind your character's name?

[Lone-Wolf]

What a nice thread. :) I enjoyed reading everyone's posts.

My character names, in both console and MMO games, are mostly names I've read in books, video games, and/or from other sources. My main's name Akina, is actually one of the few that didn't come from a book or game. I was looking up Japanese names for what reason I don't remember (boredom most likely, lol). I happened to see it on a couple of sites and I like how it sounded when I said it out loud. Not really sure of it's meaning, but a couple places I looked said "spring flower" was one. Being born in the spring, I felt a bit of a connection with that one. :) Her last name is actually ippiki ookami, which I believe is translated to lone wolf. Lone-Wolf is one of my main aliases, and I wanted something Japanese for her last name, so I went with that. Lol, pretty fun listening to my ls friends complain about it when they try to spell it. XD Hehe

I'm not gonna say my alt's name as she was mostly based off me, name included, and was originally going to delete her. After I got a good amount of levels on her though, I didn't have the heart to. XD Lol

The Path Companion on each of my characters have names from the Eragon series. Akina's was a male Elezen named Oromis and my alt's was a male lalafell name Orik. Not really because they're similar in character to their namesakes (Akina's Path Companion is definitely not like the Oromis in Eragon. xD), but mostly they seemed to fit.

Because I love to watch the Triple Crown horse races, I knew that I was going to name my chocobos after some racehorses. Although Akina's was named Seabiscuit, who in real life didn't win any of the Triple Crown races (originally was going to name her's Secretariat, but ended up being one letter too long. ; ; ). My alt's chocobo is named Barbaro, after the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner.

As for my characters' retainers, eh... there was really no meaning behind their names. I just went with whatever popped in my head. XD
Akina: Fargo and Carter (Eureka series)
Alt: Cim (Eh... just a shortened version of his original name. Lol)

[Atamos]

When I played Final Fantasy I on GBA there was an optional boss named Atomos, I thought the name was pretty cool, but I decided to change the 'o' by 'a' and this is how my name was born. As for Vesperae, this is the name of the world of my first MMO ever, it was called Slayers Online, a legacy of my first experience in a Multiplayer game.

[Atoli]

When I played Final Fantasy I on GBA there was an optional boss named Atomos, I thought the name was pretty cool, but I decided to change the 'o' by 'a' and this is how my name was born.

You scared me SO many times last autumn with that name xD
I thought "omg Atomos!!" ALL the time
Only after a while it would be: "Oh wait, it's a player..ah, the name is a bit different as well.."

[Geesus]

What a nice thread. I enjoyed reading everyone's posts.

Akina: Fargo and Carter (Eureka series)

Off topic sorry; LOVE Eureka!

That is all

TY! /bow