oc meme: 1, & 24 for everyone! :)
1. What’s their full name? Why was that chosen? Does it mean anything?
Delphi is short for Delphinus, it was chosen because I came to decision that satyrs, even d&d satyrs, should probably have greek names. I then decided that her entire herd were named after constellations, and known as the Star Seer Herd.
Raksha I’m not gonna lie was chosen on a whim, I think I’d just seen the new jungle book and wolf mum was my fave. Its also though my favourite to say.
Her surname on the other hand is Stoneskin, which also doubles up as a nickname since she was just given it by the group the raised her. I figured it ought to be simple, and led to the derisive nickname that she was also often called, softskin.
Harper’s full name is Honest Harper, and tbh he sounds like a cowboy, which as a gunslinger I guess he sort of is. He also hates his first name and keeps that to himself, honestly if any of the folks who raised him tried to call him that again, well he’s now old enough to punch them.
Felix has two full names, Felicius Lafayette and Seireadan Lycelle, the second is his birth name, which means untamed, and then a made up surname. The first it the one that he chose to... rebrand himself, and because of that it had to sound flashy. Plus, I’ve always liked the name Felix.
Verity’s full name is Verity Skeintale, which in at least my preferred reading of it is basically honest liar (which is also one of my fave characters in the piratica series). It’s a fun contradiction, and the surname also ties into the fact that her parents are desperate to better their family.
Kestrel’s full and real name is Evelyn Fayre, which tbh I just liked the sound of. Fayre also kind of reminds me of fairy folk and fey, without being super on the nose like her previous surname, fairchild.
Kestrel on the other hand was picked during a chat on facebook, where I was asking for name ideas. He suggested a name of an object or an animal to sound mysterious, and I picked kestrels, cause they are good birds.
24. What is their sleeping pattern like? Do they snore? What do they like to sleep on? A soft or hard mattress?
Well, before the adventuring life she used to sleep in a big cuddle pile with her herd, from later evening to mid afternoon, after that she briefly shared the bed with the rogue tiefling Phoxis, which was mostly platonic. Her sleeping pattern is little all over the place, as is the way of an adventurer, I can see her snore in a snuffly way, and soft. Sure she can sleep on the ground like a pro, but if there’s a better option..
Raksha is not fussy, she’ll sleep wherever, and usually thats the floor cause her sorcerer... buddy has taken the bed. I can see her being a quiet sleeper, and very quick to go to sleep too.
Harper sleeps with all of his things bundled tightly in his grasp, his revolved under his pillow, or loose in his grasp. He sleeps uneasily.
Felix sleeps somewhere different each night, whether thats brothel or the bed of a passing lover, whether its business or pleasure there’s no need to stay in the same place twice... unless they’re paying really really well.
I’d say he probably splays out, an arm around whoever is in the bed with him. He also has a preference for soft silk beds, with lots of pillows too.
Verity is not fussy when it comes to where she’s sleeping, she can usually fit most places. She’ll usually stay up reading, so when she does finally sleep its heavy and late for the most part. Sometimes she’ll even just fall alsleep on her book.
When she wakes up she usually has her pseudodragon lying on her neck/face, even when he has his own bed to curl up on, and even when he doesn’t need to sleep.
Kestrel only half sleeps, always armed, ready to spring awake at the slightest scuffle. Even though she hasn’t been called in her dreams in years she doesn’t trust the peace.
