Post by Maira on Jun 12, 2012 20:32:12 GMT -5
As a dragon race, Brood couldn’t very easily get along with a simple name like Max. There is too much magic and history involved with dragons so their names are a bit more complicated. Essentially brood have two parts to their names: their formal name, and their family name. In their formal name there are also two parts: the part they will pass onto their children, and the part they will use as a nickname and while in human form.
Sounds simple right? Here is an example using our friend Max: Torinmax’rant.
Torinmax would be Max’s formal name. Obviously the part meant to be used in his human form was Max which leaves Torin to be the part passed onto his own sons. The part of his name he received from his father was Rant.
Now, for a female example let’s use Myra whose full name is: Nalimyra’shio. Her formal name is Nalimyra, the name from her mother = Shio. As she goes by Myra, that means the part she will pass onto her children is Nali and the part she got from her mother is Shio.
If you’re wondering if the human form name has to be the end part of the formal name, the answer is no. An example of it coming from the beginning is: Graethyn’toril, and he goes by Grae. Essentially the naming works the same way. His human form name is Grae, what he’ll pass onto his sons is Thyn, and what he got from his father is Toril.
This is an effective way for the brood to name their children, but if a male sires only daughters, his name will die out (quite like in many human cultures) but the same is also true for females. If a female births only sons then her name will not be passed on either.
Sounds simple right? Here is an example using our friend Max: Torinmax’rant.
Torinmax would be Max’s formal name. Obviously the part meant to be used in his human form was Max which leaves Torin to be the part passed onto his own sons. The part of his name he received from his father was Rant.
Now, for a female example let’s use Myra whose full name is: Nalimyra’shio. Her formal name is Nalimyra, the name from her mother = Shio. As she goes by Myra, that means the part she will pass onto her children is Nali and the part she got from her mother is Shio.
If you’re wondering if the human form name has to be the end part of the formal name, the answer is no. An example of it coming from the beginning is: Graethyn’toril, and he goes by Grae. Essentially the naming works the same way. His human form name is Grae, what he’ll pass onto his sons is Thyn, and what he got from his father is Toril.
This is an effective way for the brood to name their children, but if a male sires only daughters, his name will die out (quite like in many human cultures) but the same is also true for females. If a female births only sons then her name will not be passed on either.