He's different. I swear. His name has an accent! Smegul's doesn't. Its a different spelling too <nods> Completely and totally different. "We swears to you -- upon.. upon the precious!"

And the next person who walks up to me in game and says, "did you get your name from the Lord of the Rings" will be shot. YES! That's where it's from. Sheesh.

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- Smegul's player

>>What I am surprised is how few Gandalfs, Gandallfs, Ganndallffs, there are and/or Merlin, Mirlin, Myrlin.... <<

I'd bet that they've all pretty much been rolled up and retired or died off, so the name is stuck in limbo somewhere.


______No matter what it is, there is nothing that cannot be done. If one manifests the determination, he can move heaven and earth as he pleases. Moving heaven and earth without putting forth effort is merely a matter of concentration.

There used to be a few Gandalfs in DR. Different spellings of course. I assume they've all quit and moved on. So those sorts of names wouldn't be available. I was under the impression that it would be impossible to create a new character with that name due to simu's name policy.

I've been curious.. if I walked, would I be forced to choose a new name? <g> If so, I'd probably just quit right there. Not that I plan on walking/rerolling ever, just curious.

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- Master Cleric of Harawep

Merlin was a moon mage way back when. Used to do tests with spells before there was a limit on just how much mana could be added by other people harnessing for a person. Managed to make someone's eyes bleed with dazzle that way.

I'm sure the other variations have been taken at one point or another (if they were available in the first place).

>>another example which I found funny recently was seeing someone named Yueske Hiromeshi

This guy has been confronted on that before... I believe the response was that he'd never even heard of the show, and both 'Yueske' and 'Hiromeshi' are relatively common Japanese names that he just threw together. Coincidence, then... stranger things have happened, after all.

- S., et al.

I named my character from Baulder's Gate (first one) game manual. Spent at least thirty minuts to an hour trying to figure out a good name. On page 52, under the section The Red Wizards, 'The Red Wizards are the rulers of Thay, and the powerful ruling Zulkirs of that land are chosen from amoung their numbers.'

My last name, Fuiruim, got from same manual. On page 58, under title Taerom "Thunderhammer" Fuiruim, Beregost.

For the three years I played, no one has ever question made a commet about having a name from a game manual or whatever. :)

Only question/concerns I have is with the Providence Guard Zukir. And to answer your question... I came first. :)

Master Zulkirs-

But long ago he rode away,
and where he dwelleth none can say;
for into darkness fell his star
in Mordor where the shadows are.

One of my early test chars in DR was 'Mahalito Tiltowait'. Although nobody then caught the references I decided to retire it when I found out I didn't like playing a moonie.

Glenlivet (whose name is hopefully self-explanatory)