As some players likes to name the characters they make “correctly” and not just give them random funny or weird names, I just wanted to give a little info on how the Charr receives their names. Remember, this is just how I interpret what I have seen, so do correct the mistakes I have made.
It would seem that a Charr gets his or her surname not at birth, but during their military training. The name is based on two things, the name of the warband they are part of and the skills, actions or personality of the individual.
The two names are then mixed to help create a natural loyalty and a sense of family between the members of the warband.
Take Pyre Fierceshot. He was an archer, so it’s only natural that he would have received this name after he had proven his skill with a bow. Other members of his warband was Fierceheart, Fiercetongue and Fiercereign.
We also see a lot of cubs have similar names, like the group of cubs you protect from ghosts. They all had the name “Crush” in some way, like one called Crushheart (can’t remember the other names at this time, but they all started with Crush).
But we also see individual Charrs that seems to have unique names, like the soldier Bladeshatterer outside Ebonhawke from the first Guild Wars 2 novel “Ghosts of Ascalon” who was an expert in making the opponent’s blade shatter. I am not sure if this was given much later and how it would reflect on his old warband.
So there you go roleplayers, just some minor ideas for you to make it even harder to figure out a good name for your next character.
