Dark Isles

Aartiran Naming Conventions

Aartirans tend to use the traditional human conventions established across most human societies on Aagos:

For males: Name ap Father's name (optional ab Grandfather's name.) Most people don't use their grandfather's name in casual conversation, but more for recorded business or when interacting with important individuals.

Example- Aleiron ap Verin ab Darmen
(Aleiron, son of Verin, son of Darmen)

Women have only two changes: ferch, instead of ap, and the replacement of their father with their husband, when they take one.

Example- Feily ferch Miara
(Feily, daughter of Miara)

Should she marry Aleiron, she'd become Feily ferch Aleiron

Sayaki Naming Conventions

Sayaki are a sort of mix between the Aartiran conventions and the Skrel'eth conventions.

The general syntax is: Name father's-name(-or-husband's) clan-name

Example: Susakai Suzaku Ashikaga, or "Susakai, son/daughter/wife of Suzaku, of clan Ashikaga".

Noticing between daughter or wife, in the even of women, is usually a case of taking note as to how they dress, act, speak of the individual their second name belongs to, and how similar the names are.

Not including titles, Sayaki of noble birth receive the patronym "xi" before their clan name.

Example: Sakuzen Susakai xi Ashikaga, or "Sakuzen, son/daughter/wife of Susakai, and noble belonging to clan Ashikaga."

xi actually means "voice of", but means the same thing as "belonging to" in terms of naming conventions.

Skrel'eth Naming Conventions

Skrel'eth receive their adult names upon completion of their Litany, though they do not possess surnames. Instead, they use their clan name.

Example: Destrach of Clan Hoska'ach

Tir Naming Conventions

Tir do not actually possess a naming convention, as they live a very unstructured life. Some Tir choose to take the surname traditions of whatever culture they interact most with, some choose to go without entirely, and some simply pick a surname for themselves. The law is less free regarding this, however, and sometimes simply gives them one if they need one for recording purposes.