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Today’s “Legit” Finny Name Suggestion is…
Hans or Hansel
“Because that’s a German equivalent to Jack, and I theorize he’s a parallel to Jack from the story of Jack and Jill, or Hjúki and Bil… the brother and sister who follow Máni, the personified moon in Norse mythology.”
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Today’s “Legit” Bard Name Suggestion is...
Bedford Royall
“Named after William Bedford Royall, who retired from the US calvary in October of 1887. But, somehow, Bedford Royall got shortened and changed into the nickname. Like Bed + Roy became Bardroy or Baldroy.”
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Yesterday’s “Legit” Bard Name Suggestion was...
Matthew Burgh
“It’s the name he’s using at Athena Sanatorium, so maybe it’s his real name. Idk if I even like it, but it might be legit.”
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Today’s “Legit” Bard Name Suggestion is...
Kenneth “Ken” Baldroy
“I would like to see him end up with a ‘fire’ name, so I have a few ‘legit’ name suggestions for him.”
“Kenneth means ‘born of fire’ and ‘handsome’.”
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(Mod UT: I’m posting the submissions separately. This was the last one.)
Today’s “Legit” Bard Name Suggestion is...
Flint Baldroy
“I would like to see him end up with a ‘fire’ name, so I have a few ‘legit’ name suggestions for him.”
“This one sort of comes from Mother3, though, since it is the name of the mirror twins’ father.”
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Today’s “Legit” Bard Name Suggestion is...
Aiden Baldroy
“I would like to see him end up with a ‘fire’ name, so I have a few ‘legit’ name suggestions for him.”
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Today’s “Legit” Bard Name Suggestion is...
Egan Baldroy
“I would like to see him end up with a ‘fire’ name, so I have a few ‘legit’ name suggestions for him. Though I’m not entirely sure how legit this one is....”
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Today’s “Legit” Contracted Sebastian Name Suggestion is...
Michael Gabriel (Fredersdorf)
or maybe...
Count Kaunitz
“The blog requests information about how Sebastian gets previous contract names, so here you go! 🤣
What he says about the Viennese Waltz at Schönbrunn Palace suggests he was in Austria during the second half of the 18th century... and that he had access to royalty, too. The Habsburg dynasty fell into ruin around this time, and the last Habsburg to rule (the only female of the line to rule) died in 1770... apparently from smallpox that never fully healed.
I theorize that our demon was summoned and contracted to take down the Habsburg family. Maria Theresa’s greatest rival was Frederick II of Prussia, and he was able to invade and take over Silesia, an affluent province of hers. Frederick II died in 1786, but by then he had turned Prussia into a leading military power in Europe, and he was called Frederick the Great (and Old Fritz). After her death, her son Joseph II replaced her; his line is called Habsburg-Lorraine. Perhaps our demon was summoned by either Frederick II of Prussia — or even her own son, Joseph II — to end Maria Theresa’s reign.
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Old Fritz (forced to marry a woman in 1733) was notoriously homosexual, and he later became angry when a longtime companion of his, Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, decided to marry a woman. Michael died suddenly, on January 12, 1758, less than a year after being dismissed from his post, after legal issues regarding money. It’s said he died ashamed of his lost honor. I can see him being the sacrifice Frederick might have made to summon the demon, since Frederick would have seen it as a personal, emotional sacrifice. Then the demon was given that name, since the demon now looked a bit like Michael, who had always had ‘a very pretty face’.
These two portraits have been assigned to the wrong sitter, and it’s now believed they are both of Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf.
We know this is definitely (younger) Fredersdorf:
So, maybe the demon got named after him after the sacrifice?
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Joseph II, born at Schönbrunn Palace, was the first son of Maria Theresa, and he was her successor. He also served as a co-monarch for many years... but didn’t have any real power until his mother died. If our demon was summoned by Joseph II, he might have been named Count Kaunitz, after Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, a diplomat and statesman for the Habsburgs. Maybe the real Count Kaunitz was sacrificed, and the demon took his place in court....
Here is the real (or is it? 😈) Count Kaunitz:
It’s possible that Frederick II of Prussia and Joseph II were in cahoots, as they did meet in private at least twice (1769, and again in 1770). The second time they met up, Joseph II brought Count Kaunitz along, too. Of course, Joseph also plotted to take Silesia back from Frederick, and that soured their friendship, once Frederick got wind of it. Joseph II died in 1790.”
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(Mod UT: Reading up on the Habsburgs, Frederick II of Prussia, and their circle of influence is a wild ride. FYI, the Emperor of Austria that patronizes Mozart and Antonio Salieri in the 1984 movie “Amadeus”? That’s Joseph II.
Note: Corrected Maria Theresa’s death year. Sorry!)
