Warrior Names

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Sensibility is required. However, the names don't have to be as honorable as they would elsewhere. The cats are in a dark place, in a literal and emotional sense, so a little gloom is acceptable.

For name help and suffix suggestions, see the Guide.

Note: many of the restrictions and allowances are due to the nature of the setting and plot.

Not Allowed:

• renames
  
• memorial names
  
• self-naming
  
• names based on circumstances of birth
  
• names based on small/minor amounts of fur color
  
• fire, plants, birds, or the anything in sky
  
• song, gaze, pool, fall, cry, soul, spirit, or eye

Allowed:

• stone as a suffix
  
• "emo" sounding names (like Shadowheart and Weakwhisker)
  as long as they make sense
  
• names used in the books, as long as they conform to reason
  as well as the other rules

Basic Personality Suffix Interpretations

heart = hearty {x}
stone = stony {x}
storm = stormy {x}
breeze = breezy {x}

The Formula:

A name tends to work when either

the cat has a suffix that looks like the prefix,
the cat looks like the prefix and is skilled with the suffix,
or the cat looks like the prefix and has a suffix-y personality.

Prefix Suggestions:

Ice, Bone, Livid, Pale, Sleet, Silver, Boulder, Yellow, Golden, Sallow, Copper, Russet, Mud, Beige, Brown, Stick, Twig, Branch, Tree, Splotch, Spotted, Fleck, Sprinkled, Brindle, Dappled, Cricket, Lizard, Viper, Large, Wide, Broad, Tall, Long, Big, Small, Heavy, Thin

Taken Prefixes:

Amber, Auburn, Bark, Bat, Beetle, Black, Blotch, Blue, Bright, Bronze, Dark, Dingy, Dotted, Drab, Dull, Dusk, Dust, Frail, Frozen, Ginger, Grey, Grimy, Hail, Hare, Lichen, Little, Locust, Mottled, Night, Orange, Patch, Pebble, Rain, Red, Rock, Sand, Shade, Shadow, Short, Slate, Smudge, Spangled, Speckled, Spider, Stone, Tawny, Tiny, White, Wood