The Redwall Character Guide
Wondering a little when we were going to get to this? Well, we're here. You should always make sure that whatever name you get goes with your character, and matches them. For instance, don't give them an exotic and exciting name if they're dull.
The no-no names
In short, try to avoid major names from the books. It gets confusing, and if you're going to RP, then it'll get very strange. So, just stay away, and thing'll be better.
Regular names
You could name your character an ordinary name, like Bob, Don, Jill, Jane…. Want a list? MSN has a pretty good one (http://womencentral.msn.com/babies/tools/namer.asp)
Combo names
These aren't that hard. You take two words, and combine them together. Try to make them nature things, or colors. Take "Red" and "Fang", put them together, and get Redfang, which is a good vermin name. Take "Wind" and "leaf" and get Windleaf, which is a good goodbeast name. Combine, try out, and enjoy.
Hidden meaning names
One thing that can work is using other languages to make a name. Latin always works like a charm. Pick some hidden meaning word for your character. How about if the character is a goldsmith? You can be creative, and pull up "goldsmith" in your handy latin dictionary (or at http://dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishLatin/ ). It says Aurifex. And there's a name for your character, maybe. Another helpful resource is at http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/workshop/sitemap.html.
| English | German | Spanish | French | Italian | Portugeese | Mäori | Latin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evil | Übel | Mal | Mal | Malvagità | Evil | kino | pravus |
| Destruction | Zerstörung | Destrucción | Destruction | Distruzione | Destruição | eversio | |
| End | Ende | Extremo | Extrémité | Estremità | Extremidade | mutunga | terminus, extremitas, finis, peractio, exitus |
| Satan | Satan | Satan | Satan | Satan | Satan | hatana | diabolus |
| Lucifer | Lucifer | Lucifer | Lucifer | Lucifer | Lucifer | ||
| Death | Tod | Muerte | La Mort | Morte | Morte | pö | excessum, letum |
| Ruin | Ruine | Ruina | Ruine | Rovina | Ruína | perdo, pessum dare, attero, eversio, letum, everto | |
| Falling | Fallend | Bajando | Tombant | Cadente | Caindo | heke iho | |
| Doom | Schicksal | Condenación | Sort malheureux | Sorte avversa | Doom | fatum | |
| Savior | Savior | Salvador | Sauveur | Savior | Savior | servo | |
| Helper | Helfer | Ayudante | Aide | Assistente | Ajudante | kaiäwhina | subvenio, facio, auxilium, adservio, proficio |
| Kindness | Freundlichkeit | Amabilidad | Bonté | Bontà | Bondade | benevolentia, humanitas | |
| Angel | Engel | Ángel | Ange | Angelo | Angel | anahera | |
| Builder | Erbauer | Constructor | Constructeur | Costruttore | Construtor | kaihanga whare | condo |
| Creator | Schöpfer | Creador | Créateur | Creatore | Criador | kaihanga | creator |
| Aid | Helfer | Asistente | Aide | Sussidio | Dae (dispositivo automático de entrada) | äwhina | proficio, suffragium, auxilium, iuvo, adiuvo |
| Life | Leben | Vida | La Vie | Vita | Vida | ora | vita |
| Hope | Hoffnung | Esperanza | Espoir | Speranza | Esperança | awhero |
Severely random names
Aha. Here's my favorite. You start by randomly hitting keys on the keyboard (generally around rare letters like z, x, y, v, k, and q). You get some random word like "Oeijsdfmcxolq" take some letters out of there, and get "Oeijolq", or "Ocxolq" or "Eij". You can mix up the letters, too, and get stuff like "Coecx" or "Femij".
Some other clever ideas
You can check out Starfire's guide on names, which is also good. (http://fringe.xepher.net/ruins/studioA/studio1.html), or refresh a few times on our very own Name generator, which takes advantage of some of the techniques listed above.