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<h1>An annotation of character names and their meanings</h1>
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Most of the Overlander names are quite boring and a lot of the Underlander
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name I couldn 't find any meanig to them.<br/>
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Anything that says it is a standard name means it is a common name that likely
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has no further meaning and Unkown means I have never heard the name nor know
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what it means, they are likely random, though a lot of the Underlander ones
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are European sounding.
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<h2>Patterns:</h2>
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<table>
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<td><b>Species/Race:</b></td>
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<td><b>Pattern:</b></td>
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<td>Overlanders</td>
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<td>Nearly always have generic human North American/European names</td>
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<td>Underlanders</td>
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<td>Mostly seeminly random/uncommon names, most sound/are European</td>
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<td>Fliers</td>
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<td>Most are named after Greek/Roman mythology and are often descriptive of their character</td>
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<td>Gnawers</td>
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<td>Most incorporate violent/aggressive adgectives likely intended to
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intimidate</td>
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</table>
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<h2>Humans:</h2>
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<h3>Overlanders:</h3>
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<table>
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<td><b>Name:</b></td>
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<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
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<td>Gregor</td>
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<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
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<td>Boots</td>
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<td>Named after ow she liked to steal the family's boots during the
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winter, real name: Margaret</td>
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<td>Bartholomew of Sandwich</td>
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<td>Jewish or Christian name meaning "son of Talmai", often shortened to "Bart", seemingly from a
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town called Sandwich in Kent, England</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Grace</td>
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<td>A Standard Overlander name</td>
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<td>Lizzie</td>
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<td>Short for Elizabeth, a standard Overlander name</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Jedidiah</td>
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<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
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<td>Mrs/Mr. Cormaci</td>
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<td>An Overlander surname, most common in Italy</td>
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<td>Larry</td>
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<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
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<td>Angelina</td>
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<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Fred Clark</td>
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<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
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<td>Coco</td>
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<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
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<td>Mr. Otts</td>
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<td>An Overlander surname, most common in The USA</td>
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<td>Rodney</td>
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<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Lucy</td>
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<td>A standard Overlander name</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h3>Underlanders:</h3>
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<td><b>Name:</b></td>
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<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
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<td>Luxa</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Vikus</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Henry</td>
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<td>A standard name, perhaps named after a British king</td>
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<td>Howard</td>
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<td>A standard name</td>
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<td>Susannah</td>
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<td>A standard name</td>
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<td>York</td>
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<td>Likely named after English town of York in Yorkshire</td>
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<td>Stellovet</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Hero</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Kent</td>
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<td>Possibly named after Sandwiches county of origin, Kent</td>
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<td>Chim</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Solovet</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Hamnet</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Judith</td>
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<td>A standard name</td>
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<td>Princess Nerissa</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Mareth</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Neveeve</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Dulcet</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Horatio</td>
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<td>A standard name</td>
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<td>Marcus</td>
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<td>A standard name</td>
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<td>Miravet</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Perdita</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Miranda</td>
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<td>A standard name</td>
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<td>Lucent</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Claudius</td>
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<td>A standard name</td>
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<td>Anchel</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Daphne</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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<td>Keeda</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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</table>
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<h3>Halflanders:</h3>
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<td><b>Name:</b></td>
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<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
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<td>Hazard</td>
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<td>Unknown</td>
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</table>
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<h2>Fliers:</h2>
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<td><b>Name:</b></td>
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<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
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<td>Ares</td>
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<td>Greek god of war, descriptive of Ares character who is described as
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large and strong.</td>
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<td>Auro ra</td>
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<td>Roman goddess of the Dawn, also means Dawn in latin, the dawn sun is
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golden like Auroras fur.</td>
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<td>Ajax</td>
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<td>This was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in
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the Trojan War, Ajax is Solovets bond who is the leader of the Regalian
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army so this name is fitting</td>
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<td>Andromeda</td>
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<td>In Greek mythology, an Ethiopian Queen who was saved by Perseus, also
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the name of the closest galaxy.</td>
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<td>Euripedes</td>
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<td>An Athenian playwright</td>
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<td>Nike</td>
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<td>Derived from Greek nikē "Victory"</td>
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<td>Queen Athena</td>
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<td>Greek Goddess of intelligence and war, she was born out of Zeus'
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forehead. Likely due to Queen Athena's planning abilities in the first book</td>
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<td>Pandora</td>
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<td>The first woman in Greek Mythology, opened a box which filled the
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world with evil, hence "pandora's box". Pandora (flier) opened the pandora
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box of the island of mites, so this is likely foreshadowing.</td>
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<td>Thalia</td>
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<td>Unkown</td>
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<td>Daedalus</td>
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<td>In Greek Mythology he was the father of Icarus, seen as a symbol of
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Wisdom. Daedalus (Flier) shows these wise traits.</td>
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<td>Hermes</td>
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<td>In Greek Mythology he was a messenger of the Gods, similarly Hermes
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(flier) is a messenger bat.</td>
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<td>Icarus</td>
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<td>In Greek Mythology he was the son of Daedalus (Maybe the fliers are
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related likewise?), however when they made a pair of wings he flew too
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close to the sun and it melted the wings causing him to die.</td>
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</table>
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<h2>Gnawers:</h2>
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<td><b>Name:</b></td>
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<td><b>Comment:</b></td>
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<td>Ripred</td>
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<td>Rip - to tear something, Red - Likely related to blood</td>
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<td>SilkSharp</td>
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<td>Silk - the color of his fur, sharp - likely refers to sharp claws</td>
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<td>Lapblood</td>
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<td>Lap - Overtake someone, the rat is fast? Blood - blood</td>
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<td>Mange</td>
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<td>A skin disease</td>
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<td>Sixclaw</td>
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<td>six claws?</td>
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<td>Flyfur</td>
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<td>Fly - run fast, fur refers to how rats have fur</td>
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<td>Twitchtip</td>
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<td>twitch - Sudden jerky movements, tip likely refers to her nose (very
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sensitive)</td>
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<td>Cleaver</td>
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<td>Cleaver - A large knife for cutting meat</td>
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<td>Goldshard</td>
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<td>Gold - precious metal, shard - a broken peice of glass</td>
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<td>Makemince</td>
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<td>Make - create, mince - small, cut up meat; therefore to make mince
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would be to cut you up</td>
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<td>Ratriff</td>
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<td>Rat - Overland species that gnawers resemble, riff - ?[rythmic section
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of music usually in a chorus]</td>
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<td>Razor</td>
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<td>Razor - a knife used for shaving</td>
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<td>The Bane/Pearlpelt</td>
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<td>Bane - Something that inflicts misery or annoyance (the bane causes
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genocide so this is an understatement), pearl - a beautiful smooth stone
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created by clams (relates to his white fur), pelt - a rats fur; his pelt
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is pearly</td>
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<td>King Gorger</td>
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<td>King - Male monarch, Gorger - someone who forceable removes things (ie
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gorging someones eyes out)</td>
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<td>Twirltounge</td>
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<td>Twirl - rotation (likely in reference to hypnotism of which she seems
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to have this affetc), tounge - a body part of a way of speaking; her
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language is twirly and so hypnotises others such as The Bane</td>
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