Guild Wars 2

I’ve had my heart set on making a necromancer after playing the reaper in the last beta, but I’m at odds with myself when it comes to making up a name. I’d really like to make a sylvari necromancer, but I also have a norn in mind.

I was wondering if I could get some suggestions to get my brain juices flowing.

Will Ted Flowers

Gender?

Axelwarrior.9084:

Gender?

Male.

Quarktastic.1027:

Axelwarrior.9084:

Gender?

Male.

That’s not very progressive but understandable. ;-)

Anchoku.8142:

Quarktastic.1027:

Axelwarrior.9084:

Gender?

Male.

That’s not very progressive but understandable. ;-)

As opposed to the 10 billion female and barely clothed Human/Norn/Sylvari everywhere?

This really depends on what you want. Personally, I’m adding a spider motif to most of my character names. If you aim for some dramatic sounding name, it may feel goofy to you like the email address you made when you were a kid (if you did that lol). If you don’t have any motifs in mind, I can churn up a few.

Could name it “You Are All Vegans” so after you stomp someone you can say this.

Theradin shadowleaf.
Bareen morningdow

Cecilia.5179:

This really depends on what you want. Personally, I’m adding a spider motif to most of my character names. If you aim for some dramatic sounding name, it may feel goofy to you like the email address you made when you were a kid (if you did that lol). If you don’t have any motifs in mind, I can churn up a few.

My sylvari necromancer was going to have a sort of weathered tree theme going on, lots of autumn colors and earth tones.

I made a mustachioed norn necro and named him Scythely Whiplash…but I’m not sure how I feel about punny names.

You can make a necro that’s pure white, but his cloak and clothes are black. Name him Ginosaji. Kudos if you get the reference.

Scythe Tight

Harvey Ster

If you do a norn, take a look at http://www.vikingsofbjornstad.com/Old_Norse_Dictionary_E2N.shtm — I name my norns from that by deciding on a meaning of a name I want, finding it in English, then finding the Old Norse version. I won’t use odd accented characters in my game names, so I look for plainer words, I say them out loud to myself, and I compound them and tweak them to sound good to my ears. Hopefully I’m not ending up with something that someone from Norse lands would laugh at.

My norn Reaper is Myrkkilli, roughly meaning Dark Slayer from that site, or possibly Slayer of Darkness; currently I have the name reserved, and might add a surname if it makes sense for the live version. My norn Ranger is Ylfa Aetlaveidr, or, roughly, She-wolf Fated Hunter. Not that I intend them to directly have those meanings in their names … my RL name is Ellen, which comes from Helen, or “light,” but I don’t go around claiming I’m the embodiment of light. It just gives me a quick way to thematically name a norn in a manner highly unlikely to duplicate anyone else’s name.

For Sylvari I like to go to http://philriley.tripod.com/otngarthur.html and click names a lot until the syllables sink in enough that I can compound my own Arthurian name. I got Andret directly from there and Briamor by compounding, then since Briamor’s a false name he took on when he joined the Whispers I figured out his real name (now reserved with a placeholder alt) as Morbriath. I purely made up Ysethe (my ‘vari necromancer) but based it on a handwritten list of Arthurian names I put together back in college in the 80’s from library books on the subject. No internet back then!

The name needn’t reflect the profession, keep that in mind. Very few parents name their kids with enough prescience to make it appropriate to the kids’ careers ….

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

You can make a necro that’s pure white, but his cloak and clothes are black. Name him Ginosaji. Kudos if you get the reference.

But wer’e lacking in the spoon weapon skins, so that would be no fun.

Plzinvtodungeon

If you go for Norn, Khazuhl Zerkerbane.

Blade of Grass
Hay, Stack on Me!

This isn’t really a tree, but it is a nice sylvari name
Caleb Corpse Flower (The name can’t be more than 5 letters)

Here’s a tree
Woodrow Willow

I like to use alliteration in my sylvari names. It makes them easy to say.

Malchior.5732:

Anchoku.8142:

Quarktastic.1027:

Axelwarrior.9084:

Gender?

Male.

That’s not very progressive but understandable. ;-)

As opposed to the 10 billion female and barely clothed Human/Norn/Sylvari everywhere?

10/10, would read truth again.

Bumping for great justice.

Nature Morte (french for Still Life).

The mulcher
Fertilizer
Tree of death
Rise of the leaf
Leaf king
Annoying plant (woops already taken)
Leftover salad
Mortys minion

For norn:

Its not a hammer
Bjorn again
Bjorn to reap
Beer shroud
Dying for death
Fight like a norn (for when you get kitted)
Joras big brother
Reapers inc
My other necro is a reaper
Norneastern
Ice ice baby
Dolyak warrior
Javk frost

Grimm The Reaper
Justin Reaper
So Ice to meet you
So Scythe to meet you
Husband and Scythe
(for a shout build) – Ice Scream
Ice Slice and Dice
Happy Scythe Happy Life
Chill Pill Bill
Chilling and Killing
Killing and Chilling
No Skill Chill Kill Bill
No Skill Chill Kill Will

went rhyming mad o.o"

Jack the Reaper
Anything involving Geesus
Scythe Master Fresh

If I was naming a sylvari necro again, would look through irish or welsh mythology for themes and examples.

Sylvari names
Cornholio
Dill Weed
Eat Meat Save the Veggies
Apple Jack the Reaper
Pear Shaped Life Force
Pumpkin Head
Mellon Baller

Ok so, I’ve made my decision.

Meet Scythely Whiplash.

Not Woodrow Willow, but still good. Glad you were able to come to a decision.

Black Rose
Death Blossom

Scyther No Scything.

for a sylvari I might go with a poisonous plant in real life. Maybe use its scientific name. Like Hemlock or something.