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Something that’s almost never covered in fantasy mediums is common names.

Like we all know fantasy names are unusual, but any name to a foreign culture is considered unusual English names to Indian people are very unusual for example. But naturally, given that it’s an entire culture, there will be some common names, it’d be refreshing to at one point here this exchange.

“So I was talking to Vicnae and-”

“Wait which Vicnae? You can’t just say Vicnae. There are ten Vicnae’s in my village alone.”

Maybe this is why everyone’s always rattling off their entire family tree?

“Vicnae, child of Argun, son of Tyrani, daughter of-”

“Look do they have red hair? Maybe have a pet owlcat? Or are they that weird one that raises dragons?”

@glitterbark

This is actually where last names come from.

If you need to distinguish between two Johns, maybe you make it about their careers (John Carpenter vs. John Smith), or you make it about some physical trait (John Red vs. John Young), or you make it about where they’re from (John York vs. John London), or you can make it about who their parents were (Jon Carlson vs. John Kirkpatrick).

Keep this in mind, and have fun.

Always fun to remember that Surnames were just nicknames that stuck so hard they got passed down to successive generations.