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<h1>An annotation of character names and their meanings</h1>
Most of the Overlander names are quite boring and a lot of the Underlander
name I couldn't find any meanig to them.<br/>
Anything that says it is a standard name means it is a common name that likely
has no further meaning and Unkown means I have never heard the name nor know
what it means, they are likely random, though a lot of the Underlander ones
are European sounding.
<h2>Patterns:</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<td><b>Species/Race:</b></td>
<td><b>Pattern:</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Overlanders</td>
<td>Nearly always have generic human North American/European names</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Underlanders</td>
<td>Mostly seeminly random/uncommon names, most sound/are European</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fliers</td>
<td>Most are named after Greek/Roman mythology and are often descriptive of their character</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h2>Humans:</h2>
<h3>Overlanders:</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><b>Name:</b></td>
<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gregor</td>
<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Boots</td>
<td>Named after ow she liked to steal the family's boots during the
winter, real name: Margaret</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bartholomew of Sandwich</td>
<td>Jewish or Christian name meaning "son of Talmai", often shortened to "Bart", seemingly from a
town called Sandwich in Kent, England</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Grace</td>
<td>A Standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lizzie</td>
<td>Short for Elizabeth, a standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jedidiah</td>
<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mrs/Mr. Cormaci</td>
<td>An Overlander surname, most common in Italy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Larry</td>
<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Angelina</td>
<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fred Clark</td>
<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Coco</td>
<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mr. Otts</td>
<td>An Overlander surname, most common in The USA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rodney</td>
<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lucy</td>
<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Underlanders:</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><b>Name:</b></td>
<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Luxa</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vikus</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Henry</td>
<td>A standard name, perhaps named after a British king</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Howard</td>
<td>A standard name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Susannah</td>
<td>A standard name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>York</td>
<td>Likely named after English town of York in Yorkshire</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Stellovet</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hero</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kent</td>
<td>Possibly named after Sandwiches county of origin, Kent</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chim</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Solovet</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hamnet</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Judith</td>
<td>A standard name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Princess Nerissa</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mareth</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Neveeve</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dulcet</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Horatio</td>
<td>A standard name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tdthis was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War>Marcus</td>
<td>A standard name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Miravet</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Perdita</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Miranda</td>
<td>A standard name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lucent</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Claudius</td>
<td>A standard name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Anchel</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Daphne</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Keeda</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Halflanders:</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><b>Name:</b></td>
<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hazard</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h2>Fliers:</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<td><b>Name:</b></td>
<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ares</td>
<td>Greek god of war, descriptive of Ares character who is described as
large and strong.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Aurora</td>
<td>Roman goddess of the Dawn, also means Dawn in latin, the dawn sun is
golden like Auroras fur.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ajax</td>
<td>This was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in
the Trojan War, Ajax is Solovets bond who is the leader of the Regalian
army so this name is fitting</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Andromeda</td>
<td>In Greek mythology, an Ethiopian Queen who was saved by Perseus, also
the name of the closest galaxy.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Euripedes</td>
<td>An Athenian playwright</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nike</td>
<td>Derived from Greek nikē "Victory"</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Queen Athena</td>
<td>Greek Goddess of intelligence and war, she was born out of Zeus'
forehead.</td>
</tr>
</table>