*Bows curtly* Hello! I wasn't quite sure how to start this but I've been inspired by a number of strange names from Celestial Hills to ask a question and answer as well! Do you have a character with a strange name that doesn't seem like it quite fits? Is it a nickname that you use as your Character ID or a placeholder and you introduce yourself with another name ICly? I have two such characters and I think if people had more fun with back story, just about any name can be explained away!

My two strangely named characters are Clusterfluff and Chloroform and both can be found on Celestial Hills - Allow me to explain!


---Clusterfluff is a round (as they all are) rabbit popori with a very upbeat personality, however as a lancer, he is not considered terribly ferocious since many would assume rabbits are not fierce. He struggled with a name for a long time and felt very strongly that he should find one that struck fear into his enemies! One day, he asked a quiet Elin what she thought rabbits were like when they fought. After a long pause she said 'Clusterfluff. They scramble and kick at each other's stomachs with terrible claws and aim to disembowel, sending fur everywhere and biting with angry teeth! It's a mess.' So inspired by the strange description was he that he begged to use it for his name, to which she agreed (of course!).


---Chloroform is a proud Amani Woman and a determined slayer, powerfully protective and something of a man-eater. She goes by the name 'Chloroform' after a failed marriage to a High Elven Alchemist. He was terribly pretty but much too snooty and when she'd get angry, he would say she'd 'Knock him out like Chloroform!'.


Now please! I know this is a silly thread but share with me your strange character names or nicknames and their explanations! Or maybe I can make up one for you!

*blinks* not sure if want...

*makes popcorn anyways*

In EQ1 I ran into a Dwarf named "Droodsmasher". When asked about it he would either claim it was a family name or alternatively, that he "really hated his parents". Over all he was (like myself at the time with my stupid name on an RP server that I WILL NOT be sharing) a nice guy, open to RP, and saddled unknowingly with a dumb name.

When he hit 20 he took the wonderfully common surname "Jones", and I still find Droodsmasher Jones to be funny as heck.

Weird names are fine it's well names like Droodsmasher, XXLancerXX or other names that "displease" me. While silly names are not -my- forte I like the OP's, they're silly yet still work.

Ive got an Elin named Lewis.
The logic behind the poor dears name is she was assumed to be a Popori, and was named such before she had actually been met by her care takers.
Deciding not to accept the name "Annette" instead, she remained Lewis, although most refer to her as Lewlew instead.
(I have the character names Lewis, Floyd, Annette, and Sitar hoarded on BC.)
And a Castantic named Them. Hah.
Her naming of them is due to a stay in prision, during which she was only referred to by number, and no longer remembers her original name, and chose to go by Them instead. Also because being a zerker, whenever she ventured into an instance, the phrase Kick Them was a commonality. So she accepted it as her name sake.
(seriously though, I got kicked by Lancers twice already during sm. I'm now level 31... So I PK lancers.. And inform them my DPS is helpful...)

Hi there forums, my name is Wilford Brimley and I'd like to talk to you for a few minutes about Diabetes.

*waves his glasses around*

You see, when the Argons entered our world they brought with them the terrible Diabetes. The Diabetes is a disease that reduces your pancreas function, and eventually turns it blue and glowy. If you have Diabetes, you can't eat cake. You can't eat ice cream. Sometimes you might black out and savagely beat your wife. Eventually, the blue and glowy will spread, and you'll turn into an Argon. You see, forums, Diabetes is how the Argons reproduce.

*waves glasses around*

Now, this has slipped past many for a long, long time. Recently though, the goddess Velik realized the seriousness of the Diabetes menace and focused all of her grand power to cause a rift in the space time continuum and summon my presence.

*waves glasses around*

Since then I've been working tirelessly to put a stop to the Diabetes menace, mostly in the same way I did back in the 21st century of a distant world; by murdering every Diabetes monster I can find with my twin swords. It's dirty work, sure, but I do it for the people.

--PS, you read this in my voice.