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Tarik - New PC by ~k-hallowseve:iconk-hallowseve:

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Remember that new character I was gonna upload, I dunno, a month ago? Here he is, finally, now that I have a scanner. :w00t:

Anyway... This is Tarik (yes, I finally named him, with help from a random--but very nice--stranger from campus). You would not believe how much non-help I got from my friends... I thought I was asking for something very straightfoward: a Celtic/ Anglo Saxon/ Germanic/ Scandinavian name that was so old-sounding (as in Pre-Roman to c.1000 AD) that no one would use it as a name today (well, except for my Wiccan friends, but regardless). It also couldn't be something famous, like Beowulf, Breca, Hygelac, etc. No one could come up with anything; it was either the wrong region, the wrong time period, or something random like "Stapler". Thanks a lot, guys. :XD: Jordan, I thought you were a fellow history nerd.

Anyway... off rant. His name is Tarik. He's a human ranger. :omg: I didn't use a half-elf fighter! For a change! He's... I forget... 14? A lot younger than my normal characters. His cultural influence is very Celtic/Germanic, hence the name specs. I wasn't just being a nazi for fun, you know. ;P He protects the sacred grove used by my brother's druid character.

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~mcorneli Mar 4, 2007, 7:50:59 PM
He looks awesome! I like the feeling of action in this.

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~k-hallowseve Mar 4, 2007, 9:06:18 PM
Thanks! That means a lot coming from you. He was one of those late-night inspiration moments that I miss so terribly. I actually had the pose in my head first...I was reading Beowulf, and I wanted to catch the action. It was only after I finished him and decided he was adorable that I made him a PC.

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~mcorneli Mar 5, 2007, 2:52:17 PM
Hehe. Finding his name sounds like a nightmare though!

I've never read Beowulf, I assume it good, right?

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~k-hallowseve Mar 6, 2007, 8:14:20 PM
It was. >.< At the end of it all, I was thinking, "why are my friends so useless?" Well, not really, but I was wondering what was so damn diffecult about making up an old sounding name. Reggie kept throwing Jewish names at me, because the only old names he can think of are biblical. :XD: Tivis would randomly say, "Fire Extinguisher! That's a good one!", And all Jordan gave me were names from Beowulf, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid. Oy vey.

It is good. It's the oldest known story (epic poem) written in English (it's Old/Middle English, but it still counts), written in about 700 AD, and was a major influence for Tolkien.

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~mcorneli Mar 6, 2007, 10:06:11 PM
Very cool!!

Yeah, Tivis doesn't sound very helpful. "How about Toaster! Yeah, Toaster sounds good!" :P

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~k-hallowseve Mar 8, 2007, 8:30:22 PM
*laughs* She usually is, but not in this case. "Ooh! Lunchlady! That's perfect; you could give him The Hairnet of Smiting for a unique item!" The conversations we have...

Reggie was wonderfully useful, too:

"Ezekiel?"
"Jewish."
"Abraham."
"That's Jewish, too..."
"Joshua?"
"...Reggie..."
"Gabriel!"
"Reggie!"
"Huh?"
"Wrong region!"
"Oh... How about Aaron?"
"I hate you..."

:XD:

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Save your tears for the day when the pain is far behind. On your feet; come with me. We are soldiers, stand or die. Save your fears; take your place. Save them for the judgment day. Fast and free, follow me. Time to make the sacrifice...
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~mcorneli Mar 9, 2007, 9:33:31 PM
Haha!!!

"I want an ancient sound name . . . "

"How about Aaron?"

*vein in head bursts*

:XD:

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~k-hallowseve Mar 10, 2007, 3:30:15 PM
:giggle: Yep, that's pretty much how the conversation rolled. I was ready to bust some heads out of sheer exasperation.

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Save your tears for the day when the pain is far behind. On your feet; come with me. We are soldiers, stand or die. Save your fears; take your place. Save them for the judgment day. Fast and free, follow me. Time to make the sacrifice...
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~mcorneli Mar 11, 2007, 12:37:07 PM
Hahaha. :D

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