Naming a dragon marked [Archive] - Wizards Community

Naming a dragon marked [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Moblin
12-14-06, 06:34 PM I'm about to have my first ever Eberron session (I'm going to be a player) and just read the entire Eberron CS. The character I'm envisioning is a half-elf cleric with the mark of storms.
She is the first in three generations to manifest a dragon mark (generation as in her father and her fathers father didn't manifest one). Will her sir name still be d'Lyrandar? Can she have another sir name and the later adopt d'Lyrandar?
Edymnion
12-14-06, 07:06 PM The dragonmarked house name is more like a clan name than it is a family name. Every member of a dragonmarked house (except for the honest to goodness core bloodline) actually have their own family name, and the house name as a surname/title.

So, while they will say their name is Bob d'Cannith to outsiders, when talking with other Canniths, he would likely be referred to as Bob Smith. Smith being his family name that designates which family within the Cannith clan he belongs to.
Shady314
12-14-06, 09:18 PM I'm about to have my first ever Eberron session (I'm going to be a player) and just read the entire Eberron CS. The character I'm envisioning is a half-elf cleric with the mark of storms.
She is the first in three generations to manifest a dragon mark (generation as in her father and her fathers father didn't manifest one). Will her sir name still be d'Lyrandar? Can she have another sir name and the later adopt d'Lyrandar?

Is her family of Lyrandar? Or any of the houses that make up Lyrandar? If so then yes she'd use the name Lyrandar. They don't excoriate people like her father or grandfather just because they didn't get a mark. And anyone with the dragonmark adds the d' so yes again.

If she wasn't born to Lyrandar they will (more than likely) want to adopt her as a foundling and her name will be legally changed to d'Lyrandar. Of course she doesn't have to let them adopt her.

And she can always tell people her name is something else. Most of my characters do not give their real name or at least not all of it. So she could have an alias.
The White Sorcerer
12-15-06, 05:31 AM She is the first in three generations to manifest a dragon mark (generation as in her father and her fathers father didn't manifest one).

Her name would be [first name] [family name] d'Lyrandar.
Need_A_Life
12-18-06, 02:31 PM Channa Nelview d'Lyrandar

This is for a brelandish member of house lyrandar of course, using Five Nation's list of names to make it proper.

I wonder what it'd be like to have a dragonmark AND belong to a house... only seem to attract aberrant dragonmarks... maybe because I like them so much?

Good luck!

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Moblin 12-14-06, 06:34 PM	I'm about to have my first ever Eberron session (I'm going to be a player) and just read the entire Eberron CS. The character I'm envisioning is a half-elf cleric with the mark of storms. She is the first in three generations to manifest a dragon mark (generation as in her father and her fathers father didn't manifest one). Will her sir name still be d'Lyrandar? Can she have another sir name and the later adopt d'Lyrandar?
Edymnion 12-14-06, 07:06 PM	The dragonmarked house name is more like a clan name than it is a family name. Every member of a dragonmarked house (except for the honest to goodness core bloodline) actually have their own family name, and the house name as a surname/title. So, while they will say their name is Bob d'Cannith to outsiders, when talking with other Canniths, he would likely be referred to as Bob Smith. Smith being his family name that designates which family within the Cannith clan he belongs to.
Shady314 12-14-06, 09:18 PM	I'm about to have my first ever Eberron session (I'm going to be a player) and just read the entire Eberron CS. The character I'm envisioning is a half-elf cleric with the mark of storms. She is the first in three generations to manifest a dragon mark (generation as in her father and her fathers father didn't manifest one). Will her sir name still be d'Lyrandar? Can she have another sir name and the later adopt d'Lyrandar? Is her family of Lyrandar? Or any of the houses that make up Lyrandar? If so then yes she'd use the name Lyrandar. They don't excoriate people like her father or grandfather just because they didn't get a mark. And anyone with the dragonmark adds the d' so yes again. If she wasn't born to Lyrandar they will (more than likely) want to adopt her as a foundling and her name will be legally changed to d'Lyrandar. Of course she doesn't have to let them adopt her. And she can always tell people her name is something else. Most of my characters do not give their real name or at least not all of it. So she could have an alias.
The White Sorcerer 12-15-06, 05:31 AM	She is the first in three generations to manifest a dragon mark (generation as in her father and her fathers father didn't manifest one). Her name would be [first name] [family name] d'Lyrandar.
Need_A_Life 12-18-06, 02:31 PM	Channa Nelview d'Lyrandar This is for a brelandish member of house lyrandar of course, using Five Nation's list of names to make it proper. I wonder what it'd be like to have a dragonmark AND belong to a house... only seem to attract aberrant dragonmarks... maybe because I like them so much? Good luck!