Monday, December 10, 2012

Character Names

I don't know if any of you reading this like to write, but if you do, I find that we may be able to agree upon something: one of the hardest parts to writing a book is deciding on the names of your characters. In my book that I'm working on, Seven Sanctums: Revolt, I have quite a lot of characters. Last night, I took some time to decide upon the names. Now, keep in mind that this is a sci-fi fantasy novel so the names will not be very 'modern'.
Here they are:

Characters and Gods

Humans:

Trenton Canton:              MC and Hero
Leah Woven:                                   MC's Sidekick and Heroine

Legend Vincent:                                    King of Sanctum Seven
Captain Samuel:                   General of Sanctum Seven's Army
Dr. James Canton:                     MC's Father and Head Scientist
Jake:                                                                                   Rebel
Camilla:                                                                    Head Rebel
Vector:                                                          Rebel


Gods:

Renesmee:              (Rebel) Goddess of Time and MC's Mother
Mirion:                          (Rebel) Fire God and Sidekick's Father
Ramar:                                                      (Rebel) God of Space
Titan:                                                             God of Everything
Kara:                                                           Goddess of the Wild
Marais:                                                              God of Darkness
Rita:                                                                 Goddess of Light
Hero:                                                                   God of the Sun
Livia:                                                         Goddess of the Moon
Muerte:                                                                     God of Life

I spent three hours thinking of those. It was one of the single most difficult things I have ever done in my life.
I used to use name generators for my names, but I couldn't seem to like any of the names given, so I would spend an even longer time when I chose names that way.
Something interesting: Muerte translates into 'Death'. Muerte means 'death' in Spanish. Kinda ironic, huh? 

Well, that's my blog for today.