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.

[Anonymoose]

Gaius Baltar

Does that mean we can look forward to a sexy, ambiguously imaginary XIVth Legion second-in-command wearing tight, red armor? Sextus van Capricus? Jokes aside, I do hope at least a couple Legati are female... the design possibilities, I say!

You might be onto something with the name, though...

That said, imagining some of Gaius' scenes with van Baelsar's Judge Vader voice is hysterical, especially the ones where someone walks in on him about to get to know the air around him a little more carnally.

[Obsy]

Does that mean we can look forward to a sexy, ambiguously imaginary XIVth Legion second-in-command wearing tight, red armor? Sextus van Capricus? Jokes aside, I do hope at least a couple Legati are female... the design possibilities, I say!

Sweet Nophica, do I hope so!

That said, imagining some of Gaius' scenes with van Baelsar's Judge Vader voice is hysterical, especially the ones where someone walks in on him about to get to know the air around him a little more carnally.

"The cloying stench of shadow lingers still..."