Edelweiss was simple - just a flower i think is neat:
![[Image: Edelweiss2968.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Edelweiss2968.jpg)
it grows at high altitudes and is very sturdy. it is a flower, but its petals are thick and not delicate like many other flowers. I remembered that FFXIV mentions the edelweiss in a sideways manner through the rogue's guild. So I made this neat flower my character's name ooc and her pseudonym IC. Anyways, the highlander design I made for her has her hair is really light blonde with some near-white in it so it seemed like a good fit.
Her real name, Elsa Engstrom, is just patchwork. It could be lore bending or breaking bc I chose not to go the highlander epithet surname route, but I just prefer to name my characters that way.
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Ameline Valtin, my late elezen, was random generated name - no special story or meaning there.
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Beatrix Archer, my little midlander, is sort of a joke that i took too far. I thought it would be funny to make a Bea Arthur and just named her Beatrix Archer. It seemed midlander enough. Now I occasionally RP her or use her to tank pre-HW stuff where people dont fling poo at paladins
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EDIT: I forgot, i have this thing where every character I make must have a given and surname that equals 5 syllables when added together. Idk why, but it really makes it flow better.
Am-el-ine--Val-tin (3+2)
Be-a-trix--Ar-cher (3+2)
Ed-el-weiss--Eng-strom (3+2)
Some of my favourite names of others in the community share this even if they did not think to do it intentionally !
it grows at high altitudes and is very sturdy. it is a flower, but its petals are thick and not delicate like many other flowers. I remembered that FFXIV mentions the edelweiss in a sideways manner through the rogue's guild. So I made this neat flower my character's name ooc and her pseudonym IC. Anyways, the highlander design I made for her has her hair is really light blonde with some near-white in it so it seemed like a good fit.
Her real name, Elsa Engstrom, is just patchwork. It could be lore bending or breaking bc I chose not to go the highlander epithet surname route, but I just prefer to name my characters that way.
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Ameline Valtin, my late elezen, was random generated name - no special story or meaning there.
--
Beatrix Archer, my little midlander, is sort of a joke that i took too far. I thought it would be funny to make a Bea Arthur and just named her Beatrix Archer. It seemed midlander enough. Now I occasionally RP her or use her to tank pre-HW stuff where people dont fling poo at paladins
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EDIT: I forgot, i have this thing where every character I make must have a given and surname that equals 5 syllables when added together. Idk why, but it really makes it flow better.
Am-el-ine--Val-tin (3+2)
Be-a-trix--Ar-cher (3+2)
Ed-el-weiss--Eng-strom (3+2)
Some of my favourite names of others in the community share this even if they did not think to do it intentionally !
