[drumsstick master]

👿 Forgive me tho for playing the devil's advocate here, but don't you think America has been "manga-ized" to much all ready 👿

well, i'm english, so thats ok. and i didn't find the random word generator all that useful (Maybe its just me)

[Amazon Lover]

Okay, I can see the pix now.  But before I offer suggestions for names, I'd like to know a few things about your comic:

– What's the basic plotline?  I can see the characters are barbarian muscle-girls, but is it the story of their daily lives?  Are they fighting against someone?  Do they go off on adventures?

– What's the mood of the comic?  Funny?  Action?  Romance?  Or some mix between the three?  If it's a mix, which aspects are the most dominant?  (Like InuYasha is mostly Action/Comedy with some romance, while episodes of Trigun vary between action/drama-heavy and comedy-heavy, or Cowboy Bebop is mostly action with a little bit of humor involved, etc.)

– What are the characters' personalities and relationships?  A name has to fit the character.

Answer me these questions three, and some names, I'll have for thee.  Now I must go pee.  Tee-hee.

[drumsstick master]

sorry, wasn't thinking. basically they're a group of adventurers who go off and, Adventure together. i have a big conspiracy theorey going on, but i cant tell any more. that would spoil the plot. the overall mood i was leaning towards was action comedy, maybe some serieous moments. the character archetypes are based off d+d classes.

the girl in the fur lined bikini with the broadsword is a barbarian. they exel in combat with bouts of rage. she has some real world experience, but not much book knowledge.

the girl on the dragons back with the knives is a rogue. sneaky, assasiny, picks locks, basically a theif. she has lots of contacts and street knowledge, but again not much book learning.

the girl with the bow is an elf ranger. outdoorsey type. she clams up at first, but develops later. not much book knowledge (groan)

my character, the wizard, Marok, has lots of book learning, lots of book learning, but is not physically fit.

relationships make up a fair bit of the plot, so i cant give anything away there. hope thats enough to start generating names.

[David C. Matthews]

Just my two cent's worth…

It is legitimate to want to know a little about the storyline and setting of a series for the purpose of suggesting names. For example, if the time period is medieval (or a fantasy equivalent thereof) you can't get away with names like Tiffany or Ashley. I remember several years ago browsing through the fantasy/science fiction section of a Waldenbooks (before Barnes & Noble became such a big name) and encountering a fantasy-adventure series written by (if I remember correctly) Graham Diamond (surely a nom de plume if ever one existed!). The setting and plot descriptions on the covers sounded pretty interesting, but ultimately I just couldn't accept  a Tolkienesque fantasy-adventure with a main character named "Princess Stacy"!

However… I wouldn't try to invest the character's names with too much meaning, or else you get hokey names like "Dirk Daring" or "Troy Tempest". ("This character's name means 'Blood' in [invented language], because she revels in fierce and gory fighting!" "Oh really? Her parents named her 'Blood' because they knew she was going to grow up to be a lawless barbarian?")

Naming characters is one of my biggest challenges, even though most of my series are set in the present day! I have one "fantasy-adventure" character name that I'm proud of: Velshen'narith, the "High Priestess" in a concept of the same name that I created over a year  and a half ago. Creating the names of the country she lived in, the other civilization that would be the "villains" of the piece, etc., though, were very difficult, and looking abck over the material I'm still not happy with any of the names except for Velshen'narith. (And even "High Priestess" is set in the present day: Velshen'narith is awaked out of a relic from a civilization that was destroyed, Atlantis-like, several thousand years ago.)

Meh, I'm rambling.

[Kitsunekun]

So you need help with names?
Well, I thought of some, not really awesome, but if you think some better, just tell me  😀

For the elf archer, Altina
The wizard guy, Krandem
The ninja (or thief?) , Selen
And the barbarian girl, Kyria

[Author]

Posts