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Orc names that sound right, and how to build your own
The sounds that make a name feel orcish, how clan names and earned titles work, how to make orc names that are not all interchangeable grunts, and how half-orc and drow naming differ.
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Choosing a username or gamertag you will not regret in five years
What makes a handle easy to remember, available across platforms and still comfortable years later, the shapes most good usernames take, and the mistakes worth avoiding.
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Writing a tagline that sticks, and the five shapes most of them take
Most memorable taglines follow one of a handful of patterns. Here is what they are, how to test a tagline before you print it, and where a generator helps.
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Old Norse names, patronymics and bynames for fiction and games
How Viking Age names were actually built, from two-part given names to -son and -dóttir patronymics and bynames like Eirik the Red, so your Norse characters sound right.
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