: If your name is Jaques Buchier, I'm going to assume
: you're French. If your name is Giovane Andante, I'm
: going to assume you're Italian. If your name is Baugi,
: I'm going to assume you're a dwarf. If your name is
: Andir of the Thousand Blows, I'm going to assume
: you're a Berserk. If your name is simply Andir
: (without a title earned in battle), I'm going to
: assume you're a Northman.
In today's society though, people aren't always named for their origin. I have a friend called Giovanni, and he isn't Greek or Italian or even from outside Australia. If a family left the north to dwell in the south (and I agree, it wouldn't be an everyday occurence), of course they'd pay homage to their homeland. Or he may just be a normal person whose parents liked the name.
: Andir is not a Provincial name. It is a Northman name;
: and since there are many stereotypical and common
: traits in the regionally-isolated Mythworld, any
: deviation from the pattern would be extremely odd.
: Would a Dwarf be called Alexander? No. Would a Trow be
: called Joe-Bob? Heckno! Names are a huge indicator of
: the origin of a person, and of his culture.
Aye, but why would Bungie write from the perspective of the north, an area we are never exposed to? Wouldn't they want us to be instantly drawn into the conflict, and using a 'familiar' location would do much to achieve this. If what we know of the Northmen is true, they'd probably have some form of town guard. A town guard almost always has sentries, and sentries would be on the lookout for a person running across a mile long expanse of plain.
LR
