Ok so recently, I had a person say to me that one of my characters names did not sound fantasy. So that got me to thinking, why? The character is an Orc, not the classic stereotype war Orc, but a rather sophisticated one. He also happens to be the leader of a powerful order of magic wielders. His position as that leader also makes him a general in my book, and like I said, he is extremely smart and capable.
Right now as you read this your probably thinking just get to the name! Well I needed to give some info first, but anyway here's the name. O'donoghue. Irish huh? Well the person said that in fantasy, he wanted to see fantasy names, not names of our world. But I've read books where Jack and Matt are common names, and I know a few people with those names in real life.
So the question I'm asking you all is does that name sound acceptable if you were the reader and encountered that character with that name? Or do you want as that person wanted, a new name, something not of this world?
Anyway this whole thing is so I don't have to go back through the book and correct this guys name from basically page one. Lol just kidding.
Anyway, thanks!
Salty
Right now as you read this your probably thinking just get to the name! Well I needed to give some info first, but anyway here's the name. O'donoghue. Irish huh? Well the person said that in fantasy, he wanted to see fantasy names, not names of our world. But I've read books where Jack and Matt are common names, and I know a few people with those names in real life.
So the question I'm asking you all is does that name sound acceptable if you were the reader and encountered that character with that name? Or do you want as that person wanted, a new name, something not of this world?
Anyway this whole thing is so I don't have to go back through the book and correct this guys name from basically page one. Lol just kidding.
Anyway, thanks!
Salty